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Show STRIKE ORDER ON S. P, ISRECALLED Government Mediators Have Been Called on to Settle the Dispute. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 4. A strike of 8,500 employes of the Southern Pacific Pa-cific company, which was called for tomorrow to-morrow night, has been deferred pending pend-ing action by fedoral mediators, it was announced last night by representatives representa-tives of the four railroad brotherhoods Involved. The following statement was issued at the headquarters of the Brotherhood Brother-hood of Railroad Trainmen last night, after representatives of the four brotherhoods broth-erhoods had been in conference all day with officials of the road: "The strike has been deferred. "The Southern Pacific company has appealed for fedoral mediators and, at the urgent solicitation of the federal fed-eral board of mediation and conciliation, concilia-tion, representatives of the trainmen havo decided to accept the good offices of-fices of fedoral mediators." It was also declared that tho national nation-al council of defense, through Secretary Secre-tary of Labor William B. Wilson, had taken an active part In bringing about the postponement of the walkout. Subsequent developments will depend de-pend upon the success of the mediators, mediat-ors, who arc expected to arrive here anil lipp-in thplr invpticatinn"; immpfli- ately. The federal board of mediators mediat-ors and conciliation consists of Judge Martin A. Knapp, G. W. W. Hanger and William L. Chambers. ! The difficulties over which employes em-ployes had threatened to strike arose over the decision of tho company on ' various grievance cases of workmen. A letter, signed by officials of the four-brotherhoods four-brotherhoods and containing the strike j ultimatum was received Wednesday! by W. R. Scott, vice president and ' general manager of the company. He suggested federal mediation. Scott and his assistants have been in conference with officers of the brotherhoods for two days. |