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Show PARLEY IN CSPITOL BY 1SHLEADEI1S AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED AND MEN WILL REMAIN ON JOBS FOR LESS MONEY 12 Per Cent Cut Is Accepted by Rail Workers Under Protest, Who Claim Present Pay Is Insuffic ient To Meet Expenses Chicago. Two million railroad work crs will how to tho edict of the United Stntcs rallrond labor board and accept a 12 per cent wage cut, It was revealed Monday. Union representatives who have been meeting here for several days to accept ac-cept or reject the $400,000,000 annual wage slash, will Issue a statement ngivelng that the membership of their organizations will work for less money, uccordlng to rollnblo information. Tlup acceptance of the reduction will be made under protest, however. The powerful mil unions ure expected to tell the public that the cost of living bus not decreased to such an extent ns to Justify u 12 per cent -dash. In the same statement, which Is now being prepared, the unlo: s will demand de-mand that the working n;::- imucdLs between be-tween workers and rullro.,1 inunage-ments inunage-ments bo kept Intact. The railroad Inbor board ordered these agreements, which p'-ovlde for working conditions, overtime pay nnd other regulations, be abro ,ited and u new set drawn up July 1. Inability ot workers and railroads to get together caused tho board to extei.d the tlmo in iiirinuiiuiiiK new ngreouieuiH. The statement to be Issued will de-mund de-mund thut most of the old regulations be reenncted. The 1000 union representatives here worked all day Sunday and were prepared pre-pared to work most of Mondny. Acceptance of the cut Is considered n victory for the conservative leadership leader-ship of the rail unions. Votes tnken by tho rank nnd fllo of union members Indicated they wcro ovewhelmlngly against working for less pay. |