| Show I TRAINMEN THAI N MEN WILL ASK HIGHER WAGES Railroads Will be Formally Notified of Demand On January 3 WAIT TILL JAN 20 FOR ANSWER Will be From Five to n Forty Fott Per Pcr Cent fic Thou Thousand Thousand sand Men Affected Pittsburg P PaP Dec 20 Trainmen to lo lothe the number of or employed ern on about 73 i 7 railroads cast east of ot tho the Mississippi riv rh river er or will today through officials of or the Brotherhood of ot Railway Trainmen with headquarters at Cleveland 0 O I formally notify the thc various divisions ns and ana railroads s affected that a demand for tor an Increase In wages W amounting to from rom 5 per cent to 13 40 10 per j CI cent will trill bo ho homade made on Jan 3 The agreement be 00 between between tween the railroads and the trainmen necessitates nC a notice before any such demand as will be l made can be pre plC presented presented The rhe trainmen will watt wall until Jan 20 O for an answer from the rail rall railroads railroads roads rows It Is said According to W V G V Lee e president of oft Brotherhood tho t h of oC Railway Rail Trainmen who trio was In this city yesterday attending attend In Ing the th Initiation of o u lL number num r of men mon into the local here herc the chief demand to be mado Is that the wages of con conductors conductor conductors ductor c and Ind their crews bo be standard standardized which will mean m n Increases ces for the various arious branches blanches of trainmen of ot from 5 to 40 10 per cent A strike Is not yet yot t con contemplated contemplated said Mr 11 Leo but he reiterated reit relt reiterated crated that the tho trainmen will Insist that their demands be granted Sir eEr r Lee e said the thc result of oC the tho recent referendum vote vat of the eastern division didon of oC the tho brotherhood was wac 11 canvassed at a meeting of ot tho the executive committee in Chicago on Saturday and aud that the thc re result result result sult showed tho the men were cro almost unanimous In favor of o presenting the thc demands and holding out for them un until until til granted grant d dIn In answer to a question concerning tho statement credited to some railroad men that In order to raise the thc mons mans wages freight rates rales would have to be bo advanced Mr Lee e Is said to have re rc remarked remarked marked that the railroads had boon been looking for somo excuse to advance freight rates but Irrespective of o such an at advance the men must mU t have the tho pay jay they earned even If the companies had iad to stop paying p dividends There Thore are arc trainmen employed on the railroads affected |
