Show I t q 1 WANT MORE MONEY 1 Representatives of 100000 Men to I Prefer Request for Increase Chicago Dec 20 Through the Brotherhood of the Order of Railway f Conductors 100000 men employed by j I the railroads of thc West presented requests f 1 re-quests for Increases In pay Committees Commit-tees representing the organlzatlona came to this city and made arrangements < I arrange-ments for sessions at different hotels J 1 The committees will meet the railroad officials during the week and will endeavor en-deavor to secure the Increase through the same methods of procedure which I brought success to the engineers and firemen employed by the Chicago 1 Northwestern road There Is practically j 1 practical-ly no danger of a strike of trainmen or conductorr but their demands are more j radical than those made by the engineers 1 I engi-neers and llrernen In some Instances i t tho mm are asking for an Increase ot i1 1 approximately 20 per cent i1 The men who claim membership In li i f the organization thaUnre presenting the requests are freight and passenger conductors J con-ductors brakemen collector and member j2 < mem-ber of the train crews The switchmen switch-men who are also members of the I Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen i I S made tholr demands for an increases Increase-s It early In October and received It from ft i the roads In the Chicago switching district dis-trict The demands arc In accord with the direction taken by the railroad men pSJ at their convention In June This dec r de-c cision was ratified by a referendum vot and the demands were formulated i formu-lated |