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Show conference of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Lo-comotive KngineerB here today, decided decid-ed to demand a flat wage increase of 13 to IS per cent. Thirty Thousand Affcted. The matter will be presented to the englncera of the respective roads at cme, after which formnl demands will bo made upon the railroads. About 150,000 men arc affected. It was said today that conferences between railroad officials and the en-in-erts will begin ubout September Septem-ber 20. Pertain to Mileage. "Our demands were formulated be-tldo be-tldo the wage question," said Warren War-ren S. Stone, president of the Droth-I Droth-I irhood of Locomotive Engineers. "But they are mostly of a technical nature pertaining to workiag condl-i condl-i tlons and mileage." Tho wages of englneeri? vary ?o wdely it Is difficult to strike an average. The monthly pay checks lunge from 5160 to $210. t - DEMAND AFFECTS THIRTY THOUSAND CHICAGO, Aug. 6. Represents lives of engineers employed on sixty-two sixty-two railroads west of Chicago, at a |