Show FAILED TO CAU three thousand men prom independent plants and stock handlers men rescinded action calling for strike chicago aug the efforts 0 president donnelly of the butchers to spread the strike against the throughout all trades that are in any way connected with the packing house industry was anly partially succo stul today th step was in calling out the men employed ly the independent packers aal the handlers that alyere etall at work for those packers whom the original strike waa made the total number of men who quit work today in response to the appeals of president donnelly was about i it was also announced by president donnelly that he had made arrange menta for a strike of the switchmen on the railroads doing business in abo stock yards and that in a abort time the rs would find it impossible to ship out products the switchmen however refuted to strike after a long meeting tonight which offs attended jointly by members of the Switch mens union and members of the brotherhood of railway trainmen it was decided that members of both organizations would at work the members of the Switch mens union decided previously to strike but those switchmen who aro bombera of the brotherhood of railway trainmen declined to do so when this was made known to the members of the Switch mens union they decided that a strike on their part would be useless unless tho mem berts of the brotherhood went out at the samo time and they rescinded their action A telegram was sent today by officials of the federation of labor jio president samuel gompers of the american federation of labor asking him to call a meeting tp be held in chicago of the executive for the purpose of devising means of assisting the striking butchers |