Show FREIGHT HANDLERS WANT WAGE INCREASE CHICAGO May 2 i. Three thousand freight handl handlers rs in a mass meeting last ni night ht rejected a aVa Va wage c increase of 1 cent an hour offered them by the railroads railroads rail rail- roads road sail and decided to servo Benl an ultimatum ultima turn tum upon the mann managers ers Committees Commit tees representing tho men on each ench railroad railroad rail rail- road were instructed to meet the company com corn pany pan officials and give ive them twenty twenty- four hours bours in which to make a definite reply on the subject of wa wages s 's or a astrike astrike astrike strike vote will be he be ordered immediately The increase asked by tho the frei freight ht handlers amounts to 3 cents nn an hour |