Show WILL ILL CUT GUT WAGES W AfES OF ALL Railroads Throughout Country Forced to Reduce Pa Pay of Their Men S I ERIE TAKES THE INITIATIVE I Simultaneous Action of Managements Man Man- Will Wi Affect Men S New Dec Dee 25 It I It was learned today fr om high authority that the ex example Cx- Cx x- x ample set met et by the Erie Crio railroad In re reducing reducing re- re the time salaries of oC Its Is clerical em em- Is Ikel likely to be followed tolo within a a month b by nearly all al of oC the tho other railroads there being n n general understanding understanding under under- standing Upon import this subject The Tho awn awn- m be r bt-r of cs who will wil be affected by bytho tho u l reduction Is tV po rn lf f Ui r 4 loll n. cut cut- i iTh Ud The Th fc Uv U v ov r OOOO 11 l th this thi reduction n i tio the tho combined combined com com- roads rouls will wil save millions milons President Underwood was sva tho the only high official who would consent to talk tOlay today He lIe le said In common with other roads rond tho the Erie Railroad company has hag loss less business busl- busl ness noss than it i hod several months n ago o and considerably less loss than tho same fame time last year When hen there were cro complaints complaints com corn plaints that cars could not bo be built meet demands both bothIn Fast enough to the In the tho freight and passenger service During tho the vast past three months tho the railroads all al over the tho country have been experiencing experiencIng a gradual reversal of oC the time conditions of oC last year Broadly stated it U may bo be said that tho the new schedule affects all al classes of oC our ein- ein I em-I I c except those with wIh whom we weha ha have lave vo contracts such a as the tho engineers firemen trainmen n. n conductors and tel tel- It I is a question Queston of ot lowering the wages ages or laying off ocr more moro men Wo We e have havo lad had to lop off or here and there th ro several times already alread and there thero aro a u. larl large number of men who have been thrown idle die Ille through the tho slackening of ot trade We Ve dont don't wish this state of or affairs but we could not and ant cannot prevent prevent pre pre- vent It |