Show BROTHERHOODS TOLD iOL TO T FilE REQUESTS FOR WAGE VAGE ADVANCE 1920 IDO Peak for Conductors and Trainmen Sought By Leaders OX ON O ALL RAILROADS Estimates Differ as ns to What Increase Will Cost Roads Beads In U S NEW YORK Jan 29 2 D 9 Tile Associated Press Press P of the peak wage age scale of 1320 1920 Lor conductors and trainmen of oC all ClI the railroads in the United States Stats li Ic sought by union leaders Local unions have been In- In Instructed instructed In Instructed to file tile schedules of wage Increases next Monday and to re- re reQuest request request Quest an answer In writing hy by March 2 In the Ule event e that hat any company seeks to present modi modi- modi modified tied fied proposals proposal local unions are Instructed to go into conference and to submit the tho final proportion tion to headquarters Railroad men here have nave et- et ex expressed pressed the opinion that the VIlA vago V request would Increase the h toul annual expenses of ot the railroads by DAILY lIY I I ES Orders for tor the submission 0 schedules have hav been Issued by W WG G Lee Lec president of the Brother Brotherhood hood of ot Railroad Trainmen an L S Sheppard president of tho Order of Railway Hallway Conductors rite new wages will wilt mean an of from 1 to 1150 a day Jay c the prevailing rate rats for and braae- braae men men Conductors receiving about a day and a mor moth th would obtain a day an and 1 2320 a month Corresponding increases wold be asked by assistant condu conductors ors and yard service In Inmany Inmany Inmany many cases the demands would be equal to 1 a day dl WILl ll nO ROD S A A canvass of rail railroad road officials by the th New York Times the opinion that such increases cs would cut the railroads 1 2 in- in income in como comer comein In halt and bankrupt many roary mar yot of the weaker roads While the tile rail Tall officials can can- canvassed can canvassed by The Times an increase of ot In the expenses of the country country's rail ril railroads roads It JC the wage request be granted accountants at the New York Central office esti- esti estimated esti mated Increase at 27 The total wages of ot the class 1 paid during 1924 they out amounted to only abo about t IZ on 00 |