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Show CiHIS DEMAND iiSE m mm They Will Ask That Pay Be Advanced Ad-vanced From $4.50 lo $5 a Day. At a joint meeting of the three local carpenters" unions, held in the Federation of Labor hall Wednesday evening, a resolution reso-lution was passed demanding an increase In pay. to take offeet May 1. The carpenters car-penters ask that on that date their puy be Increased from a day to 55 a day for eight hours woik. The carpenters feel that their present rate of pay Is not high enough, as coin- pared with the cost of living, and It was on this point Ilia t tho Increase whs demanded. de-manded. The present rate of pay.wa made four years ago. The carpenters also chunged their by-laws so that union men will not be allowed to work with nonunion men. Heretofore the union men were allowod to remain on thc samfe job with nonunion men for three days. The demand for. nn Increuse, passed last evening, will be. presented to the contractors con-tractors without delay, thus giving them three months' notice of the advance. The Installation of officers for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters nnd Joiners of America. No. IS I. was also held Wednesday evening. The new of-flceis of-flceis arc: R. J. Wilson, president: i. E. Meyers, vice president; II. E. Mil- ton. financial secretary. E. Caffall, re- i cording secretary; John Evans, treasurer: Thomas Watklns. trustee; R. p. VI-k, j auditor: Bert Moeh, conductor; Albeit: Boyer. warden. I i |