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Show ENGINEERS I TO PEEK I Committee Will Meet H Railroad Manager M Next Wednesday M 4 H-4- 4- ' 11 4 "We will await the result 4- IH -4 of the-general managers' con-: 4- 4- feroncc," Mr. Stone said, after 4i Mm 4- receiving Mr. Stuart's letter, 4j JmW 4 "There will bo no strike 4 jH 4 called In the meantime." -f IH :f M New York, April 13. J. C. Stuart, H chairman of the General Managors IH association of fifty eastern roads is- v mm sued a call today for a meeting o mW the conference committee to be' held mm hero April 17 to discuss the Tecent H strike voto of the engineers and de- H 11.. mint; ..ciut:r 1110 ranroaus should mmf make a counter proposition to their H demands for Increased pay. H New York, April 13. Chairman of H the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- mincers on fifty eastern railroads, and H Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the H order, awaited word today from J. H C. Stuart, chairman of the- General H Managers' association of the rail- H roads. In reply to tho engineers' pro- H test against delay In resuming fur- H ther negotiations on the demands for H increased pay. MM Mr. Stone's letter voicing the feel- ing of the engineers was received to- H day by Mr. Stuart. - mm The englpeers expect a prompt res "Your letter was placed beforo the H chalrraans' committee and I am di- H rected to inform you we cannot un- H derstand why it is necessary to re- H celvo such an Indefinito reply. Wo H are firmly of the opinion that the se- rlousness of tho situation necessitates H more prompt and decisive action on H the part of tho managers and must j Insist on a more explicit answer," H The foregoing letter was written in H reply to ono sent tho engineers by Mr. Stunri yesterday afternoon, In H which ho said that It would require H eovoral days to assemble tho general H manager's" conforonco. lH Warren S. Stono, grand chief of jH tho Brotherhood of Locomotfvo En- JlH gincers, who was authorized to call a jH strike on all railroads east of Chi- H cago and north, of the Norfolk & H Western railroad, was notified by Mr. H Stuart of tho call in tho following H "Replying to your Iotter of the H 12th Inst, rolatlvo to a moro deflnlto jH reply to your provlous communication, JH the conforonco committee of managers jH will meet Wednesday, April 17, at H which conforonco your several com-' jH municatlons will bo submitted to tho jH committee for their consideration and & IH Mr. Stone placed the Icttor before the IH fifty chairmen of tho Brotherhood im-, jH mediately upon its receipt. IH An , mmm |