Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1919 — 275,000 Men Out. [ARTICLE]

275,000 Men Out.

Chicago, Aug. 6.—Leaders of the Chicago district council of the federated railway shopmen’s union said tonight tost 275,000 was a -conservative estimate of the number of shopmen on strike throughout the country, and that the mlovement was still spreading. They declared violence would not be countenanced by the organizaition and that so far as they knew no mail trains had been interfered with. Assistant District Attorney Mi-troy declared evidence of interference with the mail train schedules would bring action against persons responsible for calling the strike. He also said he ihad questioned several representatives of the shopmen, today.