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Show uu RAILROAD MEN PLAN MEETING Will Arrange on April 27 for Joint Conference Between Operators and Employes RAILROADS FIX DATE Heads of the Brotherhoods Receive Re-ceive Message From Executive Execu-tive Secretary of Railway 1 Association. Cleveland. April 22. Representatives Representa-tives of the railroads In tho United States and of tbe four railroad' employes' em-ployes' brotherhood will meet at Chicago, Chi-cago, April 27, to discusB the recent demands of the brotherhoods for an eight-hour day. Announcement to this effect was made here today by W. G. Lee, president of the Trainmen's brotherhood. At the Chicago meeting arrangements arrange-ments will be made for a later conference con-ference at which time the brother-hoods brother-hoods demand's will be considered in detail. The April 27 mooting was suggested to the brotherhood by the representatives representa-tives of the railroads in a letter received re-ceived today. Acting In conjunction with Mr. Leo In the arrangements cmpleted here to-day to-day is W. S Stone, grand chief of the engineers' brotherhood A. B. Gar-rcttsou, Gar-rcttsou, head of the conductors organization or-ganization is at Cedar Rapids, In., and W. S. Carter, vice president of the trainmen's brotherhood is at Pe?ria Ills. Telegrnms were sent to "ie'n and they aro expected to concur in tho plan. . In addition to tho eight hour day - - and a half for overtime in freight and yaid service. The letter received from the railroad rail-road representatives by the heads, fo the brotherhoods today says: "Referring to your joint letter of April 11 addressed to the undersigned. "Individual railroads have authorized author-ized the appointment of a joint conference confer-ence committee to represent the eastern, east-ern, western and southeastern railroads rail-roads and we are authorized to say that such committee will be prepared to meet your committee for the purpose pur-pose of handling the negotiation grow Ing out of the proposals accompanying your communication of April 11, con currently with thc proposals in the re plies of the individual railroads, copy of which you doubtless have. "The undersigned will be glad to meet you at Chicago, Illinois, Thursday, Thurs-day, A'prll 27. 1916, for the purpose of making necessary preliminary arrangements ar-rangements for your meeting with the joint conference committee. 'Kindly wire us on receipt if the date is satisfactory. "Yours truly, 'J. W. Hlgglns. Executive Secretary Association of Western Railways. "John G Walber, secretarv, Bureau of Information of the Eastern Railways. Rail-ways. "Charles P. Nolll, manager Bureau of Information of the Southeastern Railways." |