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Show RAILWAYS WITHDRAW DEMANDS Disagreement Between Eastern Roads and Men to be Settled by Arbitration. New York. The eastern railroads on Saturday withdrew their demand that their grievances against the employes em-ployes should be considered by the federal board appointed to arbitrate the demand for better wages ana w:orking conditions made by conductors conduct-ors and trainmen. This concession apparently removed the only remaining obstacle to arbitration arbi-tration and averted a strike. With this issue disposed of, the railroad managers and the labor least's expected ex-pected to reach a speedy agreement on the text of the questions to be laid before the board of arbitration. |