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Show TROUBLE SETTLED H BY FEDERAL BOARD ; WASHINGTON, April 11. Throug) tho good oficoi of the fodoral board of mediation nnd conciliation, a set tlcment was effected today of differ- ) ences between tho Baltimore & Ohio railroad and about 2000 of its U' ' raphcrs and telephone operators. i gotiations havo extended over several ,' months and nt ono time a strike nvhh 1 threatened. Tho settlement provhb s i for a direct increase of about $7.V'hi a year, or an approximate increase of about 0 per cent. The now schedule ia to date from March 1, last. , Vacation privileges havo been ox tended to about 1200 men. Tho over :, timo rnto in offices was increased from 30 cents to 35 cents nn hour and in rclnv offices from -10 cents to -15 cents , H an hour. |