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Show CONDUCTORS TO GET MORE PAY St. Louis. Aug. C. A deliniie pier lor a wage Increase for conductor n railroads west of the Mlsslsslpp' river may be determined tonight, foi lowing a linal conference today b-tueen b-tueen W. O Lee, president of tn Order of Railway Trainmen, ant members of the Western Assoclatloc ot Railway Trainmen, who have beet ;u convention here during the week A. B. Ganetsoii, president of th Onler of Railway Conductors, is con fined In his room at a local bote! suffering from a nervous reaction lo! lowing the settlement of the Grano Trunk strike, in which he participated participat-ed His condition is not serious, however. how-ever. Mr. Lee isaij last night thai there was still much work to hu done. "The object of the conference 1 5 j the outlining of a plan whereby high- or wages and better working condi v lions will be realized lo the condui- ' tors and trainmen of all the western lines In the United States and Can a ia." he said. "We feel that wo a-e entitled to a higher compensation, especially es-pecially on account of the increa.se I cost or living "The proposition of haviug the pay of passenger conductors established on a mileage. Instead of a month' basis, is only one of the matters we Me considering. "The questions probahly will go o Ine vote of the men In the next thirty thir-ty or forty days and then negotla-Cons negotla-Cons with the ol liters of the genera' managers associations will be oJien?d." |