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Show n A n 'SI 'kjn PITTSBURG, May 1 Without fur- ' ig ther warning than might be gathered from conferences of a committee with I railroad officials last week, the shop- j; men of the Pennsylvania railroad on i 5 the Pittsburg division extending to j Jftj Altoona, Pa., went out on strlko and i y tonight tho union officers say 10,000 Up men are out. ; K The unions affected are tho Broth- , EL crhood of Carmen, Boilermakers and ; 1 Helpers, Sheet Motal Workers, the In- . II ternational association of Machinists III I and Laborers and the Federal Labor 'Ml union, an organization of foreign la- i il borers about railroads, all of which -t Ml are affiliated with tho American Fed- i K oration of Labor v , Retrenchment Policy. 1 KU Tho cause is tho allegation by tho j( men that In Its retrenchment ppllcy the railroad dismissed men who were i gi active in the union ranks. J j No statement is forthcoming from I - tho company beyond a denial that so 'Jw- many men are out. The committee ,lfeg. of the workmen say their figures in- ili elude the men who were laid off as ' fcjj- well as tho ones who went out today. ' ; No semblance of disorder charac terized tho strike and public notices jg have been posted by the strike com- ' jj mittee warning strikers against dls- jjt order. gft |