Show I I I 1 IS ON NINE HOURS Railway Determined De to j Secure Shorter WorkDay I in ilL Future 4 Chicago April Api I IThe The railway cm 4 I plo ea es in the train service of the thc western railroads have ha reduced their 4 4 demands to a hour workday and 4 4 the thc government officials who came cameto t 4 to Chicago last week to bring about f ff 4 f a peaceable adjustment of the threat threatened threatened 4 4 ened strike are arc working hard to over overcome overcome t 4 come that obstacle Commissioners 1 4 Knapp and Nelll Neill held an almost con 4 session today toda with the gen general general 4 eral managers and the 4 f 4 4 lives tives of the trainmen and conductors 4 4 The men today signified their wll WI 4 4 to lo accept the wage Increase 4 4 4 offered by the railroads if the nan 11 n nage 4 4 agers age would grant the demand for forthe 4 4 the tho nine hours workday The labor 4 4 delegates declared that the wage C In Increase 4 4 4 crease asked for was a minor con consideration 4 4 but bul that they the could not face ace their without se so securing f 4 4 curing Improvements In the working 4 4 conditions 4 4 f It was learned tonight that the f 4 demand of or the firemen was 4 4 what was preventing a settlement of 4 4 that end of the labor difficulties the 4 4 western roads are experiencing 4 4 4 While acting separately entirely 4 4 from the conductors and trainmen 4 4 the firemen arc aro standing out for tor the 4 4 same demands and it is said in inthe 4 4 4 the event ent of or a strike being ordered 4 4 they the too loo would walk out 4 1 4 i 4 M C 4 M t M |