Show PROSPECTS OF GIGANTIC STRIKE forty railroads of west all ened aga ast employed Emp loyes chicago A crisis has been reached in the negotiations between the rail roads throughout the west and their over the wage question and it Is up to the general managers according to representatives of the 50 trainmen who have voted to strike unless their demands are grant ed the reply of the general man aversi to this sentiment Is we have conceded all we can forty railroads with a tiac kage of 95 miles and an annual payroll of are standing together on the proposition these systems depre sent one third of the railroad business of the country opposed to this aggie gatlon of caal tal stands the brotherhood of railroad trainmen with a membership of be tween 90 and 95 and the or der of ra iway conductors with a membership if 45 they demand an increase of 12 vf per cent and a working day of nine hours the gen eral managers have offered a 10 per cent increase without the nine hour workday |