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Show EMPLOYES' VOTE SEEMS MUCH IN FAVOR OF STRIKE Of First Hundred Counted Result is 98 to 2 for Walkout KANSAS CITY, Mo.. March 17 Official Of-ficial count of the first hundred bal-i bal-i lots in the packing UOUSS strike tak-len tak-len yesterday showed nlnty-eight in favor of a walkout and two opposed, th union officials announced today. STRIKE BALLOTING, CHICAGO. March 17. Strike balloting bal-loting taken at the middle west branches of the five big packing companies com-panies continued to arrive at union I headquarters here today and It was understood they indicated a large majority ma-jority in favor of a 6trlke. I l-'ull power to call the walkout wa.s placed In 'ho hands of Denuls Kine, secretary-treasurer of the Amalgamated Amalgamat-ed Order of Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, and Kedmond S. Brennan, counsel for the union, at a meeting J of the heads of the other unions In-volved In-volved In trades employed in the stockyards. Resolutions were adopted by the other union leaders assuring the j but. her workmen of their support. VOLUNTARY OUT. MILWAl K K E . Wis.. March 17. A voluntary wage cut of 10 to 15 per jcent has been accepted b the workers work-ers council of Cudahy Brothers Packing Pack-ing company, president M V Cudahy lannounced today. The compan agreed (to continue the present wa.Tcs until j April l. The butche rs will receive no jwage cut. oo |