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Show tils ils MEjJLltS Express Employees Given Average Increase of $15 a Month. WASHIN'.iT'JN, April 1!. -Wiiko m-rrr,;a-,t.-A avirai hk .'ilfiUL 5 1 ' month fr aiiroxirr.;it--lv c-n i .!.;, t-.-.s of the- A .'ii':ri'-;ui JtsLihv;t )'.. r- ( umpitny wito H:iiir.urM'(;'I tni'liL 1-y 1 irf:t ur Oiicr::! niiH"). Tim incT'-a.-'i r iht iciiIh an a'l-"HHOC a'l-"HHOC of Jj a rri'MiIli Jilinv.: til'; W.'ii-'l . it, rffrjnt Jami:uv I, 1 I S. T I ! r,- director - rvral a l-o ra i.smJ thj utic" h of i J.0'"i !'; ii ml: a ::J p.ir'or car 'fifploytM-H a month aLow: tin; haHi: rr: f ii; i m m nYcl January 1, K'l-S. Slur-.; r.pniNiniat'-ly I-a.f of this sum wa.i a'.:irrj--. l-y i i m i:-. ni-r.il :n:r in-' in-' Tf.it i- of In ! vr't r, 1n n I ;mH i I ion "t or.:r v. id h- tin; ii;ii:hikI:!-, oraljout ':' i :-' ' ji.-r iriMiiMi. Wif.H of jn, oinin; ; r fnn-lny-cp u.'rr. iulv:iri''f'( ..'i nnnw :i.- ha.- n1 moniii-)y moniii-)y n .1 id muni in til '! J n unary 1 , 1 '.' I V Tn v,ltl yield ai';'iolniiii''y $s a mould iddHiunal to t-a'-ii en d!oy hincc ho-H'.lrrjB ho-H'.lrrjB of thU r.'.'i iii'-r'-a-f ua.s tal;nt ui in flu- rnenil vajfi- ad'.:in--n ji'iir. Tiicsr minor- v;ii;i: orders for railroad n i r!oy "' vno wiv iind'j'i'.d in t:Ml-n.ate t:Ml-n.ate of '.7,.',0l,') In iii'T'-a'-M a nnoilin-t'd !n foiiin-'-l ion with tl"' v. au' onl'T al-fVviln al-fVviln Hie font" trainun-n's aici enine-TrfT' enine-TrfT' tv.rh't in'td, several days a-o rori!i'!-l . dually th- "-.vat -:.." of wn;;t C(Jan'-'-. Kutwn nri'li'-ai ioi.M for liio'-r T-av is U I i-e eon.- id. in t he. lit lit r pM.-'-ftiin-- ondiiions. hut will b-- d"alt v!th hy i in- aiiM- .i n''1. w.ii'-.i tnresheii out the pa.i ivhi; ' . '. Tllr Was,''' Oi , (.'. :' LO (T 'on e f-f-'-ilvc at. rufe. The express cm ! i m ;i i u 1 i J nioi than m i x inontls an fo inu.u pay, and Jti HONi'i leal i I M'S t h rea ! ened a strike. I -at' r t ljf-y pre.se n t ad their case to I !n; war labor boa rd, hut It I id re w it wln-n assurances were l; ive.it iy the, ilirector ' f't-neraJ that tile rallriad administration's board of railway ,vai.' x ani working -n-flMionH would take n their ai?-. About , 'hat time tne American Kailway KviM-i ys j i-ortipany ua.s tali vr 'or r, i.-ra ' ion i'.v the railroad aflminLst i a i ion. |