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Show oo CAR LINE STRIKE TO BE.NATIONWIDE I New Vork, Aug. 2. The threatened ,tle-up of every car lino in Greater New York is to be only the first stop in a nation-wide strike of street car men in order to win tho union's do-1 raand for the right to organize everywhere, every-where, it was stated today by Louis Freidlger, counsel for the union organizers. or-ganizers. I "This is a country-wide affair," Mr Freidlger declared. "The organizing of street railway men is progressing rapidly. Attention is to be centered first on New York City." These leaders informed the mayor thcro had been ono Instance at least of the discharge by the New York Railways company of an employe for union activities and that a strike would be the inevitable result. The mayor requested them to withhold action ac-tion until tomorrow's conference and elicited a promise, it was announced at the mayor's office, that his wishes would bo respected. Meantimo the New York Railways company was making preparations against a strike and already has gathered gath-ered a force of several hundred professional pro-fessional strikebreakers. Tho police also were taking all precautions and Police Commissioner Woods has assurances as-surances from Governor Whitman Ithrt 10,000 state militia were avail-tble avail-tble to prevent disorder should the strike prove too big a problem for iho police. Although the mayor has not relinquished relin-quished hope of bringing about arbitral arbi-tral ion, it was said that he feels the attitude of the strike leaders and railway officials is such that the -'lances of avoiding a strike are small. |