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Show CHICAGO DISTRICT WORKERS REFUSE TO RESUME LABORS CHICAGO, Aug. 9. Representatives of the Chicago district council of the federated fed-erated railway shopmen's union, which called a strike August 1 in defiance of the international officers of the shop crafts unions, today dominated conferences confer-ences at which some of the international officers sought to have the men return lo work in obedience to the wishes of President Wilson. The council sent a telegram to the president stating that until concession had been made the attitude at-titude of the men would be unchanged and they would remain on strike. John D. Sanders, secretary 01" the council, asserted that notwithstanding the c'a ims of Lhe international officers and rail officers that not more than 40.000 men were on strike, not fewer than 250.011 men were out. In Chicago, the secretary said, no men had returned to work". At the request of the district council, former Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois last night telegraphed to President Wilson recommending that the director general take up the subject with a view to bringing harmony between the international officers and heads of the men's committees or confer with the committees direct by having them go to Washington and sit with the grand lodge presidents in the conferences, fo that an aCTCjment to get the men hack to work at once might be reported. Secret n ry Sr.ndors id that tomograms from unions throughout the country ail indicated the- men would continue on strike. Federal railroad managers- admitted ad-mitted thve was small improvement today to-day in the "hiigo district and that the situation stili was serious. |