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Show OF STRIKE WILL STSRTTUESOJlf Senate Adopts Resolution; McCormick Wants "Insurgents" "In-surgents" Called to Washington Wash-ington as Witnesses BLAMES WILSON FOR DELAY ON BOARD Lee Says Strike Has Got Beyond Be-yond Control of the Brotherhood Broth-erhood Officials WASHINGTON. April 9. Virtually admitting that the strike of trainmen and switchmen over the country had gotten beyond control of union offl clals, W. G. Leo. president of tho Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, telegraphed tel-egraphed Representative Cooper, Republican, Re-publican, of Ohio, today asking whether wheth-er present laws "apply to renogade organization or-ganization or thoso Inciting Illegal J strikes." Mr. Cooper, who is a,mcmbor of tho i trainmen's union, took the matter up( with Acting Attorney General Ames and was told that while the depart--ment of justice was watching the situa-j tlon, It had no statement to make at, this time. j Before this telegram . was received, the senate had adopted without a rec- ord voie Senator McCormick's lesoiu-lion lesoiu-lion directing the interstate commerce committee to Investigate all strikes of railroad employes not sanctioned by) the responslole officers of the railroad i unions. Chairman Cummins of the Interstate In-terstate commerce committee, announced an-nounced late today that the Investigation Investiga-tion would begin ndxi Tuesday, but tht ho had not decided whether it would bo conducted by a full committee commit-tee or by a sub committee. Meantime, the senator has tele- graphed to Mr. Lee asking for the naaes and aduresseu of the labor lead-' trs in Chicagj connected with the btriku with a view to summoning them before the committee. In calling up. his resolution, Senator McCormick said President Wilson's failure to appoint' the members oi the railroad labor! board, which Is to handle wage and other disputes under tho provisions of! the transportation act, made tho sen-1 ate Investigation necessary for in no i other could the public be given the facts. While house officials said to- ( day the president was so.ecting the; members of ihc board and that thoj uominalions could bo looked for at anyi time. Administration officers are giving close attention to the strike. j ..'IL-.v.'as suggested that before any) olhorstep was taken, an appeal prob-; Alylouid be made to the men to re-j ttfrn'to workjfpcndlng -a settlement of; fhelr wage demands "through the ma-1 chlriery provided by the transportation transporta-tion acU j At Indianapolis. j INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 9. Three hundred and fifty Indianapolis j switchmen joined the forces of the al-i leged "outlaw" union that has devol-i opsd all over the United States and ro-l fused to report tor duty on late shifts j this afternoon, according to reports from various railroad yards. Brotherhood Brother-hood officials made no statement" other oth-er than thaht the strike was unauthorized. unauthor-ized. Hog Market Dropo; SIOUX CITY, April 9. Sioux City stocqyards and packing houses were hit hard today by the striko of 'switchmen 'switch-men in Chicago. Railroads are taking no freight to Kansas City, Chicago and points oast of Chicago. The hog market dropped, $12.50 being paid today to-day which Is $2.50 under yesterday's top price. oo |