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Show RAIL MACHINISTS FOMENT STRIKE AMONG WORKERS Movement Discovered on' Santa Fe to Induce Pre. I . ent Employe to Walk ; Out on November 15 AI.prQCF.nQVK. K. M . Nov. 14. i A letter bearing the typewritten signature signa-ture of W. H. ratterson, certiiry- ' treasurer of th mchlnlti"' union nn ' th Bant Ke eyetem, which lo'tor Mr. I'atlerson admits wrltimc. ha been mad puMlo here. II n-fr to a iro. prwed s'rlka on the FviU Ke sy.trm '. to be rolled November 15. Th letter' ta dated Alhuduernue. NMfinlr 7, ana addreeeed to "all chairmen " II fol- ; Iowa, In prt: ! Tin enclosed circular letter 1 believe U self-explanatory. "In order -to make thin effective. It j Vlll have to be handled very carefully. . Mall one of the. to nil (tin unprint- i able nam ! iiaedi. whim numc and addreancs you aro able to secure up to I th lllh. not before, thn endeavor to, have p. t'f them turned 1nr.r In th j shop on Monlit. Ilia 13tli. U ntitilTt i be a good Kim also In hav aoma of lham poeted around th ahnpa. hut b ,ereful not to net caught posting them, necauec It might be conatrued aa a vlo- , l I Inn nt lh ltuiiehertv 111 luni't ltn. I - "Iont n-ad Una In your mtln or j let any InformutUm cn-nilnic ll et beyond your executive committee before be-fore the I2th. MYou may not ble to start ft mnvtment of this kind at your point, . but thl will at leiM serve the pur-! poa if fflvlna; the manatremeut aoma 'worry, and uuythlnt that dttmtiK-s the : morals of the boHees hrlpe ua Junt that ' much. However, I want to euy to you j . that Oil walkout Is noli if to occur at , - aoma other piHuts, and If thee birds in your shop have their own welfare at ' heart they will get buny and maka II j nnanilmni. This la a cold- ( bloodad bUK.na proposition. We want ; to win th atrlk and win it quickly,, nd believe me If these fellows can ' ' -be Induced to walk out the Jig will be i ")ip right now. w "My activities in this matter may mean trouble for ma, therefor do not ; undar any ciruumstancea permit this circular to gt out of your posneaston gnd he careful not to reveal to Anyone . from what source the enclosure cam . , to you." ! - Th enclosure reforred to, ratterson -SjrimlUodi was ne also dutefl Nowem- ; ber T and signed "Te Committee," purporting to hav been wrllten by i union shopmen on the Hunt a Ke who) "either did not strike July last or who 'ha-ve returned to work since that date, 'and tinting all organised workers on -tthe rued to strike November 16. |