Show lip LOOMS loans up HURL STRIKE THREAT AT EMPLOYERS IF DEMANDS ARE NOT MET PROMPTLY workers promises walk out october 30 if Neg negolia otia eions alons on wages daae are not resumed chicago rail workers hurled an ul tillI tull nt at their employers friday by deciding to strike october SO 30 unless negotiations on wages find working con editions were reopened Rall railroad road executives who mot met here friday defied the most incise powerful la ill bor unions jn in tile lio nation by proceeding with their plans to slash wages in ili the face of a strike tito tho decision to strike wits was reached by heads of the railroad brotherhoods brothe follow following las days of conferences according to tile tho plans mapped out by tho the union heads mon moil on all lines will not bo be called out at once the nations transportation system lia has been divided into ten groups for strike purposes workers on tile roads Pom comprising ono group will bo be a tiled called out first then it if tho the management refuses to confer with tho the men with a view to bettering wages and working conditions workers in the next group will be called out ind and so on down tile line until every one of tile two million union workers am have 0 deserted choir posts and tied up till tie tho nations transportation system those are tile railroad union chiefs who called th alio ii strike and mapped out otil tho file plan W V S stone brotherhood of loco 1110 motive tivo engineers L 13 sheppard order of conductors IV 8 carters carter brotherhood of loco motive firemen rind engineers T 0 cashon Switch mens union ot north america IV G leo of tho the brotherhood ot li allway trainmen did not sit in on tile sessions tito tho big brotherhoods brothe have the backing of members of the lie federated shop crafts who are affiliated if hinted with the rall rail why way department of tile tho american federation of labor the ot of ilert hert it II jewell Is president were tile the first to vote overwhelmingly el till ugly in n favor of it a strike it held up their decision pending nc ac tion of tho the brotherhoods brothe all union men will act together in tile crisis it has been decided by their leaders tho the strike vote was taken in protest against tho the 12 per cent cut in wages which took place on july 1 on orders of the lie united states railroad labor board since then however several men high a tile tho councils of unionism m have stated that hat they would not use thil powerful club unless another nother la attempt was made to cut aitt wages v ages things moved rapidly to tb a licad head fol lowing the news that was giyen given out by tile alio unemployment conference in washington that leaders in the ad ministration favor A redu reduction alon in wag es so that freight rates may be slashed in an effort to stimulate stagnant bus bug buess conditions |