Show Eastern Rail Railroads roads Reject Pay Hike Demands NEW YORK Sept 3 UP UP- UP Eastern railroads have rejected demands by the Brotherhood o of Locomotive Firemen and Engine Engine- men for wage increases and elimInation elimination elimination elim elim- of differentials and wan want the case laid before the national mediation board under the railway railway railway rail rail- way labor act H. H A. A Enochs chairman of th the eastern carriers' carriers conference re revealed revealed re- re that he had written D D. B B. Robertson president of the brotherhood brotherhood brotherhood broth broth- that the railroads were willing to join the union on a regional basis in asking federal federa mediation The mediation board boar was reported to have called a meeting in Chicago on September 22 to consider the brotherhoods brotherhood's demands I |