Show eth Ary Plan Offered Congress rI ir 1 rrt rt r. r I rt r. r I All OUN r H HOUSE MN MEN UIT Rail Workers y Now Out for Higher High r Wages Wag s and the Strike Threatens to Spread By Associated Press WASHINGTON Four 4 Four Fou Aug 4 hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred fifty thousand members of th the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Steamship Steamship Steam Steam- ship Clerks freight handlers express and station today joined with other railway workers in demanding that unless something be done materially mate mate- materially to reduce the cost of living our oui wages must be raised to give us immediate immediate imme imme- diate relief The demands have been beer I transmitted tion to the railroad I CHICAGO C Aug 4 Every 4 Ever roundhouse worker in in the I United States may be asked to join the general strike of of the Federated Railway union according to Information given out today at the Chicago headquarters of the organization Plans for a aIng asking ask ask- ing the assistance of ot the roundhouse were under consideration ate at a meeting of ot the union leaders L. L W W. Hawver president of the Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago council of the tho Federated Railway Railway Rail Ran way union declared that men are now out and that I within a week the strike will tie up both freight and passenger traffic in inmany inmany inmany many sections for the reason that every locomotive has to be overhauled and repaired after ater each trip to be kept in good condition R. R II H. Aishton regional director of ot director of railroads for tor the Northwest Northwest Northwest North North- west region said the strike thus far farhad farhad farhad had not seriously Interfered with either freight or passenger traffic Reports from various sections of the Nation show that the strike of Is gaining hourly in numerical strength Advices from itom Cleveland were that the executive executive- board board- of the American Federation of Railway Workers with witha a membership of had decided to strike today according to Hawker M MEN OUT With more than on strike and the number increasing both President Hawver r and Secretary John I D. D Saunders declared railroad schedules schedules sched sched- schedules ules and industry would be seriously seriously- crippled within a day or two Already steel mills and other industries in- in In Industries at Gary and other northern Ind Indiana ana points and in Chicago have haro begun to feel the effects of the strike according to the union leaders BOSTON MEN DISSATISFIED BOSTON Aug 4 Union Union railroad of the local district of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad at a mass meeting last night voted unanimously to strike Thursday unless their demands are granted The Themen Themen Themen men who said they had received appeals appeals appeals ap ap- ap- ap peals from the Chicago go union to join in a general strike disregarded the tho advice of their International officers officers' by voting to strike CALL STRIKE OFF CUMBERLAND Did Md Aug 4 Tak Tak Taking ing the tho stand that the Friday Friday Fri Fri- Friday day was Irregular as It did not have havethe havethe havethe the sanction of ot the tho brotherhood officials officials officials the Baltimore Baltimore- Ohio shop shop- mens men's strike vast wase ailed off yester yester- day STRIKE AT CAPITAL V WASHINGTON Aug 4 boilermakers and electricians in the V Washington hington railroad yards went on Continued on page 2 I I J I I I ALL ROUNDHOUSE MEN Continued page 1 strike today Officials at union stations stations sta aba estimated that about men were out They TIley said that while nIl all Washington repair work worl would have to cease railroad service in and nd out of ot the capital would not be affected ted for tor forthe the present atoa t. t COMPLETE IIa returned d trotH from Washington ashington and declared the strike is spreading rapidly and that tIle the unrest among railway railway rail rail- way workers l Is so a general that the i ai EI Ibis S Sv overwhelmed v VI I tile the international international inter inter- national officers of the various unions nv involved |