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Show WILL STRIKE UNLESS GIVEN 8-HOUR DAY j Carpenters and Joiners Around Norfolk, Nor-folk, Va., Make Demands Upon j the Government. ! NORFOLK, Va., March 31.. Carpenters and joiners employed al the Hampton' Roads naval base, the Pig Point ord- ' nance depot and t he Push I Huff army! depot, voted I oi light I o si rike tomorrow. unless demand. for higher wages and an i eight-hour day are granted by the government, gov-ernment, Cnion leaders said lei ween .")(H)0 and feii Mi men won hi go out. , The men are asking for lii1,;. cents per1 hour, on an t igh t - hour-da y basis, t iuie and one-ha If loi overtime, a nd double .time oti Sinndas and holidays. They now are ren-iving "S eenis. fin a nine- I hour-day basis. |