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Show STRIKE OF jl THE CLERKS ! I ' I Shopmen Are Goin ', I Out as a Sympa- x ! thetic Move ' fH Chicago, Sept. 26. The possibility i H of the Btrlke of clerks on the Illinois ' H Central road extending to Chicago 1 ' ' M was scouted by officials of the road ' ' H today. At the same time, officials ' I M in the .office of the vice president 1 1 H were inclined to minimize the lm- H portanco of the strike In the South , and indicated that traffic would re- M sume normal conditions by tomorrow. J M "The clerks in Chicago work under a separate agroement with the rail- H road," was the statement given ouL ,' H "None of the points north of tho Ohio 'j H river, except Mounds, III., is affiliated I h H with the Federation of Railway I ,, H clerks, and, except for that point, ,' '' H there is no chance of the strlko ex- j l' H tending north. ') jH "We have not received anv detailed j H information as to tho condition in I jH the Southern points today, but think ,'J H it is likely the trouble soon will bo,. ' r ' H settled." j ,i. jH Ordered to Strike. H Chicago, Sept. 26. All members of , H the clerks' union employed by the 1 H Illinois Central railroad aro ordered JH to strlko today by an order issued f IH last night hy J. J. Carrlngton, preal- IH dont of the union. y M While many union clerks in South- IH em cities struck last night, officers 1 l of the railroad said that they did not M fear a general strike of employes, ai- J H though the recont threatened strike , M of federated shop employes might be 1 Hl rovlved by way of sympathy. ' VM President Markham of the Illinois ' M Central said that the strike of clerks ' ' M thus far was of little consequence. "I guess this Is just an aftermath of ' M the federated shop employes' contrc- ' ( 1 ,H versy," saidv,Mr. farkham. "A few " H clerks walked out without warning, at 1 Now Orleans, Memphis and Jackson, I 'J and at Memphis a few shopmen struck 1 , , M In sympathy. That Is tho only place . j 1 IH where shopmen struck. 'Nono of thoso ' H employed In Chicago quit and those In ' . rr,l the South issued no warning." , l T. J Foley, general manager of the l. H road, said the clerks struck because ,. j H the road refused to recognize a- ujj H clerks' union recently organized- In .jl H .'ew Orleans, He said that' the'trbii- .. H bio had no direct connection with the I $ H demands of the federated shop em' ill 1 L Clerks Remain Firm. ) M M Sedalla, Mo., Sept. 26. Pickets ' H were placed on duty by the striking jH carmen today at all shop points on 'H the Missouri, Kansas & Texas sys- H torn. This action was taken in an ef- H fort to prevent the resumption of jH work In the shops, following yester- H day's announcement by company offl- 'H clals that men would be hired to fill H the places of the 1,500 strikers who 'H walked out Saturday fH At union headqunrters in this city 'H today it was announced that the 'IH strikers throughout tho system are re- IH malnlng firm and that a settlement H wns expected within ten days. H Strikers Confident. Memphis, Tenn.. SepL 26 With , M practicallv every clerk and shopman H of tho Ullpols Central railroad out on 'H strike in Mcmtphls, the strikers aro - H confident they will be successful in H their attempt to gain recognition for ' H their new union The railroad officials are equally I H confident they will bo able to sumo tj H tho usual traffic late today or tomor- H The striking clerks say that a two- H days' standstill In the local yards H would produce a congestion that the l H railroad will find difficult to handle. H Roth the Illinois Central and the , IH Yazoo Si Mississippi Valley railroads IH have refused frolght for local points- , jlH |