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Show STRIKE I 18 NOT I HALTED I Instructions From Na fl iional Chiefs to the Los A Angeles Men Ignored. ,m RETURN "DANGEROUS I Federal Grand Jury to I Consider Delay of I Mails. I 4-4-4-44-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. The 4- committee of one hundred repre- 4- sentlng the railroad shopmen in- 4 4- former Director-General nines to- 4- day that they could not accept as ,"f a basis of settlement of their de- ! 4- mands the rates submitted to 4- them yesterday by President WI1- 1 4- son. 4- Result of the negotiations here 4- were communicated to the union ;4- locals throughout the country j 4- with instructions that a strike j 4- should be taken immediately to 4- determine whether the presi- 1 4- dent's proposals should be ac- cepted. 4-4- Pending the issuance of an of- 4- ficial strike vote, it was urgently 4- requested by international offl- f cers that ail men should remain on the job 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44-4' WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Director-General Director-General Hines today requested the board of railway wages and working conditions to take up promptly any claims that have been made or may be made by railroad employes for read justments that "ought to be made in order to make sur that equal treatment treat-ment is done on the basis of the general gen-eral principles of wage adjustment which the railroad administration has already established." The decision announced yesterday i by which shopmen will receive an increase in-crease of 4 cents an hour was said to have been one step in carrying out this policy. The committee of 100 representing the shopmen was In session all morning morn-ing behind closed doors considering the decision of President Wilson and Mr. Hines on their wage demands. Members of the committee declined to say whether they were in favor of or rejection of the president's proposals. LOS ANGELES. Aug 26 All striking strik-ing railroad men will ignore instructions instruc-tions of 'heir national chiefs that they should return to work and will cop tinue their strike, according to a rie-cision rie-cision reached early today after an I all-night meeting. The men based their action on a phrase of the orders to return to work which said the. Set d not submit themselves to danger I I of inob violence. They said to return I at present would be dangerous in IhU respect. I Just one train reached Los Angelc-I Angelc-I yesterday, a consolidated Santa Pi overland train brought here from Yuma, Ariz., by the grace of strikers. I IH Another train is expected hero today, j also through the action of the broth , erhood members, from Yuma, where two Southern Pacific trains wei. halted. , ' The federal grand Jury is to meet today 10 consider the strike action ol ,the district attorney who said delays llflH I of mails would be investigated.' The Pacific Electric, an interurban roa I, announced it would have normal .la; light service tomorrow and the I o-1 o-1 Angeles Street Railway compativ In l 1 statement assured its patrons it w. -restoring normal daylight service. i I The strike began with tho platform men of the street railway compan: . spread to the Pacific Electric and ; the men of the latter are brotherhood members, their strike received the mpathetic support of the brothe hoodjnen of the three transcontinental j railroads ntering Los Angeles. 00 |