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Show TIIEV AI1JIK OUT. The PUstertn SLka Formal Dentind Foi Aa Advance In Wage and Then Go Oat. GE5E1AL UUHDI53 13 AFFECTED. A Cue That Mean Fight to a Finish The Stubborn Attitude of Both Side The member of the plasterer unloa which is a branch of the federated trade, walked out on a (trike Ihia morning and the craft now stand a a solid body at the back of their grUr ancc that conlt of a demand tor aa increase of fifty cent a day oa the present pres-ent schedule. It Is understood that this conp ha been fermenting fur several week and that employer were by no mean Ignorant Igno-rant of the disaffection. Yesterday lha executive board nude a formal announcement an-nouncement of the situation and intention inten-tion of the striker and it wa given out that a demand bad been decided on for a rate of Ha day Instead oflt .V). This latter figure, it 1 (aid. has been departed front In a number of Instance where enter gency justified It, and plasterer wers) paid a much a I now demanded for the schedule. Contractor say that they wilt not make the concession- that they cannot ; without disarranging contract that were based on the old schedule and. the sacrifice of large sum. Their attitude I very pronounced and Ilia resistant' threaten to I stubborn and u acorn, promising. On the other hand the position po-sition of the striker 1 eiuatly well da Cued and he InaUl that the plasterer if entitled to 1.1 fur a day of eight boon work. The disaffection It liable lia-ble In fasten iUetf on th hod carrier, who era now reluctantly packing mud and the matter being In the hand of the executive rommtttea the affair will Uke it way lo a finish. The walk out will affect a Urge nuro-lr nuro-lr of building that are now in course of erection throughout the city and which are mostly put up nn 'lime' contract that call for their completion, or a forfeit at a given dite. This will not only unsettle these contracts, but must greatly Inconvenience the holld-ers, holld-ers, and It 1 to b hoped that tome sort of settlement on an equitable basis may be effected. |