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Show nrajHTSiiE' PRESIDENT OF BROTHERHOOD SAYS ARBITRATION ONLY WILL PREVENT TROUBLE. " Twenty-five Thousand Men, Employed on Forty-seven Roads West of Chicago May Yult Work Until Settlement Is Reached. Chicago. W. S. Carter, president of tho Brotherhood of Locomotlvo Firemen Fire-men and Englnemen, notified tho railroads rail-roads on Sunday that if tho controversy contro-versy with the' firemen Is not submitted submit-ted to arbitration, a strike Is Inevitable. Inevit-able. Twenty-five thousand firemen on railroads west of Chicago aro involved. in-volved. Mr. Carter's letter of notification was indorsed by the Brotherhood's committee, which represents tho firemen fire-men on about forty-seven railroads west, northwest and southwest of Chicago. Chi-cago. Tho railroads previously announced their willingness to arbitrate tho increased in-creased wage demand, which tho firemen fire-men say would amount to about 12 per cent. Two other demands involved in-volved the managers say, concern discipline dis-cipline and arc not open to arbitration. arbitra-tion. These points have to do with tho promotion of firemen, whether, when they become enginemon, they are still under the Jurisdiction of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Englnemen. |
