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Show RIO GRMiDjE 2IEK SECURE ADVMCE Beport Trcjn Denver That JEUgiear and Firaman Have Bsan 'Baised , 20Ter Cant. ' DENVER, March U.Mt was un-offl-clally Mated yesterday 4 hat the Denver jk Rio Grande -railway has granted an advance in wage to the engineers and firemen :Jand that ;a aetUement .of all differences will .speedily follow. Manager Ed son and Supt. Coughlin of the road held a long .and secret conference con-ference this morning with a committee representing the engineers and .firemen, and an agreement was reached. The iaen first asked for a 15 and 20 per cent increase, -but the - terms offered tbern today, it 4s said, show a ralae of about and .15 per cent Neither Manager Edson nor 1 gupt. Coughlin would .deny or affirm the report re-port of a settlement and the workmen said' they were not at Jlber.ty Ao talk or the present. The agreement will he .submitted to the unions ior .ratification. |