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Show uu ?" Weakness of Present "Unions Suggests New Federation. Chicago, Feb 9. Labor leaders aro secretly perfecting the formation of a territorial organization of railroad shop employes tuat will include every riad operating west of the Mississippi river, according to the Record-Herald tpday. A meeting to place the finish-sSg finish-sSg touches qutJie oVganization-il) be held in Kansas City March 9. As soon as. the organization is launched demands are to be made for a general advance in wages on every road. It Is the aim to unite all the mechanical trades on one railroad, so that concerted action may be taken when wage demands are made. Demands De-mands will be made on all railroads In the same terrltorv at the same time, so that ail railroads will be Involved In-volved simultaneously If a strike is called Labor .leaders say they discovered the weakness of their former plans while the rocent disputes with the Harrlman lines and Illinois Central railroad were on. and that tho next tlmo they strike it will be on a broader broad-er scale. Tho new organization, if consummated consum-mated on the lines planned, will include in-clude more than 100,000 men. rn |