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Show CONFERENCE CALLED TO DISCUSS STRIKE NEW YORK, April 13. J. 0. Stuart, Stu-art, chairman of the General Managers' Man-agers' association of fifty eastern roads, issued a call today for a meeting of tho conference committee to be held hero April 17 to discuss the rocont strike vote of the engineers and determine de-termine whether the railroads should make a counter proposition to their demands de-mands for increased pay. Warren S. Stone grand ohief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, who was authorized to call a strike on all railroads east of Chicago and north of the Norfolk & Western railroad, should further negotiations for increased in-creased pay fail, was notified by Mr. Stuart ot the call in the following letter: let-ter: "Replying to 3'onr letter of the 12th inst., rclativo to a more definite reply ! to your previous communication, tho coutcrence committee of managers will meet Wednesday, April 17, at which ' conference your several communications will be admitted to the committee for their consideration and action." Mr. Stone placed the letter before the fifty chairmen of tho brotherhood' immediately upon -its receipt. |