Show ERIN WORKERS i ON STRIKE FOR FORI W WAGE AGE I I l. l Industries Halted When Then t Men and arid W Women Urge Higher Scale Berlin Friday Doa Deo 13 By By the thc a Associated Pre Press The The s.-The The Am and tho afternoon editions o of ot the the T and publish today of ot a u not arising from wage wago demands demand by bythe bythe bYthe the men In the composing rooms the Skilled workers worker receive good od ag wages ngos S. S of ot tho the sQl sol The The fact that tho members dier lers and workmen's councils arc I drawing pay on the tho samo scale has hf stimulated In La mon many branches to accept that figure as th the tho standard of r pay The tn- tn Wertheim department store etore shut shutdown shutdown down today toda- as ns a n result resul of ot the tho firms firm's refusal to meet the tho demand demand of ot tho the women omen for tor an nn extra war allowance al allowance iii- iii lowance ranging from to COO 60 marks mark each ach The amount Involved would total to- to tal tol marks Tho The firm offered compromise ot of marks mark which 1 was as refused reused Women omen Workers The women walked out and or organIzed organized organ organ- nned nn- nn ed a I parade through the downtown streets Tho The management announced toda today that the tho salary In- In granted In tho the last lost two years cars exceeded marks That the tho labor abor situation In many of ot the big Industrial plants In Berlin Is rapidly becoming acute Is evidenced by byth bythe bythe th the peremptory demands made by the workmen and clerical forces In the tho Sic Sic- mans l H l ko electrical works and the allied aled plant at The wago waSo schedules with which tho the mana management la 13 being confronted confronted con con- confronted fronted call cal for tor Increases amounting to 1 marks annually Tho The firm last year declared a dividend of ot 1600 marks At one stage tago of ot the negotiations part of ot the attempted to to pr prevent vont the directors and executive officers of ot the firm from entering their offices Nerr NeTY eT Schedule Asked Th The Th of or the General Genera Electric Electric Electric Elec Elec- company have presented a n new neV wage wago schedule which provides for an Annual Increase of marks Leading Leading- Lading manufacturers of ot Berlin declare de do- dare clare clar that that the arbitrary demands of ot the workers will wil eventually result In forcing fore forc ing the big plants to locate oate in the tho provinces as otherwise the they will wil be i wholly eliminated from the worlds world's I competitive markets The government go through EmU Emil Barth a a. f member of ot the cabinet Is la end endeavorIng endeavor endeavor- lEg Ing to persuade tho the workers of ot the unreasonableness unreasonableness un un- un- un reasonableness of ot their demands and andi i i further pointing out tho the danger of i German Geran Industry being crippled |