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Show STRIKERS U . BOARD TO GIVE 11 LIM WAGE i Walkout Fever Among Rail- 1 road Men, Given Setback I in Chicago District H INCREASE IN PAY II APPEARS CERTAIN II Threat Made That Mainte- j j nance of Way Men May jgi Leave Jobs BJ WASHINGTON, April 20. Formal I I written demands that the railroad la A bor board give assurances of tho H award of a "living wage" to railroad HI men, and that the employes now on nl strike would be returned to work 0 without loss of senrority or prejudice Mfl were filed with the board today by wfl Edward McHugh, representing the stvikers in the metropolitan district of 111 New York, and James Eubanks, of III the St. Louis Yardman's association. jll The board permitted the filing of the complaints after it had held a ) itil short executive session. With Lho complaints in the hands of the secre- mH jtary, the hoard, proceeded with its frlfl first public hearing on the general flH wage demands of the 2,000,000 railroad Ifl workers over the country. S.H j Strike Fever Abates. If I Chairman Barton, in opening tha f H first hearing, laid down the policy that -"11 cases would be heard in the order in ijp I which they wore filed except where 't ': 1 some dispute should become of such i I pressing importance as to demand pro- ,'' 1 cedenco. . : ,1 j , First Spokesman. I ' ! I W. N. Doak,- vice president of tho vBvotherhood: of Jlailyoad -fCrnimnoU, s :.B 1-VmVsC'.' the first .spokesmanIor-the- Is unions. H Principal demands .presented by Mr. I Doak include: j H : A wage increase of from -il to 47 per cent with a minimum of $150 a ! month and time and a half for over-time, over-time, Sundays and holidays. A basic month of 2G days with a uniform lunch Kl period of 20 minutes and a uniform WM "deadhead" rule providing that time consumed in going to" and from work FH be considered as working time. Fl The trainmen comprise baggagemen fjH brakemen, flagmen, j'ard foremen, helpers, switch tenders and yardmast-era yardmast-era below the rank of general yard- CHICAGO, April 20. Strike fever HI among railroad employes suffered a setback when thirty thousand railway HI clerks and S.000 freight handlers in HI the Chicago district announced today H their decision to permit hearing of llH their wage demands by the ralroad f labor board at Washington. HI The district council of railway HI clerks, which includes froight ban- HI dlers, voted last night against an un- HI authorized walkout. HI Assurance was giveu by Lie Asso HI ciation of Railroad Managers that the HI roads would join with the brotherhood lol in asking the labor board to grant the fcjl men increases. The railway clerks, who receive in general a minimum of ill $S7.50 a month, ask an increase of 20 if I cents an-' hour. The freight handlers SH demand an increase of 12 cents an IH hour and restoration of wage differ- JH entinls between truckers, callers and flH istowers, abolished when the govern- llH Iment took over control of the roads. kH Freight handlers receive -13 cents an PIH Freight movement in the nicago H district, hampered by the unauthor- I !fl ized yardmen's and enginemen's . H strike, continued to increase today ; H and elsewhere in the middle west and . H fitr west traffic conditions were rc- H turning to normal. ; H Four Chicago strike leaders, includ- ' H ing John Grunau, president of the Chi- H cago Yardmens association, were in H jail pending hearing on charges of vio H latin the iever act. iH Warrants were out. for 2i persons H indicated yesterday by the federal H grand jury in Los Aneles in connec- 9l tion with the strike. IH Possibility of another serious blow ffi to the railroads in th Chicago district IB loomed today wth a threat that 100.- SH 000 members of the Brotherhood of P Maintenance of Way and Railwaj KiH Shop Laorers would leae their work on April 28 unless their demands for a temporary Increase of $1 a day and ttime and a half for oertime after eight hours were granted. Chairmen of the Northwestern district of the organiza- iH tion, which embraces an area within a 'M radius of 500 miles of Chicago, involv-ing involv-ing 35 roads, telegraphed to E. G. Ga- ble, of Detroit, president of tho broth- H erhood, requesting iiim to present 11 their demands. According to brotherhood officials, 11 these workers now are paid from S2.21 Strike a Violation. DETROIT, Michigan, April 20, A IH walkout April 22 on the part of 100,- IH 000 members of the Brotherhood ol Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers in the Chicago - district will not receive sanction ot the brotherhood, E. F. Grable, presi- 'H dent of tho organization said hero to- !jH 'liH |