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Show STRIKE ORDER ISSUED. Railroad Employes Ordered to Walk Out on Labor Day. Washington. The outlook Is .lark for a settlement of the controversy between the railroads and their employes. em-ployes. When the rallronil brother .mod heads went to the While House Monday Mon-day night the president strongly urged the withdrawal of a tentative strike order sent out subject to release re-lease calling for a walkout of the 400.000 brotherhood members at. 7 a. In. Labor day, September 4. This re iifrit was flatly refused, the leaders paying only the committee of MO, which left Washington Sunday, hail power to recall the order. The Htrlke order Is -brief. It In ad dressed to eleven members of the four brotherhoods, is signed by the various general chairmen, anil reads as follows: "Sirs and brothers: This is to advise ad-vise that the vote of the employees In train and engine service on the eight-hour eight-hour day and time and one-half overtime over-time proposition was overwhelmingly In favor of a strike. "Notwithstanding this your representatives repre-sentatives have been unable to effect a satisfactory settlement and a strike under the laws of the respective respect-ive organizations becomes effective on September 4, l!Di, at 7 o'clock a .m. "Impart this information so those interested will understand that they are to promptly obey." On a separate sheet the duties of members and officers In the conduct tif a strike are set forth. Particular emphasis is placed on conducting the proposed strike as peacefully ns possible. pos-sible. Among the duties of members set forth are these: "No man in road service Involved in the strike will perform any service after the hour set to strike, unless he has already begun a trip and has actually left the terminal. If the train has left a terminal ho will complete the trip and deliver the engine and 'rain at the end of the run. or lie up point, if tied up under the law, after which he will perform no other service until the close of the strike. Men In other than road service will leave the service at the appointed time. "So far as your legal right to strike is concerned, there Is no difference between a mail train and a f night train. You have Identically the same right to refuse to perform service on a mall train as you have to refuse service on a freight train. "All men on strike will keep nway from the company's property, except such men as are designated certain duties to be performed by the authority author-ity of the organizations. "Kvery man should understand that the laws of the land must be obeyed. Acts of violence of any nature will not be tolera'"d by the organizations." |