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Show Ask Inquiry Into! Nagel'sAppointment Railroad Brotherhoods Declare Arbitrator Arbi-trator In Wage Dispute Was Not a Nutral Chicago, May 3. A congressional inquiry Into tho renson Charles H. Nagol, former secretary of commereo and labor, was selected as tho neutral neu-tral member of tho arbitration which settled tho wago dlsputo of tho firemen fire-men and engineers of ninety-eight western railroads was demanded tonight to-night in a resolution adopted by delegates dele-gates representing tho men's organisations. organis-ations. Tho resolution was adopted after an all day session of tho men In which tho award was discussed thoroughly. thor-oughly. Such nn Investigation Is necessary, ho resolution asserted. It controversies botween capital and labor la-bor aro to bo peaceably adjiuteil. "We submit thnt Mr. Nagol was not neutral," tho resolution said, ' inasmuch in-asmuch as It was clearly established that ho Is cooxecutor nnd cotruiUoj of tho estate of tho lato Adolphus iluseh which estato has largo holding of railroad securities, nnd that ho Is a director In the Union Trust compauy of St. Louis nnd In tho Northwestern Mutual Llto Insuranco company of Milwaukee both of which corporations corpora-tions nro larger holders of railroad securities than tho llusch estato." Warren S. Stone, grand president of tho Brotherhood of Locomotivo Knglnoors, and W. S. Carter, president presi-dent of tho Brotherhood of Locomotivo Locomo-tivo Firemen and Kngluomen, protested protest-ed ngalnst Mr. Nngel to President Wilson and to Judgo Martin Knapp and W. L. Chambers of tho United Statos board of mediation and conciliation. concil-iation. Tho protest wns mado In tho last week boforo tho mediation board mndo Its award, and ns soon ns tho railroad men learned of his possiblo Interest with roads, they declared. Tho Brotherhood of Locomotivo En-glnomcu En-glnomcu and" Firemen, nftcr analysing analys-ing tho arbitration award for thrco days, today Issued a statement saying that tho advances granted aggregate only $820,493 a year. |