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Show FIREMEN REQUEST INCREASED WAGES Eastern Railroads Called Upon to Carry Additional Burden of Many Millions. NEW YORK. May 2. Following closely close-ly on the agreement of the englnearli and manager of the fifty rallroada east of Chicago to Submit to arbitration the demands de-mands of the ena-ineera for Increased wages and changes In their honra of i work, the locomotive firemen and hostlers I of the ?me roadn today aubmltted to the! managers a schedule requesting bll- tlonnl pay, change In hours and In some cases the employment of assistant Bremen. W S. Carter of Peoria Til., president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Fire-men and Bnglnemsn, presented the de- mands to .1 C. Stuart, chairman df the conference committee of the railroad me. n-igers, who told him the managers would be called to meet ar. soon a.s pos- ; slble to discuss the matter. letter It was stated on behalf of the managers that to grant the demands would mean an additional annual outlay by the railroads of bet ween $?s.onn ofto and 160,000,000. The demands of the men were formulated formu-lated at n meeting of the eastern federated fed-erated board of the Brotherhood at Chicago Chi-cago February 15. and embrace IncreHyes In the pa of firemen In the nassenrrer and through local and way freight services serv-ices and on switch engines, and for hostlers a.nd helpers on electric etlginea They also call for a day s work of ten hOUTB or less or of runs of 110 miles or less A stipulation In this latter respect, Is that all mileage in excess ,,f ino miles mode within ten hours shall he paid for at mileage rates The men ask also that firemen held at other than a home terminal shall be paid continuous time after the expire- Hon of fifteen hours from the time thev register off duty and that firemen shall ! be relieved from cleaning engines. The clause In the demand calling for asslst-1 asslst-1 n.nt firemen specifies that these men : shall be employed on coal-burning lo-I lo-I roniotlves in the freight service and that the assistant shnll aid the regular firemen fire-men In the prescribed duties Incident to the firing of a locomotive |