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Show HAWVER PREDICTS COMPLETE TIE-UP OF U. S. RAILROADS C 11 1CA ;0, Aug. 3. A complete tieup of the railroads of the country was very probable, in the opinion of M. L. llawvcr, president of the Chicago district council of the Federated Railway Shopmen's union, which called a strike of shop crafts Friday. 1 1 e returned from ashing ton today ar.d declared tiie strike is spreading spread-ing rapidly and that the unrest among railway workers is so general that the movement has overwhelmed t he international interna-tional officers of the various unions involved. in-volved. Advices today from Cleveland wer-3 that the executive board of the American Federation Fed-eration of P.ailway Workers, with a membership mem-bership of ti.ui..,). jiat decided to strike tomorrow, according to Mr. i awver. With, more thn n ".njiim .shopmen on strike and the number increasing, both President Hawver and Secretary John I. Saunders declared rairroad schedules and industry would be seriousiy crippled within with-in a day or two. Already" ste-I mills and other Industries at Gary and other northern north-ern Indiana points and in Chicago have begun to feel the effects of the strike, according to the union leaders. Additions lo the strike of shopmen re-. re-. ported today by Fecretaiv Saunders were the Illinois Central shops at Memphis and Kankakee, Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis, at Jacksonville, 111.; Baltimore & Ohio Chicago terminal; Mast Chicago. Indiana, Baltimore & Ohio, South Chicago; Fake Erie & Western, whole system; Wabash, whole system; Indiana Harbor Belt line, all out. Advices slated, according to the secretary, secre-tary, that all men on the Chicago Western West-ern Indiana and the Iron Range lines will go out at 10 a. m. tomorrow, and those of all roads entering Indianapolis would strike Tuesday. 1000 Shopmen to Strike. SIOUX CITY. Iowa, Aug. 3. Approximately Approxi-mately l'lOO shopmen emploved bv the five railways entering Sioux City will strike at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Officials of the various lines were notified noti-fied of the impending action Monday. An affirmative vote to strike was taken at a meeting of the shop crafts Saturday iight. There has been voiced no demand for met ectftcu waes, oinciais seated, ana no complaints were uttered when committees commit-tees from the several unions notified railway officials. The unions involved are thosa of the machinists, boilermakers, blacksmiths and helpers, car repairers and sheet metal workers. Unorganized oilers and wipers may follow the example of the unions. Hold Strike in Abeyance. LINCOLN", Neb., Aug. 3. Chicago, Burlington &. Quincy railroad shopmen at Havelock, near Lincoln, reiterated today to-day their determination not to strike tin-til tin-til officially ordered by the National Federated Fed-erated Trades. Messages from Chicago urging them to go out were not heeded. Chicago & Northwestern shopmen at Norfolk, to the number of 130, have struck. Union Pacific shopmen at North Platte are still at work, and it is said will continue until officially ordered out. Referendum Ordered. KANSAS CITY, Aug. '3. A referendum vote will be taken by local union railroad shopmen tomorrow to determine whether railroad men here will follow the national call to strike. This was decided at a mass meeting this afternoon. |