Show STRIKE SEEMS TO DE Switchmen S and the Railroads Entering Chicago Un Unable Uno o able fo Get Together I ITAH t UTAH TAH U WILL BE AFFECTED TROUBLE TR T UBLE WILL REACH TO TOPA PA PACIFIC pACI CI COAST Chicago Nov 5 Unless some sort sort of compromise c is reached between now and a nd Wednesday night the switchmen who are members of the ns Union of Worth North l orth America employed on twentythree t of the railroads entering Chicago will go on strike in IIi an effort to t o compel comel the railroads to accede to the he t demands presented by the themen men two weeks ago The railroads are firm in the stand they took at that time that they hey t will not grant more of an increase than ten cents At a meeting tonight between representatives of the labor organization and the managers of the railroads affected the strike ultimatum was delivered by the switchmen swit which called for an answer early tomorrow The original demand of the switch switchmen switchmen switchmen men was for an hour day and an increase of ten cents an hour For Forthe Forthe Fo r the last two weeks negotiations have hav e been in progress between the railroad railroads s and the switchmen with the result that tha st t although the demand for an eight hour day was dropped the men arc stil l determined in their demand for the th e le le increase The men declare delare e that they have the moral support of o f other trainmen who have also made mad e fe demands and that a strike will effect effectually effectually effectually tie up all aU railroads entering Chi Chicago Chicago cago Should this strike be called it i t will affect every railroad from Buffalo Buffal o to the Pacific coast Position of Firemen Cleveland 0 O Nov 5 The Plain Dealer tomorrow will say An officer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen an announced announced announced in Cleveland yesterday esterday that the members of that organization were ready and willing to fill fUl the places of all en ml engineers engineers if the Brotherhood of Locomotive e Engineers should declare a strike Grand Chief Engineer Warren S Stone Ston e of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En Engineers J Engineers n said last evening that he was not nat no t surprised to hear that members of the th e brotherhood threatened to take the places of engineers in case of ot o f trouble but he ho said sald he did not anticipate e friction from that source as the probability ity of a strike on any of the railroads by b y the engineers is remote at this time |