Show the tailors strike A number of striking tailors called at this office sept 23 and stated that the increase in pay demanded by them as given in our issue of yesterday was far greater than they asked those figures were given to a NEWS reporter by a merchant tailor but the strikers say that instead ot of asking an advance of fro from m 7 to 10 per suit they only ask from 1 to 3 they state that they also ask pay for extras such as cuffs and coats flat bindings faed faced cappels lap etc sometimes this extra work has been paid for by the bosses bosom and sometimes it has not thu the strikers ask that it be paid for uniformly and according to a schedule and say they do not think the bosses particularly object to this the strikers represent that they prepared a new bill or schedule of prices for all kinds of work and submitted it to the bosses on thursday giving the latter one day to answer the time to reply was extended to monday when all the bosses except W A taylor of west second south street refused to va accept it the new bill provides for or an average advance of about 12 per cent over the old one so to the men claim september 26 the boss submitted to the strikers a bill or schedule of prices designed to be a compromise between the old bill and the one which the union had offered the bosses there was muo much uncertainty as to what the result i wih be |