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Show ENGINEERS MLSTffli Vote Will Disclose Overwhelming Over-whelming Majority For Radical Action New York. March 28. Warren S Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, predicted today that when the result of the strike vote on the wage question is made public April 10, It will be found that less than 2,500 of the 25,000 engineers en-gineers In the Brotherhood oppose a "It is significant," safd Mr. Stone, 'that in none of our conferences with the eastern railroad representatives tme they once declared that our demands de-mands are unjust. They do not say wo do not need the increase; they say merely that they cannot afford to grant It bocause theyarc not allowed increased frelcht rates. "The Interstate Commerce commission commis-sion stands In tho way of any raise, and, as the commission represents the public, it Is rcnlly the public that Is the stumbling block. That is why I repeat that tho public needs an object lesson to convince them that the roads are entitled to more pay for the freight they carry Freight rates are bound to go up |