Show today to day thousands of men in the united states begin a strike for eight hours to constitute a days labor in case their employers will not accede to their request in all europe the movement receives the heartfelt sympathy of all the working classes in england laborer swage war on a broader platform but with no less confidence of the london fair trade ha briefed their demands as follows A weekly rest 1 sunday holiday to be the general rule in all trades 2 in trades where continuous work is inevitable workers to have at least every second budday free 3 governments to arrive at an international understanding on the subject B work in mines 1 underground work and by children under 14 years of age to be prohibited absolutely 2 working hours in dangerous mines to be shortened by lucli means as the of each county may enact 3 measures to prevent accidents and to secure compensation to injured vork man to be adopted by government 4 wages and output of coal to be regulated by voluntary agreement or by arbitration between workers and owners of mines 0 work of women and children 1 children under 12 to be excluded from all work 2 between 12 and 14 years the period of effective work not to exceed six hours less than half an hours rest during the day no night or sunday work for children in this class 3 between 14 JIG yeara more than ten hours for a days work including one and one half hours for rest no night or sunday work 4 for women above 16 years not more than eleven hours work including one and one half fioura rest no night or sunday work these demands are not unreasonable in fact they are not radical and all right thinking persons will wish for the triumph of such fair principles |