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Show SURFACE RAILROAD MEN. riiey llohl CNiiivniillonof lrt Serrny Hi .Nnw rk. NKW Youk. Sept. 2.'. - Special.l-A convetition of surface railroad men is being held here today. The meeting has no reference whatever to the recent strike on the New York Central railroad. rail-road. The proceedings nr pondiieted with the utmost secrecy. After the general tie up iu 10 the New York division. No. 1. knights of labor, was almost annihilated. Thou-amis of members had to abandon She organisation organisa-tion to obtain work. As for Hi" lead-ears lead-ears they were forced out of the business' busi-ness' Since Iheii.Mhc men claim. I hey Ihiue been required to work sixleeu hours a day. and they claim the number of men working for l.".0 a day is much lariior than those who received .. Thcv aro llm king inlo the knights of labor again, notwithstanding the ills-astrous ills-astrous defeat with which Iho organization organiza-tion recently met. There is no l.ilk of a strike, but there is inlenso dissatisfaction dissatis-faction among tho employes. |