The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-29
STRIKE CALL IS ISSUED THAT
 INVOLVES S6,0OO SHOPMEN
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-~-<~------~-~~~-~>~~--~- and the rank discrimination practiced transferred to new shops and have to begin their seniority at the new shops. where they are likely to be laid off and the places given younger men.
 Three of the five international unions involved. including the machinists', were said to have agreed on Sunday morning between 10 and 12 o'clock as the hour of a general walkout.
 The number of men who will be af- fected was roughly estimated at 35,- 900. According to statement at union headquarters here the chief centers which will be affected are:
 Chicago, 5000; Kansas City. Mo. 1000 San Francisco. 1000; Denver. 1000; Sac ramento, $500; Los Angeles, 2000. On the Illinois Central lines 10000 will go out.
 The crafts affected include:
 Carmen, 12,000; machinists, 1000; boilermakers, 5000; blacksmiths, 2O00; sheet metal workers, 1000 The four allied trades that will walk out, the steam filters, copper and brass work CTS, clerks and painters, will number probably 10000 men.
 The strike order, when the hour is finally decided upon, will be given out by the five presidents of their respect = i've International unions
 The ultimatum sent to MT. Kruttschnitt yesterday was not made public and no reply was received from him yesterday or last night. The demand in substance is that the Hartman lines recognize the federation of various unions of railroad employees in the same way that the railroads now deal with the individual unions.
 J. E. Kline today said for the first time since the agitation began that a strike should be called unless the demands were complied with by the railroads. He said he did not expect any reply from Kruttschnitt.
 l New York, September 2S.-Shortly afte, , F o'clock the following correspondence was given out at the Union Pacific of l fees
 Exchange Notes 1 Davenport, Ia., September 12 1911 | Julius Kruttschnitt, Vice President | Union Pacific Railway, New York. | We are officially instructed by our organization to agree with the shop fed. erations, or to notify you that we have no other alternative but to give our ap. prova, and permission to the men on the | lines you represent to quit work We wil 1 expect an answer so that we can ar range to meet you by noon of Thursday next at Chicago for the purpose of mals- ing the necessary arrangements as above l1pdicated. Send reply to James O'Con- nell, Davenport Hotel | 'J. w. KLINE. IN. F. RYAN.
 'J. A. FRANKLIN | M. o. SULLIVAN.
 JAMES O'CONNELL."
 The following reply by telegram was sent by Vice President Kruttschnitt:
 New York, September 27, 1911. | James O'Connell and Others Davenporl
 Hotel. Davenport, la:
 | Replying to your telegram of Septem Der 26, my presence here, on the other hand, makes it impossible for me to mee you in Chicago Tharsday noon.
 'If the essentials of admittedly fair ant considerate treatment the payment ot the highest wages of any railroad in the territories served by our lines, and tho guarantee of hospital and generous pen sion benefits have not been sufficient ts deter our shopmen from terminating ! agreement insuring these conditions made from time to time in conference [. II| 4It <.