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Show the international executive hoard a general strike of all tenmstcrs of the country- "And my recommendations arc usually adopted by the board,' he added, "in the event of such a call, 170,000 men would walk out." EXPRESS STRIKE IT II Al END NEW YORK, Nov. -i Striking employe.? em-ploye.? of the six transcontinental express ex-press companies here Indirectly received re-ceived assurances from the state board of mediators today that their gilevances would be favorably lbten-their lbten-their card.nal demand for recognition ed to If thev would consent to forego of their "union the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. In a mass-meeting tonight, the men resolved resol-ved they would stay out until the union Is reeogni.ed. i The r action was one positive movement move-ment of the day. The only act taken by the mayor was to uphold the city . ordinance requiring that all express' drivers must be licensed by the city J i a requirement that bars the employ--I ment of si rlke-breakers. The companies In a statement is-sued is-sued tonight said that "the larger nuni her of wagons, and in the case of j fomn of the companies, all the wag- ens. are engnped In interstate com-! com-! merce and as such arc not subject to local regulation in regard to licensee." "The situation serins more serious than for the hist two days.'' said Wil-i Wil-i liani C. Rogers of tue State Board of Mediation, and Arbitration, tonight, "but we are not without hope of a speedy settlement." Daniel J. Tobln, president of th.j Brotherhood, Intimated rather than threatened that If matters d d not "boon dear" he mls1- recommend to |