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Show RAIL EMPLOYES TO FIGHT MOVE TO CUT WAGES "We Have to Pay as Much for Goods as We Ever Did." They Say CHICAGO, Jan. 2S Representatives from several large railroads met with the laboi committee of the American Association of Railway Executives today to-day to consider t'jps looking toward a genera reduction oT wuges on all member roads of the association. It was predicted in railroad circles that the committee would recommend placing the situation before the Lulled States railroad labor board with a re-.iie.st re-.iie.st for a general reduction of wages. ..CLEVELAND. O.. Jan. 28. Any attempts at-tempts by the railroad labor board toward wage reductions will be vigorously vigor-ously opposed b the railroad brotherhoods brother-hoods S Stone, grand chief engineer engi-neer of the Brotherhood of lxicomotive Engineers announced tonight. "The men are not going to accept reductions in wages now," he said They have to pay Just as much as they ever did for what they get." Heads of the brotherhood will attend at-tend the hearing February 10. and fight particularly any attempts to iodine io-dine v. ages on the Atl.uita. blruilng-ham blruilng-ham anl Atlantic railroad to the extent ex-tent of approximately half the Increase granted since I'ee.inbr 31. 1918, Mr. Stone said and will oppose the general movement Sponsored by the lnboi committee ol the association of rail-Way rail-Way executives |