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Show CHANCE FOR BIG STRIKE Railroads Declare the Demands De-mands of Trainmen Arc Preposterous. ST. PAUL, Jan. 8. It has become apparent ap-parent that unless the Brotherhood of jtuil.i Truinmen recede from two points the settlement of the wage con-troveisy con-troveisy cannot be reached without friction. It became public today for the first time that they demand not only n 20 per cent fiat increase in pay, but the addition of "an absolut" rule guaranteeing double pay for handling freight trains of more than thirty cars, or trains hauled by ti.ore than one engine." en-gine." The railway officials uniformly speak of this demand as 'pr- postcrous." The Oreut Northern sent a communi cation to Its committee asking if a I smaller Increase than 'M per cent would be receivM for consideration. The re;ly was that no proposition for less than the full amount could be considered under the instructions of the chiefs of Hie order. Thlg explains why no progress pro-gress had been maile toward a settlement. settle-ment. A meeting will be held in Chicago Chi-cago last night by the railway oflicial-. No two railroads centering In St. Paul are in exactly the same position. po-sition. There can, therefore, be no uniform uni-form increase. |