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Show SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. E. L. Requin, president of the San Francisco Francis-co Federation of the Shop Employes of the Harrlman lines, said tonight that ho believed a secret vote now being be-ing tuken hero by tho federation would bo unanimous for a strike. The result of the vote will not be made public. 1 It now rests entlroly with the company," com-pany," said Requin. "The men all over the country have declared almost unanimously tor a strike unless our conditions are met, Wo aro determined deter-mined that we shall bo recognized as a federation. "I have not been advised of Vice President Kruttschnitt's reported iu-tontiou iu-tontiou to visit San Francisco. If ho arrives here Wednesday, our board of arbitration will bo glad to meet him. "Our men will not do business as a craft organization, they will stand together to-gether or not nt all. We will accept no compromise. "Twenty per cent of the omployes of the Mission Bay shops were dropped drop-ped from the pay 'rolls today. The men remaining will work nine hours a day, six das a week." Conference Next Week. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 25. M. F. Ryan, Ry-an, international president of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, said this afternoon that a time and place for holding the proposed conference between officers of the Harrlman railroad rail-road system and the International presidents of great shop unions will bo decided tomorrow. Ho believed the conference would be held about the middle of next week. "Understand, wo. are making, and have made, no threats to strike," Bald President Ryan. . "Tho only strike, talk I have heard has been coming from Julius Krutt-schnltt Krutt-schnltt in the last three weeks. A strike Is always a possibility, but It Is to bo consldoied wily bg a last resort re-sort In case tho Harrlman roads leave us no alternative. "All we ask Is a plain business proposition prop-osition such as a majority of the big railroad systems have already agreed to Tho idea Is to4qave the unions and railroads of the Harrlman system money, time and trouble under a plan whereby all five unions, in treating with tho railroads, may bo represented represent-ed by one committee. "Hcretoforo the Harrlman system has shown a disposition to play one union against another." J. Franklin, International president of the Boilermakers, and In chargo of the federated union headquarters, said tonight over tho long distance telephone, tele-phone, in conversation with J. W. Kline, international presidont of the Blacksmiths, that Kline was arranging arrang-ing to hold a conference between Julius Jul-ius Kruttschnltt, vice president of the Harrlman lines, and the five international interna-tional presidents. Earlier in the day, according to press reports from Chicago, Kline was said to have declared he would j not meet Mr, Kruttschnltt and hal wired President Lovett of the Harrlman Harrl-man lines, asking him to meet the five union presidents personally. Vote Favors Strike. PADUCAH, Ky., Aug 25. Th result re-sult of tho strike vote taken by the federation of Illinois Central railway employes, as counted up to a late hour tonight, Bhows 97 per cent In favor of backing up the officers of the federation fed-eration In their demands upon the Illinois Il-linois Central for recognition. Demands of the organisation backed back-ed by this voto will be laid before Illinois Il-linois Central officials in Chicago Mon-dny Mon-dny and should they refuso to negotiate, nego-tiate, federation ofticers hore declare the strike will bo ordered Tuesday. Plans are now on for a gra'dual tie-up tie-up of the system with a ronowal ot efforts at negotiation after each union b called out. In the vote taken today, bat 135 ot tho S.OOO mombers failed to vote. |