Show I 1 METAL WORKERS TO UNITE they are to prepare for sympathetic strike chicago april 19 A plan by which the metal trades ot of the united states may act as a unit and it need be call sympathetic strikes extending over the whole country Is to suggested by president gompers ot of the american federation of labor who yesterday issued a call to john fitzpatrick president of the chicago federation of labor who in turn called a conference of tho the of of the metal fetal workers unions of chicago the object of the plan is to 14 have nil all the contracts made matle with the employers begin and terminate at the same time all over the country so that in making new agreements the unions in this branch pf af industry can have the tho full power 61 0 their entire national strength to enforce their demands there are hundreds of thousands of raen men engaged id in these trades and the power which their organizations will have under tho new scheme Is 16 enormous the tho af pf 0 was waa by gompers and la Is being passed out by him to the leaders of the tile local federations of labor which are affiliated aff with tho national body these same action as that taken by the chicago federation within a few daya days the m movement will vill have spread all over the country and the labor leaders will begin working out the details which shall make the system effe effective clive Il members embers of the local bodies favor tho the idea and will give it hearty support |