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Show THOUSANDS IBIE IN GERMAN YARDS i Berlin. Aug. 1G As a result of the fight between German ship builders and the employers, all the shipyards of Germany, except the government work, are now Idle, so far as new construction con-struction is concerned. Ship owners are in many cases sending their ships to Kngland for repairs. The men demand an increase of 10 per cent In wages and a RTi-hour work week. The shipbuilders maintain that lliene demands' are a cloak to political purposes. ; The number of men idle is about Oo.O'lO. . |