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Show EIGHT-DAY WAGE INQUIRY OPENS Pullman Car Porters and Conductors' Con-ductors' Earnings and Hours of Labor to Be Investigated. In-vestigated. Chicago, April T, Wages paid Pull man car porters and conductors, hours thej are required to work and what pi rrontage of their earnings is paid by the public in tips was information desired by the federal commission on Industrial relations which opened on eight-day hearing today The I'ullman company employes about 6000 negro porters and about 2000 conductors, it was said. It Is one of the largest employers of negro labor la the mtinn. Prominent Official Summoned. J. S. Hunger-ford, general superintendent superin-tendent of the company was to be the first witness called Robert T. Lincoln, Lin-coln, son of Abraham Lincoln, and chairman Of the board of the company, compa-ny, is scheduled to appear as a wit nesfl tomorrow R. H. Rell serretan of the Federation of Pullman Conductors Con-ductors "and Porters. Is to present the employes' case to the commission Shop strikes on the Illinois Central railroad and Hamman lines are to be taken up by the commission on Wednesday. Wed-nesday. The Illinois Centrnl strike, which was called in 1911, never has been officially settled. |