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Show glnes. which do practically the work! id two engines . and entail u corres- ' ponding responsibility and capability, receive the xnine wage as other drivers driv-ers of high power engines of much t smaller capacity. Kucineers wish to be relieved of the toll of preparing their ennncs for travel and of caring for them after runs and ask that switching time be paid for on a different basis. The magnitude of the wage question ques-tion Is evidenced by a statement by the employes that th 7 per cent wage d'fference now standing betwecu th-drivers th-drivers and the railroads means ap-I ap-I roxlniately $2.i'i0n.tiio a war. The cost of aiterlng working conditions would bo less than JoO'i.e.'"'. It was as- j sorted. Could Not Agree on Terms, "We leached the point whete It was evident we could not aree on wage and other quoxtloiis," said C.tand Chici Stone of the Brotherhood today. "When we started our negotiations we little expected them to last so li.rs. Our powers to arrive at agree-in agree-in Ms are restricted, however, by tlv; fact that in this case wo are acting eot in a dictatorial sense, but simply as following out the expressed cvni-n.and cvni-n.and of the Individual engineer. Since wo have only the prescribed limits of movement allotted to us I y the convention. The railroad committee com-mittee often averted directly that they rould not approach our terms, and there was pimply nothing left to do but to ask our men for an expression ex-pression on their desire to strike. Since they unanimously directed their action of ours, it cms only reason-iihle reason-iihle that they will vote unanimously lor a strike. ould hae been a higher percentage of increa-e than was awarded by i testate te-state and federal boards of arbitration arbitra-tion last spring to the switchttun .m i fremen In view uf the present earn-i'gs earn-i'gs of the rnads, th-re was n. j u I i- , firation lor this demand, rvoent the awards already made tite s lt.bnv. n ai d firemen by the ;u blMatlnti li'i-it d-. "The net earnings of the loads In-solved In-solved were Sonn imu pk i,i duly an, August cd 1 1 1 1 than in the '.iiiic ricinths in '.W. In this connection it should be aK,) rerueiubered tli.it. In 1 '."'" the engineers were tiiven Increases In-creases In wages averaging s l-ll per cent. "About a 'k :v.vo Warren S. 1 Stone axlced Ho- lallw.ijH if they would j.iin in a request for mediation of the questions invoked. The rail-vay rail-vay managers promptly replied that they stood willing to submit the cpies-ttt cpies-ttt ns to arbitration. "Then the next day Mr. Stone delivered de-livered an ultimatum to the railway t iunagers. He was asked if he hail ritbdrnwn hs inrdl.vlon pn"ipoltlon. Me said that he had not made any 1 1 opoMtlon . that he .ad merely asked if the railway officers would consent to arbitration, and announced vigorously vigor-ously that he would noi consent to n.edlatlon or arbitration of any of the onestions Involved." STRIKE BECOMING THREATENING LONDON, Nov. 7 Tho strike in tho South Wales coal field, where 30 000 miners are on strike because of the employment of non-union men. becoiuo so threatening today that the local authorities applied for tho services of the British cavalry. The government ordered the Flght-oe-nth Hussars In readiness to support sup-port the police, who thus far have had the worst of It in their conflicts with the utrlkere. Ballots Counted by Dec. 10. "By Dec. 10 we will have the ballots bal-lots counted, and will present the result re-sult to the railway men. They will l.-ivo one chance to meet the terms of our men, and If they refuse. I think the strike order will go out within half an hour. "If a strike is ordered we can reach every envrlneor, I believe, within live hours, and on every one of the til re ads every cab will be deserted Immediately, Im-mediately, and if you happen lo be a pr.ssenger ai that time, I guess you vlll have to get out and walk.' Representatives of the Association of Railway Managers, from which the committee of ten to treat with the engine men was drawn, said the state-nent state-nent of Mr. Stone was substantially I correct, and added only the figures over which the contention was waged. Chairman Scott's Statement. "When the conferences began." said Cnalrman W. B. Scott of the conference con-ference commltte-i "the engineers' demands approximated a 27 per cent increase This finally was brought down to 17 per cent We finally agreed to a 10 per cent Increase, totaling to-taling $3. S 10.000 for the 61 roads we represent, and there we both stuck. The $6,250.0(10 increase they stuck out for was more than weT could concede." con-cede." Later it was made clear that the leads which are parties 10 the wage conference did not include all Hues vest, of Chicago, but the chief roada west, south and north, and from Fort Williams west in Canada, with the exception of the Wabash lines and several minor systems. The Roads Affected. The following list of tbo lines affected af-fected was given out. Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe, At-chlson, At-chlson, Topeka & Santa Fe coast lines. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, Poaumont, Sour Lake & Western, Canadian Ca-nadian Pacific, Chicago & Great Western, West-ern, Chicago & Northwestern, Chicago. Chica-go. Burlington & Qulnc Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul. Colorado &. Southern, El Paso & Southwestern, Galveston, Ilarrlsburg & San Antonio. Anto-nio. Houston & Shreveport. Indianapolis Indian-apolis & Southern. Kansas City Southern, South-ern, Ixmlslana Western.. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, Missouri, Kansas & Texas, Morgan's lulslana & Texas, Northern Pacific, Oregon Short Line. Quincy, Omaha & Kan sas City, St. Joseph & Grand Island, Southern Kansas of Texas. Eastern Railway of New Mexico, Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago 'Tcrmlna1, Canadian Northern, Chicago & Alton, Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget SounJ, Chlcacn & Western Indiana. Chicago Junction. Chicago. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, Duluth. South Shore & Atlantic, At-lantic, Fort Worth & Denver City, Great Northern. Houston & Texas Central, Illinois Central. International & Great Northern, Kansas City Ter-rrinal. Ter-rrinal. Mineral Range, Minnesota Transfer, Missouri Pacific, New Orleans. Or-leans. Texas & Mexico, Oregon & Washington. Oregon Railway & Navigation Navi-gation company, Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific, St. Joseph Terminal. Si Louis & San Francisco, St. Louis, Brownsville & My1co, St. Iouis t-outhw estern, San Antonio &. Aransas Aran-sas Pass. San Pedro. Ixis Angeles & S?.lt I-ake, Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix, Southern Pacific. Spokane. Finland & Seattle, Taeonia & Fast em. Texas & New Orleans. Texas & Preillc. Trinity & Brazos Valley, Union Un-ion Pacific, Wichita Valley, uzoo & Mississippi Valley. Grant Some Increase The wage Increase demand of the engineers was referred by the presidents presi-dents of the railroads before the Interstate In-terstate commerce commission In Chicago recently as one of the reasons rea-sons why higher freight rates ought to be charged by the railroads. At that time Vice President Park of the Illinois Central and other officials told the committee there was little doubt some Increase would have to be granted, and be advised the committee, com-mittee, as did representatives of the Chicago, Milwaukee fe SL Paul and Chicago & Northwestern railroads, that the increase would cut off the Toads' surplus unless higher rates could be charged In view of this, the sudden cessation cessa-tion of conferences between the engine en-gine men and the roads today caused considerable surprise, since before the commerce corutuif'idon the rouds used the full figure of the engine men's dej-mand, dej-mand, 27 per cent, as a basis for rate Increase arguments. At that time, likewise, the railway c -facials predicted that demands from 01 her branches of the service would follow a successful plea from the eu-glne eu-glne men. and they too, It was predicted, pre-dicted, would be more or less suc-ctsidul. suc-ctsidul. The Railroads' Side. IjRIq today Chairman Scott of the conference comialliee Issued a state-Dient, state-Dient, giving the railroads' side of the case. He said in part: j "The advance offered the engineers j |