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Show SHOPMEN STRIKE I AGAINST MM I CIEFSJRDERS j CHICAGO. Aug. 1 Approximately 'J 100,000 railway shopmen in the Cnicago district, which embraces the territory ' within 200 miles of thin city, went on : a strike today for higher wages. The j shopmen in the Atlanta. Ga , district 1 walked out, it la said The strikers include machinists, j boilermakers and car repairers. The men. who are organized, made a demand de-mand for an increase in wages and improved working conditions sevens weeks ago and have been negotiating vsiih Director of RalUoads Hincs at W .1 shington. Officers of the union who are now in Washington are said 10 bave telegraphed loca." leaders yes- terday that their demands probably would be granted today and advised against a strike. ) Thirty thousand men ar.e involved in the walkout in Chicago and tie immediate im-mediate vicinity, according to union officials. Rock Island Strike ROCK ISLAND. 111. ug. 1 Fifteen hundred shopmen employed by the C P. and R I., at Silvis. 111., went out on strike today in accordance with the strike call issued in Chicago. |