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Show I RAILROAD LABOR TROUBLES CENTER IN MANY CITIES CLEVELAND, March 2$. A strike vote was ordered taken todny on tho Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway, bv the officers of the Brotherhood of Railway Rail-way Trainmen, and the 'Order of Rnilwav. Conductors. About 20.000 men arc Involved. In-volved. Tho end of the negotiations came with the rejection by the union officials of a counter proposition offered by the railroad. rail-road. The original demands of -the men were rejected two days ago. Tho result of the strlko vote will be known on April S. While neither side will discuss the causes of the failure to agree. It Is understood un-derstood that the breal occurred on the question of working conditions, both sides-being sides-being willing to compromise on the subject sub-ject of wages Pending the canvassing of the strike vote, Vice President A. L, Greeg of the Order of Railway Conductors and Vice President A. F. Whitney of the Brotherhood Brother-hood of Railway Trainmen will open negotiations ne-gotiations with the management of the Xickle Plate system In this city for a N new working agreement. NEW YORK. March 2S. The New York Central road late today refucsd to grant the wage Increase of from S to 64 per cent demanded by 5000 conductors and trainmen, and the presidents of those unions notified the railroad company they would order a strike vote. Tho company offered an Increase of from S to 25 per cent. CINCINNATI. March IS. The board of arbitration, which had In hand the controversy con-troversy between" the Big Four railway and Its telegraph operators, reached an agreement late today. . The operators are to receive Increased wages' amounting in the aggregate to $3400 a month. BALTIMORE. Md.. March 2S. It was learned today that the Western Maryland Railroad company had granted Its locomotive loco-motive engineers an Increase of about S per cent in wages. About 200 men are affected. The conferences over wages and servlco conditions, .which have been in progress between engineers of the B. & O. and the management for the last two weeks, were continued today. |