Show GREATEST OF ALL V United States Threatened With Wi h I Biggest One in History y V Of the Nation WILL AFFECT ALL RAILROADS R DS Imminent Danger Dancer Da ger of of Complete I i by W of Many r I V I I Various 1 Ila J Agreed Iee Upon Uniform Demand of at i 10 Per Cent Wage I cu i V Chicago Dee Dec De 4 Tiie Tribune V this morning says V V The Time United States is nL 1 with tho the greatest railroad d strike m in tho tima th i I history of o the th nation i i iV V Practically every eer line lne In time tho country countr east and west est is in ut il imminent danger of or being completely cem leU up by bya a walkout on tho th part par of oC the time large Jare V V numbers of Its ha Its operation this ible thi V month V V I Officers of the organizations of or en engineers firemen fremen trainmen and switch snitch switchmen 1 men have agreed upon a unifOrm ul rm de do demand demand ki V mand of or a a 10 per cent wage tage increase I FIT without deviation or compromise 4 V That the crisis Is approaching rap rapidly rp rapIdly idly was wa Indicated Indicted yesterday by time tho th V announcement at New Nev York Tork by b officers ot cers of or tho th Brotherhood of oC Railroad Trainmen that that they would present V V their thel demands on time the of this month and the time wage ve conferences conference will wi V begin on the HUm Although ovary every C r ef of effort fort rort will 1 be made mae to avert avelt a n general general strike it Is Impossible imposible to predict what the time outcome of the time conferences will wi be Both time the railroads and the tho leaders I of oC organized labor among the time railroad aro preparing for tho tue ble bie which when it Jt once ones begins bein will wi without doubt develop into one of or the greatest industrial Industria battles that has hs ever err been n fought foust in this or 01 city any an other othe land m The Tho attitude of tho leaders lead rs on both sides of oC the dispute which menaces menace the j V industrial oC time the country Is la nt at atthe the present time that of ot iron V I Iness prent oC stubborn stubbornness V V V ness f J it I Is known klon that it 1 Is not Limo tho plan of oC the leaders In the time railroad ra li la libor her bor br ol call out iha bE ha men menat mena at a ono time their Intention n is said Bald to tobe tobe tobe be by b thole who are ae acquainted with wih their plans plane pla to call clout out sufficient men menon menon i I Ion on each eh big system to make mako operation o a it l practical impossibility V This means that over oer a I million men l n will engage directly in itt a I ii battle batti with wll the railroads unless some Homo ch elm cl V arises to to avert thu tho trouble l lore V More ore than nuts miles mies of railroad track will il cease to beat bear their th h burdens burd 18 of o freight and ad passengers with wih the eon eo comme I e 1 i V quent paralyzing effect on thom the com commerce commerce s merce amerce of o the country co 1 unless s a I settle settlement ment Is reached quickly quick So serious has has tho time situation bf be bt I como that early eari this week weak the time railroad l V I presidents quietly quiet notified time thu largest st 1 shippers along their lines that they had imad t I best prepare for tor an und time the t he I shippers so o notified Including miners V I of oC coal manufacturers Jobbers smut I shippers of oC grain and other V V have been exerting exe themselves to tho the I utmost to lay la in ut 1 their stocks and nd dis distribute dl tribute their products Into the tho consuming i V lag ing in centers I I |