Show SITUATION SITUA liON VERY CRITICAL i I Railway Hallway Trainmen Demand Adjust Adjustment Adjustment ment of Wage Scale and Shorter Day Cleveland Oct 29 Demands for a shorter work day da and an adjustment of the wage wago scale were presented to all di division division division vision superintendents of or the Pennsylva Pennsylvania nia na railway west of Pittsburg today toda by bythe bythe bythe the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and the Brotherhood of Railway Train Trainmen Trainmen Trainmen men Similar demands it is stated will wUl willbe willbe be presented by bt the engineers Assistant Grand Master Lee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen who arrived here lere today toda said that the general situation throughout the country espe especially daIly on the roads west of or Chicago is Isery very ery critical lie He believes that a settle settlement settlement ment of the controversy will be ultimately reached without serious trouble Grand Master laster Morrissey of the latter organization left Cleveland for Chicago to today today today day in response to an urgent call for him personally to conduct the fight that is be being being being ing made by b the trainmen in that local locality locality ity it President Owen Ow n and Secretary Secreta Bishop of the state board rd of arbitration held con conferences today with General Superintend Superintendent ent cut Burnett of the Lake Shore and the board of adjustment of the union without it is said any an satisfactory agreement being reached reachel |