| Show HITCH IS ON NINE HOURS ra iway way Emo loyes ned to se cure shorter workday chicago the railway employed emp loyes in the train service of the western rail roads have reduced their demands to t 0 a nine hour worl day and the govern ment officials who came to chicago last week to bring about a peaceable pea cable adjustment of the threatened strike are working hard bard to overcome that obstacle commissioners knapp and neill held an almost continuous ses sion on monday with the general man agers and the representatives of the trainmen and conductors the men signified their willingness to accept the wage increase offered by the rail roads if the managers would grant the demand for the nine hours workday work day the labor delegates delegate declared that the wage increase asked for was a minor consideration but that they could not face their constituents without cecur ing improvements in the working con editions it was learned that the nine hour demand of the firemen was what was preventing a settlement of that end of the labor difficulties the vi esterr roads are experiencing while acting separately entirely from the conduct conductors ors and trainmen the fireman are stand ing out tor for the same demands and it is said in the event of a strike being ordered they too would walk out |
