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Show : 'Outlaw5 Strike Efforts to Destroy Unions Ss Brotherhoods' Warning CLEVELAND, April9. A signed statement was issued hero tonight by the chiefs of the four big transportation brotherhoods, broth-erhoods, as follows : "The present strike of men engaged in switching service was originated in Chicago by a new organization that has for its purpose the destruction of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Switchment Union and in its inception had nothing to do with the wage question, but was a demand for the reinstanement of the leader of this oppositiion organization. After this strike was instituted for this purpose, the leaders of the new organization then injected the wage question for the sole purpose of deceiving yardmen throughout the United t States and promote the ''one big union" ida. There can be no settlement of pending wage question while this illegal action continues. We insist that every other membe'r of these' brotherhoods broth-erhoods do everything within their power, to preserve their existing contracts, which, if abrogated, may" take years to rebuild. re-build. The laws of all of these organizations provide penalties for members engaging in illegal strikes and these will be enforced. en-forced. , (Signed) L. E. S.HEPPARD, President Order Railroad Conductors, "W, G. LEE, President Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, "W. S. STONE, Grand Chief Engineer, Brotherhood of Lo-; Lo-; comotive Engineers. .. !'W. H. CARTER, President Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen." - " : i |