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Traffic of Nation to Stop Following Walkout of Half Million Workers
Chicago Oct. 15 half a million American railroad workers ordered to strike Oct. 30 with 2,000,000 others potentially joining. Grouped walkouts cover 42 of 48 states totaling 73 000 miles of track as unions warn of a serious transportation crisis.
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Chicago
Texas Line
United States
New England
Railway Labor Board
Association of Railway Executives
W. G. Lee
Canada
Gulf
Chicago & Northwestern
Texas Pacific
Kansas City Southern
Pennsylvania
Misouri Pacific
International & Great Northern
Southern Pacific
Atlantic and Pacific
Louisville & Nashville
St. Louis Southwestern
Texas
Mil- St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Waukee & Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
Seaboard Air Line
Erie
Chicago Great Western
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brotherhood of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Switchmen’s Union of America
Big Brotherhoods
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Brotherhoods
Cleveland
Standard Railroad