Show STRIKE IS FEARED I The Tue Wabash Trouble Is Fast Fa t Becoming Critical I CONFERENCES FIS REFUSED i OFFICIALS WOULD NOT MEET TR COMMITTEES t Chief Arthur of Locomotive Engi Engineers Declares res That the Claim of the Trainmen is Just and He Be Feels Aggrieved at Railroad Officials Refusal to Discuss Dis Differences 4 Si sl Louis iuis Mo Jan 21 The tl tiOna between the Wabash railroad of officials officials and the committee by bythe bythe bythe the trainmen to seek an advance in wages have taken a turn which may result in a s crisis The committee presented their claims several days e ago and have been waiting for fOt a derision decision ion This it is said s ld was wils not forthcoming as soon as they believed it would be and they sum awn summoned summoned the chiefs of the four great eat divi divisions divisions of the tile organizations of 0 o railroad employees The men came caine Thursday and spent the entire day In fit Investigating log big the demands of the men inca After Afterwards wards war s they sent a message to General Manager Ramsey of the Wabash ask asking a k ing for a conference This Thin they say TORS ts not granted Then Thea they sent a to President Ashley o 0 al the Wabash in New York Y rk asking him to grant a conference Mr Ashley re replied re replied plied piled that he would take the request under advisement Will Win Not Wait Walt Long P M lf Arthur chief of the Brother Brotherhood BrotherhOOd Brotherhood hood of Locomotive tive Engineers who acts as spokesman for the national of officers officers says We have always been careful and have not supported the men in n a claim which was in the least unjust If we had been granted a conference the whole matter mattel would be probably now settled As It H is 5 there is Js no telling how long we e will have to wait for an answer from the powers in New York We will remain here a 8 reasonable length of ot time and if the matter io Iv not then adjusted or at least st on the way to an understanding we will decide what steps shall be bo taken |