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Show Six Claims Involve Nine Thousand Men and Women. WASHINGTON'. Dec. 5. Six cases, involving in-volving approximately (JO00 men and women, were filed today with the national na-tional war labor board. Iimployeos of the Remington arm:; plant at liion, N. Y., numbering 5000 men and 300 women, applied for an eighL-hour dav: double time for all over-time: es-taclNiirnent es-taclNiirnent of siicd committees and the riht of collective bargaining; eqnat pay for women with rnn on equal work, and a basic wa-e of 90 cents an hour for tool makers and SO to 85 .cents an hour for machinists. Kir increases ii: wages and piece work rateV were aked by' employees of the Carnei ter Steel company at Heading, P.i., .s(imat-I to i number about men. Tney petition for abolition of the bonus sv.uin. riKht-hour day, with time and a hell for overtim.1 and doable time Tor .Sund.i :i and holidays, equal pay for women with men and better sanitary arF-ranemr-r Ls. l-'idablihnient of a minimum wage al the Butler, .l'a., .Olant of the Standard Stee! Car company was asked in a pe-liinn pe-liinn j'ri.ni l.'.oO men and eighty women. TP-v rd.-o refi lies ted an eight -hour day, with time and one-half for overtime and lou'ele time lor holiday?, equal wages for women with men and tiie- right ol collective collec-tive bargaining. Two plants of the Taclede Steel com-Kiny com-Kiny of St. .Louis, Mo., located at Alton and Madison. U)., petition for an order 'steiiptng alleged di s. criminal ion against union nun. There are tiO workmen -at the two plants. The Alton men seek H0 per cent inciease in wages and. the Madi---oir plant cniploj'ees want an advance of pc- cent. li-tablir-hment of a seniority rule m uaki-ii td''-'-notions or lav'ing off men- was on- ot the demands of TOO men employed at the "Wharton Steel company's plant at Wharton. N. J.' They also demand reiu-Ntatemetit reiu-Ntatemetit of men they believe to have been discharged foi union activity; wage inoietfs.es, the eiht-hour day, with time and one-half for overtime and double pay for holidays, and prorating of work in cfse it becomes necessary to curtail the output of the plant. A -wage schedule of 70 centa an hour for toohnakers. )-' to 72' rents for machinists. ma-chinists. f- cents for speeia-iists, 4 ti cents for helpers ;.nd -10 cents for women, was nrmanded by employees or" the Becker Milling Machinery company 1 at H de I'urk.' Mif-'s. They also want revision of the piece-ork schedules fro that earn-i earn-i n :- s on piece work will be at least 30 per cmt above, earnings tot th-; same work "under day rates. |