Show I TWENTY NTY THOUSAND I MEN MAY Strike ike Vote Ordered Against Lake LakeShore LakeShore LakeShore Shore Railroad by Brotherhood I Ir r of Trainmen and Conductors CLEVELAND C 1 LEVELAND March 28 A strike vote was ordered taken today on the Lake Shore Michigan Southern railway by the officers of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Con Conductors Conductors Conductors About men are involved The end of the negotiations came with the rejection by the tie union officials of a counter proposition offered by the railroad The original demands of the men were rejected two days ago The result of the strike shike vote will be known on April Apri 1 8 While lIe neither side will discuss the causes caules of the failure to agree it Is la un nfl understood understood that the break occurred on the question of working conditions both sides being willing to compromise on the sub subject subject subject of wages Pending the canvassing of the tho strike vote lote ote Vice President A L Greeg of the Order Orner of or Railway Conductors Conductors Conductors tors and Vice President A F Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will open negotiations with the manage management I ment mont of ot the Nickel Plate system in this city for a new working agreement C New York Central Refuses Refuse New York March 28 The New York Central road late today refused to grant the wage increase of from 8 to 64 l per cent demanded by conductors and train trainmen trainmen I men and the presidents pre of ot those Batons unions notified the railroad company that they the I would order a strike vote yote The company offered an increase of from 8 to 2 per percent percent percent cent Western Maryland Pays Baltimore was learned loamed to today today today day that the Western Maryland Railroad company had granted Us its locomotive en engineers an Increase of about 8 per cent in wages About men are affected The conferences over wages and service sen Ice conditions which have been in progress between engineers of at the Baltimore Ohio and the management for the last two weeks were continued today Big Four Also Pays Cincinnati March board of ot ar arbitration arbitration which had In hand the contro controversy controversy controversy versy between the Big Four railway and its telegraph operators reached an agree agreement agreement ment meat late today toda The operators are to re receive Increased wages amounting in the tile aggregate to a month i |