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Show 00 SIX THOUSAND MEN LAID' OFF New York, March 31 The Erio railroad, through A. J. Stone, general manager, today announced the enforcement en-forcement of a general retrenchment order, Including, a reduction in the clerical force, wage cuts and lessening lessen-ing of working hours, to aid, according accord-ing to the statement In offsetting declining de-clining rovenues. About COOO men have been laid off since December. Pittsburg, March 31. Retrenchment Retrench-ment on the Pennsylvania lines west was extended today with' the announcement an-nouncement that ten passenger trains were to bo taken off the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicngo railroad next Sunday, six of them suburban trains. Shop forces are also being reduced. oo |