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Show CHICAGO, Aug 29. W. L. Park, vice president of tho Illinois Coutral railroad, tonight indicated that the ot-ficlals ot-ficlals ot tho road havo determined not to deal Alth tho foderated shop employes, representatives of whom aro hero from the south In an official statement Mr. Park said. "We received a communication from the international union officials asking for a conference and have said to them 'that wo will meet accredited whom wo have contracts to dlscusa matters connoctod therewith." Mr. Park rotusod to amplify tho statement, but representatives of the labor unions said the statement Indicated Indi-cated a refusal to recognlzo tho federation. fed-eration. Federation President Talks. President McCreary of tho federation, federa-tion, who spent most of tho day conferring con-ferring with labor leaders, said Mr. Park's statement was a reiteration of the general statement of tho railroads. rail-roads. He said: "Wo havo known the company was willing to meet with the unions. Some of tho officials upon whom power to act had been conferred by the International Inter-national presidents have not reached here. I expect tbem tomorrow and by tho following day expect negotiations negotia-tions will have reached a stage where we can make public the details of our conferences." Representatives of the union spent the day In secret conferences with federation officials, but so far none of the organizations has met with any railroad officials. A discussion of tho possibility of extended labor troubles Is expected at a meeting tomorrow of the committee commit-tee on relations between railroads of the American Hallway association. On tho committee are officials of several eastern lines. |