Show I I AWARD FOR FORTHE I THE SHORT LINES LIMES CHICAGO Nov 12 Wage Vage Wage awards s which will affect more than a hundred thousand men employed on close to toI short line railroads throughout the country will be announced d within the next few weeks according to United States railroad labor board officials here today toy The wages sought are similar to tot t those asked e by bI roi the tho sO sOo big four or brotherhoods brother brother- brotherhoods o hoods and emp m oyes o on big roads d These numbering two million were recently awarded approximately 60 per percent percent percent cent of their demands Though there are ar railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads In the country on only seven ninety-seven have asked the board to apply the recent award to them OrigInally Originally finally made application to th the board but officials of ot eighteen of these have voluntarily applied the award and the applications withdrawn In a addition addition addi addi- di- di tion to these eighteen thirty-five thirty other roads have applied the recent award making a total of or three fifty roads voluntarily applying the award The decision in to the case now being studied by the board will be of or tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- importance to employee on other oth r short line lino roads What action is taken in this case is believed almost al almost almost al- al most certain to be applied d to all of them hem It is considered most probable that tt-at the board will cover all short s line roads in It its decision The Tho short line road ar are arc backed In their demands by officials of the brotherhoods and the American Ameri Ameri- can Federation of Labor Practically all of or them are members of the brotherhood broth broth- or r of the department of ot railway railway rail rail- way m loyes of or the th Am American Federation Federation Fed Fed- of Labor Their request wa was sot not included in the earlier demands demands' I because short line roads were operatIng operating ing under private control It was only the on roads that were formerly formerly formerly for for- merly under federal control that asked aske I for a raise Tre latter origin originally made their demands when the government operated the roads and by the time they thoy I obtained the action sought the roads were back in private hands The same sanle union officials woo pushed d the demands of or the 2 2 railroad earlier In the year handled the pro presentation nt case of or J President the short tt line Une Timothy road OShea of the Brotherhood B l h d of I tI e pard lv Firemen nf or the Ule nr Brotherhood President Resident L. L of E. E Sheppard Shep- Shep Railroad I Conductors and B. B M. M Jewell president dent of or I the railroad shop mens men's union were chief counsel for the sh sho road J shot Demands sought by the sho workers if it granted would m me approximate annual pay mere pa pay envelopes of Is estimated 3 |