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Show CHICAGO TRACTION CONFERENCE OFF OHIPACO, July 2t;. Reprf-sontativcs of 15.iHk"' t'Diploy.i's of iiit-ao's surf aro and ol'M'at'Mi iii!xvn-s stnldenly hrokp off negotiations ne-gotiations todav with of lid Ms of tho traction trac-tion lines in their ronforenco with tho state p'lblk- utilities commission, called to avert a threatened strike. Two days of aruin over t;ie eiulit-honr eiulit-honr day. whieh tlie unions demanded as a concession before any question in a w.u'i1 increase world he considered, caused a break in the negotiations. Tf the fietimi of tho unions results in a s'rike. it will not ho called, it was explained, ex-plained, hefore Tuesday, a trie earliest, as the employees will meet Monday nisiht to cor? sid t r a report from tht:r loaders on tile suspended negotiations. |