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Show CARMEN WILL STRIKE Employees of Oakland Traction Company Com-pany Demand Higher Wnges. OAKLAND. Cal.. March 30. By a voto of CIO to to, the member! of Iho Carmen's union of this city, In scre: ineUng hld early lh!5 mornlmc. decided to fntcr rn a sirl;! against the Oakland Traction company, because the union demanis upon the company wero denied. de-nied. Th demands of the union Includo a number of different cases for settlement, which were presented to the company feom time ago, but the main points at lssuo are the granting of a flat rate of 27 cents an hour for all mn, re-gardliv re-gardliv of length of service, and recognition of th- union. The i-Iflclals of tre comrany haw already declined to 'grant 'h request and have avoided anything that may be consttund as a recognition recogni-tion of the union, declaring In their reply to the damands mado that It was not to Dim men aa members of th- organization, but they replied mereb to their employees. The voto to striks has not yst affected tho car sys-tm. |