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Show IBS II TO California Railroads Give Men Until 4 p. m. Today to Reconsider Strike Action KANSAS CITY, April 9. Members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Train-men tonight were called be-fore R. J. Hopkins, attorney general of Kansas, who is conducting a hearing in his investigation in-vestigation of the strike of switchmen in Kansas City, Kansas, following the instructions of Gov. H. J. Allen, to use all powers of the state to enforce the court or industrial relations law. Attorney General Hopkins said a blanket information probably would be filed tomorrow, under which charges would be lodged against all violators of the new Kansas law. An effort to bring the engineers to the assistance of the switchmen by striking was defeated late today. The engineers voted not to strike. " The switchmen's strike became a one hundred per cent walkout today, railroad rail-road officials said, adding that all of the 1,500 switchmen were out. Following Fol-lowing the strike of those who had remained re-mained loyal, railroad official's declared de-clared a complete embargo on freight shipments. |