The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-10
CHICAGO SHOPMEN
WIRE PRESIDENT
THEY WON IT WORK
LOCAL COUNCIL STILL DEFIES
ORDER or INTERNATIONAL
OFFICERS AGAINST STRIKE

Chicago. Aug. Representative of
the Chicago district council of the
Federated Railway Shopmen's Union.
which called strike August in de.
liance of the international officers of
the shop crafts unions, today domi.
mated conferences at which some of
the international officers sought To
have the men return to work in obedi-
ence to the wishes of President vii
son, The council sent telegram to
the president stating that until some
concession had been made the atti-
tude of the men would be unchanged
and they would remain on strike.
John ID. Sanders, secretary of the
council, asserted that Notwithstanding
the claims of the international Off
GERS and rail officials, that not more
than 10000 men We're on strike, not
fewer than 100000 men We're out. In
Chicago, the secretary said no more
men had returned to work.
At the request of the district coun-
ell, former Senator James Hamilton
Lewis of Illinois last night telegraphed
to President Wilson recommending
that the director.general take up the
subject with "A view to bringing har.
mony between the Internal. onal of
ficers and heads of the mems com
mittees. The message sent to Presi-
dent Wilson by the council in part was
as follows:
I'VE filed our declaration praying
for an increase in wages to meet the
ever growing increase in living eX-
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ton through our international officers
in February, 1919. Since that time,
we have been unable to secure any
information from the government or
the international officers concerning
our request. The representatives of
the men employed in the railroad shops
held "A convention to inaugurate some
new channel through which we could
function. The convention voted to
strike August /, unless our request
for increase in wages was given some
consideration.
Until some immediate concession of
our original demands presented to the
railroad administration in February,
1919, is granted, we regret very much
to inform you that the present atti'
tude of our men on strike will remain
unchanged"
Secretary Sanders said kilograms
from unions throughout the country
all indicated the men would continue
on strike. Federal railroad managers
admitted there was small Improvement
today in the Chicago district, and that
the situation still was serious.
Washington. Aug. 9.-Ofhcials of the
railroad administration said tonight
they expected n great Improvement in
the strike situation over Sunday, with
virtually a full force i'm all shops by
Monday. Their reports indicated that
the men We're returning to work grad
ually as the situation was explained
to them. though radical groups in
some cities were refusing to go back
without wage increases.
New Haven, Conn. Aug. "a meet
ing of the shopmen of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad here
today instructed its delegates to "a
system federation meeting to agree to
end the strike, provided the shopmen
at the Boston end of the system de
sire to return. The strike may be ended
Immediately, in the judgment of the
delegates.
Memphis, Tenn, Aug. 9.-Local shop
men on strike at a mass meeting today
voted unanimously to refuse to return
to work until President Wilson or Di-
rector General Hines definitely assured