Show Railroads and Trainmen Arbitrate Wage Question NEW YORK Aug 25 AP AP-An AP An Agreement to arbitrate the demand for increased pay for conductors brakemen and switchmen on railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads e east of Chicago and north of the Ohio river ilver was signed today by representatives of the Brotherhood Brotherhood Brotherhood Brother Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen and aid the railroads The demand Is the first to go to arbitration under the provisions of the recently enacted Watson Par ker ket bill which provides for a. a board of mediation for the settlement of wage disputes between the railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads and the brotherhoods The agreement to submit the wage dispute to arbitration on was was was' signed at a final conference of the brotherhood leaders and the railroad representatives and followed a series of meetings held during the past few months by the fc federal eral board of mediation with both sides Although today's agreement merely provides for the arbitration of demands as affecting roads east of Chicago and north of or the Ohio river similar wage Increase demands de do- mands mads have ben submitted in other sections of the country These demands demands demands de de- de- de mands are still pending |