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Show LAKE SHORE ENGINEERS THREATEN STRIKE CHICAGO, Feb. 21. The breaking of negotiations yesterday between the local Lake Shove & Michigan Southern railroad officials and committees representing the engineers, because of failure to agree on wage matters, caused some uneasiness over the prospect of a strike. Last night. , the engineers sent a request to Vice- ' President W. C. Brown of the New York ' Central system for a special conference. Since November 1 the employees have i been attempting to reach a settlement with C. E. Schaff. In charge of the traffic department of the Lake Shore road, west of Buffalo. An Increase in wages proportionate propor-tionate to that given recently on many of the western Vanderbllt lines was asked, together with some other new conditions. |