Show REDUCTION IN WAGES The Proposition of the Louisville < Nashville Nash-ville Road Is Rejected NASHVILLE Tenn Aug 25 Representatives Repre-sentatives of the Brotherhood of Engineers Engi-neers Brotherhood of Firemen Order of Railroad Conductors Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Switchmens Mutual Aid association met in this city this morning to canvass the vote of the members of each organization taken on the proposition to reduce wages Sep 1 recently made by the Louisville Nashville Nash-ville road Members of each organization organiza-tion voted overwhelmingly against accepting ac-cepting the reduction At the afternoon meeting the executive committee was authorized to meet the company half way by asking that a defi nite time be fixed when the reduction should cease The men say every branch of the service has been organized or-ganized and they are prepared for a long strike unless a compromise is effected |