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Show ' UNIONS CALL UPON LABOR I FEDERATION TO CALL NATIONAL STRIKE AS GIGANTIC PROTEST ! I OMAHA, Nt h. Aug. 1 John M. jGlbb. president 01 thi labor unions of I Omaha today made public the teal of r. solution recent ly adopted bj I be body and sent to other labor organizations organiza-tions for similar action, calling on the executive counsel of the American federation 01 Labor o call a national striae In protest against the "slavery conditions thai ar. being imposed upon up-on us." The resolution, after referring to tli Strike of the miners, railroad 1 m- jployes and e'w Kngiund textile work-declares work-declares that "the president of the United States now informs us through the medium of the public press that 'it Is his purpose to use the full power v uvcnuuem nuiu run nary ami judicial, to intimidate and oppre free people and to bend them t.. Ills Will, the American standard of living must be r.-duc . .I The charge was also made that "the doors of the Fnlted States treasury hie be.n thrown open for the race tor hie; business as represented by the railroad owners." After providing for the forwarding of copies of the resolution to nil departments de-partments of the Ameican Federation 0 Labor, railway bortherhoods and all central labor unions for their support, sup-port, the document concluded with a pledge of "our lives, our liberty and . in sacred honor to Hie establish -11 nt, maintenance and defense of I lllng rate of wages In the United States " RESOTjI TV ) VDOPTED. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. .'4 Th. Cortland labor council has adopted the "Omaha resolution" asking the 1 s-Scutive s-Scutive council of the American Federation! Fed-eration! of Ijibor to call a national strike, W IS. ICimsey, secretary of the council, announced today. Klmsey sale this would be forwarded to the executive council which has no power pow-er to call a strike but which has authority au-thority to propose to Individual nn- ' Ions, whether they desire to Join a I nation-wide walkout. ( MM I aS i; . I .1 DENVER, Colo., Aug, 24 Both the J Denver trades and labor assembly and the Colorado state federation of labor received copies of s resolution prepared prepar-ed by the central trad, union of Oma- j ha calling upon the executive council j of the American Federation of Labor I to declare a national strike. but . neither of these organizations has j adopted the resolution It was stated today by Ray Louderbec k, who Is ; 'secretary of the trades :nd labor assembly as-sembly and vice president of the state j ! 'deration of labor. STRIKE URGED SAN FRANCISCO. An;. 24. Various Var-ious labor organizations throughout the country have.- prepared a resolu- j tlon "advocating a general strike on j account of the railroad situation."' Paul Bcbarrenberg, secretary of the j state federation df labor said today In 1 discussing such a resolution emanate Ing from Fie central trade union of Omaha. Scharrenberg said that the j Omaha resolution had not been re- ) calved bv his body. The San Francisco labor council has received no such resolutions, according accord-ing to Its president. George Mollis. |