Show SHEA PLEADS I f FO R RAil MN Firemen's Brotherhood Chief in Testimony Y i Says He I Is Going t tot Get a Living Wa Wage Wag a ASHINGTON Oct 23 23 1 W W Indications that railroad will insist upon t tHe t. t granting of t their ejr demands f J increased wages a time and a a- a a ahall hall overtime the hour eight-hour day and arid changes in working conditions before the railroads rap roads of ot the tle country are t turned turned- back by the government to private control is contained in testimony of ot Timothy Shea chief chiet of ot the firemen's brotherhood before the railroad administrations administration's administrations administration's ad ad- ad ministrations ministration's board of ot railway and worl working Ing conditions Mr Shea told the board during its hearing of ot the firemen's demands ac according according according ac- ac cording to the testimony published to today today today to- to day that thatto to members of ot his brotherhood brotherhood brotherhood brother brother- hood was due an Increase In wages of which he said I if I cannot get It out of this conference It may be necess necessary ry to use other means but I am going to I get it DEMANDS URGENT In another portion of ot Mr She Shea's s 's testimony he is quoted as declaring that If it the firemen's demands f for r a a- living wage wage should not be met wh when n the time approaches for the turning back of t the railroads to their private owners the workers shall shaU demand a as asa asa a aa a condition precedent to the return the granting of those demands Although Mr Shea appeared before before- the board only in in behalf of ot the firemen firemen fire fire- men It jt is generally considered that thatto to Increase the wages of the firemen would necessitate a similar Increase to all railroad workers and any action taken by the firemen to enforce their wage demands would involve similar action by by bythe the other brotherhoods When Mr Shea told the board he did not think It possible for tor working people peo pIe to curtail expenditures any more V W. F. F Morse who was general manager manager manager man man- ager ager of ot a railroad before becoming a a. member of the board asked CONSIDERS AUTO NECESSITY Do you represent any men who ar are aIs buying automobiles and those things I do not hear the witness re responded responded re- re of ot any firemen buying automobiles auto- auto mobiles You would not regard an automobile automobile automobile automo automo- bile as a a. necessity would you Morse again queried Yes I would was Shea's answer Well I have d denied nied myself a necessity necessity ne- ne all aU my life Ufe Mr Morse 1 re re- re I think we h have ve reached a period of bf our life when the laboring man must enjoy some somo of the necessaries ajl 11 luxuries of ot life Shea continued I Ido I Ido 1 do not think the time is at hand wh when n the American workingman should be required to make any great sacrifices now The me men have made their s sac sac- c rifi ees I TRAINMEN SUMMONED M Members of ot the general committee of the Brotherhood of ot Railroad Trainmen Train men who have been authorized to c call calla Il Ila a strike of trainmen unless certain wage wago and working demands presented to the railroad administration in July y are granted were summoned today to o meet here Tuesday by W. W G G. Lee Leei president of ot the brotherhood Mr Lee Leo said that the negotiations with the railroad administration would probably probably probably ably bo be completed or suspended by bythe bythe bythe the gathering |