Show STRIKE THREATENS WESTERN ROADS ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN OF NINETY EIGHT ROADS wear OF CHICAGO VOTE TO STRIKE tie tle up of traffic can only be B averted by reopening of negotiations and concessions by companies men ne fusIng to arbitrate chicago only the hope that the managers aill ill yield to the demands of engineers am and firemen between ninety eight road roads west of 0 chicago and the he greatest strike la in the history of american rail railway was with the statement tat ement on tuesday that the men bad had doted nearly unanimously to strike union officials announced that arbitration under huder toe federal law bould be bf refused on the ground tha the railroads have not lived up to previous arbitration awards the railroad railroads through their general managers committee contended that to grant the employees demands would mean an increase of annually in wages the engineer engineers and firemen asserted that their demands del bands were fair and equitable it Is expected that further confer ances will be held should the negotiations tiati ons fall and the employees stand by their announced of ar arbitration the resulting strike woula it Is in declared almost completely paralyze tattle t atac in the central west and west li it was wits announced by W 8 carter for the employees that the rote vote of the brotherhood of locomotive tag engineers lueers was 97 27 per der cent in favor of ot a strike and that the vote of the brotherhood of locomotive firemen and engine men was 99 2 par per cent in favor of a strike r AW trenholm general manager of the chicago st paul minneapolis ft omaha railway rall way chairman of the he con ference arence committee of the railway cjan juan aid said that the abe next move more la in the negotiations was up to the employees lie faals the managers committee would await awalt a formal statement of the present requests of 0 the employee employ earp aid and official gial notification of the strike roto Yoto he declined to discuss the announced refusal of the employees i a to accept pos dois 1 federal arbitration and said that no definite time had been set not for an aa other conference |