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Show RAILROADERS WILL GET WAGE INCREASE That about forty-five thousand employes em-ployes of western railroads will benefit bene-fit by a wage increase was evidenced by a decision handed down last week by Federal court. The wage increase amounts to thirty and thirty-five cents per day, and totals $4,000,000 annually. This award will be effective effec-tive retroactively as of August 1st. ' Firemen will be the chief beneficiaries benefici-aries under the new wage scale. The decision sustained an award formerly former-ly made by an arbitration board, and while not final, will go into effect if not appealed further in court. |