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Show ! SOCIALISTS ARE CAPTURING UNIONS Chicago. Aug. 29 Eighty-nine mera bers of Painters' Union No. 19 gath-' gath-' erod yesterday In Brands' hall to "capture the powers of the govern-1 meat." The r-Ft of the 2.000 member3 of tbe organization did not appear at the meeting, which had been widely ' advertised as a teat of strength b-I b-I tween the Socialists and the trade ; unionist. i The meeting was called to take a referendum vote on tbe questions sub milted by tho Chicago Federation of ; Labor to determine organized labor's j policy in the coming political" cani- palgn The questions were whether the organized workers would co-operate with the Socialist varty or form an Independent labor party of their ! own, and whether they would abide by the result of the majority vote. I When the votes were counted 73 were in favor of co-operating with tho . Socialist party and 10 for an lndepend-1 lndepend-1 eul political party. |