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Show RAILWAYS UIIL 11 CM i 111 UEII ; - I ! Managers Arc to Center At- j tention Solely on Wage j I . ': Cutting Problem r i; ' CHICAOO. Feb. 11. Railroad own- era will carry their fight to fore a ' redutrinn In wages ( unskilled rsll-' rsll-' mad laborers to the employes themselves. them-selves. It waa announced here today. -..Falling; to obtain satisfaction from I the United States railroad labor board, which It had aaked to Immediately abrogate ab-rogate national working ttwrnrnlm the railroads now plan to center their efforts on the. wsge question. Accord-law Accord-law to the plan the roada will proceed mdtvlduslly to aak conferences wiih unskilled employes over wage reduc- tions. . . The labor board today waa expected I to make Its decision In the first case I Involving; wage cuta. ' Both aide scompleted presentation of evidsase kt ska -Atlanta, atiemlngham i at 1 Atlantic railroad controversy last I night. The road seeks authority to I reduce wagea on the ground thnt It will go bankrupt it it isn't allowed to do so. The decision on this case will estab- ' Hah a precedent and should It be fa- vorable to the roada there undoubted- : ly will be a flood of requests to the board fo ralmllar wags slsshes. i Officials of the United Rrotherhood 1 of Maintenance of Way Employes have l filed petitions for hearings in connec s tlen with wage cuta on the tit. Louis - Southwestern and the ft. Louis A i Han Francisco railroads. 8 ' Decision by the board on the re- J quest of Frank P. Walsh, labor coun- t aai, that leading railroad financiers be I subpoenaed, la also expected todiiy. f |