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Show 'STRIKE OF 27,000 FIREMEN AGAIN ! JHREATEID ON WESTERN LINES Government Mediators Have Lost Hope and i One of Them Has Returned to Washington-Peaceful Settlement Seems as Far Away as Ever I Chicago, March 21. When C. P. 1 Nelll, United States Commissioner of I Jabor, met the representatives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Knglnemen and the general managers man-agers of the forty-seven roads today, a peaceful settlement appeared as far away a-; ever. It was generally believed be-lieved that today's would be the last conference, and a strike of 27,0. hi men seems Imminent. Martin A. Knapp chairman of the interstate commission, returned to Washington Saturday, and It appears that he has given up mediation as hopeless. |