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Show EMPLOYES OF ERIE REFUSE WAGE CUT 1IOKNELL. N. Y., Jan, 19 1'inal j rejection of tlie proposal of tho Erie railroad for a general reduction In wages wai made at the close of tlie I three-day conference between railroad I officials and union leaders Wednesday. The disputi will be laid before the la i bor board. BALTIMORE. Jan. 19. A lengtby discussion of the proposal of tho Baltimore Bal-timore life Ohio railroad to reduco the pay of its 7 000 clerks 7 cents an hour failed Wodnesdaj to effect an agreement. agree-ment. Tho clerks will attempt to show today to-day that the proposed reduction should not h made effective. Failure to agree will result In an appeal by one or both sides of the controversy to the federal railway labor board nr. Death rate in England baa declined declin-ed 50 per cent since 1S70. |