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2 the circumstance to yard master and should be take another engine and couple it onto the train, you tell that Engineer the same thing, and if he refuses notify the yard master, and there if they take a man who has not been in the employ as a yard engineer and put him on an engine you refuse to go and if they discharge you every man in Chicago will strike immediately for your re-instatement and that they Union will stand by that man. They said this would make it an individual and not a Union Strike. Opr was also cautioned to be very careful when talking about the matter to outside parties and never to day "they" will do this on "they" will do that but always say as an individual "I" will do so and so. This they claim will let them out of the clutches of the law. These parties also claimed that two L. Shore men came over and declared themselves, Once was a switchman formerly emplyed with the C.B.&Q. RR named Brown and he said he would stick to the strikers, the other was name was unknown. Pat Manning? stated that they could not get together before August but he supposed it would be best that the four organizations. Engineers, Switchmen, Firemen, and Brakemen (not including the conductors) should join hands and be amalgamated, that they would unclear strike