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Show IKEYMEN ACCUSE RAIL OFFICIALS No Attempt Made to Reach Agreement on Wages, Labor Board Told CHICAGO. April 2 1 Representa-j tlves of the railroads made no attempt to reach an agreement with the tele-I tele-I graph era on tho carriers' proposal to roduce wages 4 cents an hour. E J.I Martin, prenldent of the Order of Rail. road Telegraphers, testified before thc ! United Srotes Railroad Labor board iThursla- As a result, ho said, no 'conferences had been held to the ex-j tent that the carriers had the right to bring the wage dlsputo before the la-1 tor board. The carriers disputed this tatement and claimed that they had used ever available moans to settle the depute , before bringing It before the board fu-i tho transportation act provides Mr Manlon read an extract from a meeting between the ssetern roads ani the telegraphers In which he said th' employe w re Djerely given th' chan t ) either accept or reject the wage reduction. re-duction. "This was no conference. " he said. W E. Williams of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas railroad .in tcstifyint? tor the carriers, declared that station .men's uers making large salaries ''h' re their profits from express com-mission! com-mission! rs were considered. He clte.i a table of figures to show that salaries: ranged as hlich as JC0O0 a year. no |