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Show PARLEY IK CAPITOL BY IRISIUEnOERS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED AND MEN WILL REMAIN ON JOBS FOR LESS MONEY 12 Per Cent Cut Is- Accepted by Rail Workers Under Protest, Who Claim Present Pay Is Insufficient Insuffic-ient To Meet Expenses Chicago. Two.nillllon railroad workers work-ers will bow to Uie- edict of tho United States railroad labor board and accept n 12 per cent wage cut, It was revealed Monduy. Union representatives who hnvo boon meeting here for several days to ne-cept ne-cept or reject tho $100,000,000 annual wage slash, will Issue n statement agreeing that tho- membership of their organizations will work for less money, according to reliable lufonnntlon. The acceptance of tho reduction will bo mndo under protest, however. The powerful rail unions nro expected to tell tho public that the cost of living has not decreased to such an extent us to Justify n 12 per cent slash. In Uie Mime statement, which Is now being prepared, the unions will demand de-mand that the working agreements between be-tween workers nnd railroad .managements .manage-ments be kept Intnct. Tho railroad labor board ordered these agreements, which provide for worklug conditions, overtime pny nnd otner regulations, bo abrogated and a new set drawn up July 1. Inability ot workers nnd railroads to get togother caused the hoard to extend the ttme of forinulatlng new agreements. Tho statement to be Issued will demand de-mand that most of Uio old. regulations ho reenncted. The 1000 union representnUvcs here worked all day Sunday and were prepared pre-pared to work most of Monday. Acceptance of tho cut Is considered a victory for they conservative leadership leader-ship of the rail unions. Votes taken by the rnnk nnd file of union members lndlcntcd they we're ovewhelinlngly ngalnst working for less iKiy. |