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Show FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND RAILROAD MEN DECIDE TO STRIKE, TOMORROW NKW VOHK Miinh 16 A prc-HreMHli prc-HreMHli Htrll e of tin four liuudred thoiiHmid memben of the four llU'iu railroad brotherhooilH, to In Kin at tl lo'iloek (ii'iitral time) Huturdn) on Kiuteru rouiU, wan orderid lien late toda) Tin walkout will ixteud to all thu rullroudH In the inuiitr) within flu iu)h. ChlufM of the workmen' orKunluitloiiH tot the Htrlke muuhlii ery In inotloi, ulthlu u feu lulnutw ,uftrr mi ultlinuliim ilulliueil to the iiinfvielite tminnilttee of nil I roml niunaKeri hud In en r Jettrd A mm-promlm. mm-promlm. propuxil off red b) the man UKeru uiih declined without debute Onl) Miin nHf ul Interientlon b) l'ri'Hldenl: WIIhoii, It uppvured tonlKht un ulert u, Htrlke Thu brotherhood Jeailern KUle no ludltatlon thut even mi appeal from thu natlon'M thief ex t utile can uhuuee their purpoHe tn obtain a bukli elKht-hoiir da und pro rata time fur overtime throtiKh the Hue ill thu "piolectlie feature' of their orKQiiliutloiiH. The) refuHed flatl) to Hubmlt their- ,UHe to the elulit-hinir (.ommUhlon hmuled b) Major Omiiiral fleorKt V OntthnU or to uwalt the decision of the Hupremo ,ourt on tho coiiHtltutionulll) of the lAiliinibon law ' rrulKht emplojun, jurdmin and en Klue luiHthiH on the Ni w York Central Cen-tral llneM Hint mid uiHt the Nkkul I'late ami llaltlmoro nml Ohio rail-rouiU, rail-rouiU, und In thu HTeut jiirdi In Chi-iuko Chi-iuko mid HI I.ouIh, will be the flrHt to leule their poMtH The) will In follow nl Humluy b) Hie Hume clumieH of workmen on tho HoiiHicru Itullwii), the Norfolk mid W'eHterii, the "IrKinlu, the ChiHHipeoke und Ohio, and a Kroup of north wphI-ern wphI-ern roadH, No formal outline of the brotherhooilH brother-hooilH proKram. he)ond the pluim for theHe two du)N, wiih mude either to the muniiKiTH or to the public. It wan Hiild, howeier, that the frelicht pippin) ih on the other roaiU iu the Kiiiutr) would be iiilhd out In trroupH nt twelve or twent) -four hour Inter-iuIm Inter-iuIm ufter Hunda) If the parulynU of fielKht traffh Huih iuiMea doeH not riHUlt In NurremW Id the rullroudi before thut time the empire on all pawwiik'tr tralliK will be orilirul out Weilnendii) Tlu railroad manuKim nuld touliiht the) expcted thut enutlRh of their nun would leinoln loal to eimblo them to maintain a Nkntrton Her Mi ft on numt llnt-H. The manamrH moiiiu Hmi iiko launed u iriuun of emplojca to La. taken to ditirmlnu how many would refimc to ki On strike. TIiIm :flfl reNiilted, It hum wild, In Varying per- .'Bfl centaKiH, rmmlnK from a very few ou '.flj Homo roailH tu from SO to 60 per cent iflfl on othern. (flfl The nmnagcr eatlmated that be- iflV, tvveen thirty und forty thounr.nd men- ; are emplo)id on thu rondn on which fH the Mtrlke Im to bealn Hatutduy nltfht. ! |