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Show JaXMBEiVSHIP OF 700.000. CHICAGO. Aug. M. Bailroad officials declsre that the strike which threatens western railroads Is being planned as a demonstration of siren a th hy tha railroad rail-road department of the American Federation Fed-eration of Ijibor. 4 Thla railroad department of tha American Ameri-can Federation or Labor waa organised four years ago. It is said to have a membership of nearly 700.900, comprlalng shopmen and telegraphers of eighteen rsllrosds. The action of tha Harriman lines In refusing re-fusing a wage Increase. It ta aaid. will i be followed by the heads of other rsllrosds. rsll-rosds. The Informs) conference between western railroad officials on tha subject of tha Strike Is being continued.' |