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Show SANTA FE MEN TOLD TO GET BACK ON JOB President Lee Declares Regular Reg-ular Procedure in Disputes Dis-putes Must Be Followed CLEVELAND, O . Aug 12 (By the Associated Press.') Members of th P.rotherhood of Railway Trainmen who went on sttike on the Santa Fe j railroad have been ordered to return t.i work, President W, V Dee announ-i ced today, declaring that their wulk-out wulk-out was unauthorized inasmuch ns the regular procedurt in settling disputes had not been carried out Telegrams! to this effect were sent to General Chairman Duffy and General Secre-1 tary Hascott of the Santa Fc sjstemi at Los Angeles We are In full sympathy with the, shopmen's strike" Mr. Dee said "buti I will not pass authority to strike on I to individual members or to local committees In any case 1 am ln-1 slstinp, that all walkouts be conducted! In an orderly maimer and not piece I meal and the the constitution and general rules of our organization be l) ' cl up tO. 1 This trouhle must be settled as all similar troubles have been settled" In explaining his position to a representative rep-resentative of the Associated Press, Mr Ue said messages similar to those he sent to general chairmen on the Illinois Central. Chicago and North-western, North-western, the Chicago, nock island and Pacific and the Missouri Pacific railroads rail-roads are being forwarded to all general gen-eral committees forwarding complaints. com-plaints. The read "If employment on your road Is unbearable un-bearable on account of conditions due to shopmen's strike your general committee com-mittee should bo convened and If a majority of such committee votes in favor of a strike, authority of the un-derslgned. un-derslgned. and provided for In general ruic nine of (h constitution and gen eral rules of th. brotherhood o given " I President Lee said he had not sanc- Honed the Santa Fe strike |