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Show ELEVATOR MEN QUIT, N. Y. CLIMBS STAIRS NEW YORK, April 16 Revival of the lost art of walking upstairs was forced upon thousands of roluctant persons in New York today by a strike of union elevator operators. Tho union claims a membership of more than 17,000. The operators, who voted las't night to strike for increased pay and shorter short-er hours, did not show up for work this morning. Women who ran the lifts during tho war days were being sought as strikebreakers by building owners. Delay seemed interminable to petulant petu-lant workers, many of whom already had been held up by transportation difficulties and finally they commenced com-menced the long, tedious climb to offices of-fices on the tenth, twentieth or thirtieth thir-tieth floors. 1 Tho operators claim their strike has the sanction of the American Federation Federa-tion of Labor. They demand wage increases in-creases ranging from $G to 10 a week and the eight hour day with time and a half for overtime. |