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Show & tgj g - ogj Q 3 SPROUL TO ASK I i LABOR BOARD TO I BECIDEi ME; i I Immediate Decision on De-! - mand for Increased Pay j Urged to Check Trouble i MOTOR TRUCKS ARE 1 PRESSED INTO SERVICE i Call for One Big Union of Railroad Rail-road Workers Published in Butte WASHINGTON, June 22. Strikes of railroad employes which began several days ago in Philadelphia end Baltimore and since have spread to other eastern railroad centers are being watched closely by government officials. So far as could be learned today no step to combat the spreading spread-ing epidemic of walkouts had been decided od by any government agency, officials generally relying upon union heads to bring about resumption re-sumption of work. Bia Walkout Friday PHILADELPHIA, June 22. The railroad strike apparently has been checkpti here, aJjhougU. slrlkp, 'leads; el's" say 7a big "v.'aucout will cpmc on ? Friday. ' -' I According to railway officials, some of the strikers roturned to their posts today and there was a slight Improvement in tho movement of freight. i It was reported that Governor Sproul contemplates sending a request re-quest to the United States railroad labor board at Washington asking an immediate decision on the demands for increased wages. Large numbers of loaded cars are accumplated in the anthracite region. Coal dealers say coal held up now because or shipping facilities cannot be replaced as the market is millions of tons behind. Merchants ill Ponnsvlvnnln oiMac affected by the freight embargo are! pressing motor trucks into service, i Only foodstuffs are being thus trans- ! ported. Published in Butte BUTTE, MonL, June 21. The call J from Chicago to organize a big un-1 ion of railway workers published by j the Butte Daily Bulletin was received re-ceived by Joseph Clough, secretary I of the One Big Union local of this i city. Presumably, it was stated, the! jcall came from T. S. Cassidy, general gen-eral organiser for the One Big Union at Chicago. The Butte Daily Bulletin building Is headquarters for the One Big Union Un-ion here, according to a banner displayed on the structure. |