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Show EXPECT ENGINEERS TO TIE UP LINES IN WEST Peace Efforts Fail and Chief Stone Summons His Advisory Council. Chicago. Dec 20 Relations between be-tween the western railrouds and tho llrothorhood of locomotive Engineers, which havo been strained for several d&js, reached a critical stage tonight and a strike of the most gigantic proportions pro-portions In railroaj history loomed up aj a stroug possibility. Following u conference between iho engineers and Iihor Commissioner Charles P. Nelll, the government official of-ficial practically admitted that his efforts ef-forts at mediation had failed to bring results. Neither side would yield a point and, after leaving the conference. Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the engineers, engin-eers, telegraphed the members of his udvlsory board to coine to Chicago at once. The controversy involves sixty-one railroad systems running west, north and south from Chicago. Alout r.5,U00 engineers are involved. Only three roads The Colorado Midland, the Denver & Rio Grande, ami the Western Pacific would be exempt. ex-empt. Every other mad In the west would be tied up 1 ncase a strike Is celled. |