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Show ENGINEERS STRIKE WILL AFFECT SiXTY-OhlE ROADS CIlICAtJO. Nov. 7. A strike vole will bo taken among the eDgi-neers eDgi-neers of 61 romls west, south and north of Chicajfn, following the krmination today of negotiations between the roAds and grand of fleers fl-eers of the Brotherhood of lmTuiiothe Knginecrs. which had been under consideration since Sept. '2. "Wage increases of approximately 7 per cent arid alteration of working conditions stood bftwoon the negotiators. tirnnd Chief Warren S. Stone of the brotherhood said today he believed the strike vote would be unanimous in favor of suspension of work and that the engine men would have expressed their desire by Dee. 10. j Immediately thereafter, he said, a last opportunity would be given the railroads to rnert I lie workers, and if they ignored that opportunity, op-portunity, within live hours eery engine west of Chicago would be stilled, the tires drawn, and out of the thousands of cabs would step every driver on duty. The representatives of the engine men in the 2." conferences which ended end-ed today were: Warreu S. Stone, graud chief. Ash Kennedy. F. IUtrgess, K. Corrlgan. M. V. Cadle and H. H. WIIIh, assistant grand chiefs of the Brotherhood of Jy-coiuotlve Knglneers. They received the advices of fin di-I di-I vision managers of the brotherhood. who recently represented the smaller I councils of the road. decided that (he existing wage scale. In effect Blnce February of 1907, was 1'iisatlsfactory. and that working conditions con-ditions hud been Imposed by railroads rail-roads which should be eliminated The grand ofheerB were Instructed to meet the railroad managers and present the demands. The general working conditions of which the engine men complain Include In-clude the following: Mallet Engine Twice as Large. Hrlvers of the Mallet compound en Railroad Officials In Attendance. Railroad ofllciala as follows heard the engine drivers' demands: W. D. Fcott of the Union Pacific. F. K. Ward of the Burlington lines, f. C. Batch cider of the Chicago Terminal and Baltimore & Ohio, F. A. Durham of the .Missouri. Kansas & Texas, G. H. Kmerson of the Oreat Northern. T. .1. Foley of the Illinois Central. F. C. Fox- of the Atchison, Topeka A- Santa Fe. Grant Hall of the Canadian P3-c'flc, P3-c'flc, II. J. Simmons of the Kl Paso & Southwestern, and A. W. Trenhohn of the Chicago, St. Paul, Mtnueapo-1U Mtnueapo-1U & Omaha. Wage Scale Unsatisfactory. The whole question arose from the decision of the engineers In convention conven-tion at Detroit lt spring. It was |