Show Wll WILSON APPEALS 1 To U RS AS- AS A t I q j ot 1 Go OUT J Jt 1 Nationwide Walkout 1 1 Is Ordered 1 Men Mei Mel Reported Chicago Chir Chicago Chi Chi- 1 r cago District Al Alone Alon one oneT T Aug 1 A 1 A nationwide nation nation- nationwide C C. wide strike of railroad shop railroad shop men was wa was called today by th Federated Pinion union nion Iwas I Iwas It was set for 10 o'clock ocIo o'clock k am an and shortly after that hour messages mess re r received at union headquarters here b by John D D. Saunders of the organization or told of the walkouts at Atlanta Atlanta Ga Jacksonville Fla Pla Boston and other places In the Chicago district alone mor more than men are directly affected according to union officials and the claimed that all aU the men had dropped their tools v 4 Increased wages requested of o the thi federal railroad administration thi the first of the year jear Is the issue o of the thi strike The men ask 85 cents an hour houi for mechanics and 60 cents for helpers help helpS ers Present wages according to th the the union men are 68 cents and 46 cent cents for the two classes PROMISED SETTLEMENT We made this request the first o the year explained Secretary S Saunders un- un ders We Weere were ere promised a settlement by July 1 but it was postponed until anti July 15 Then we consented to another another another an an- an- an other postponement until July 28 Still Stil the question was not determined Saunders asserted that the strike would be orderly The strikers Include machinists boilermakers and car repairers Themen The Themen Themen men who are organized made st a de demand demand de de- mand for an increase in wages and improved working conditions several severa weeks ago and have been negotiating with Director of Railroads Hines s al at Washington ADVISED AGAINST STRIKE Officers cers of of the union who are Jre ir In Washington are said to have telegraphed telegraphed telegraphed tele tele- graphed local leaders yesterday yes erday that thai their demands probably would be granted today and advised against t a strike Thirty thousand men are aro Involved Inthe Ir In the walkout in Chicago and the Immediate imme imme- late Hate vicinity according to union officials QUIT ROCK ISLAND DOCK ISLAND Ill Ill- Aug l l.- l. Fifteen teen Leen hundred employed bythe by bj the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railway at Silvis Ill m. went out on c 0 strike today in accordance with the strike call Issued in Chicago OUT IN SOUTH ATLANTA Ga Aug 1 employed on or sixteen railways in the Southeastern Southeaster South states dates went on strike today in accord accord- ince nce with a resolution adopted at a convention of the o of this district dis- dis held in Atlanta last month |