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Show ROADS ID IE 10 1PH IE8I1HTI1B Conductors and Trainmen Ask for Higlior Wages, Which May Be Granted. CLEVELAND, Jan. 21. President W. G. Leo of the Brotherhood of Railway Tralnmon and Grand Chief A. B. Gar-rettson Gar-rettson of the Order of Hallway Conductors Conduc-tors will moot In the oast Monday to enter en-ter formally upon negotiations that will determine the outcome of the present dlaputo between tho railroads and their employees. President Leo announced tonight before" leaving for Chicago that he hna already picked out ono railroad on which will bo made a test for the tralnmon'a demands. Owing to the fact that replies received aro practically uniform, the two brotherhood broth-erhood loaders believe that a settlement on ono road will lead to a similar adjustment ad-justment on all the others. The real dispute, it Is conceded, will come on tho question of payment to tho train crows for work done beforo starting start-ing on tho day's run. The men want pay from the time they report for duty. The statement of Chairman J. C. Stewart of the General Managers' association asso-ciation that wages undoubtedly will bo raised was rocelvcd with satisfaction at the brotherhood hoadquarters here. "The railroads aro meeting us In the same spirit of fairness as wo aro meeting meet-ing them,'" said President Lee. "1 cannot can-not say when tho negotiations will open, but It will be soon probahly aa soon as Grand Chief Garrottson and 1 arrive In New York." Mr. Lee will bo In Chicago Saturday and Sunday In the matter of tho yardmen's yard-men's wage demands thoro. |