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Show HARVESTER WORKERS GO OUT ON STRIKE CHICAGO, July 16. Between 8000 and 10,000 employees of the Chicago plants of the International Harvester company are on a strike today for a closed shop. The trouble began last Monday, when 700 workmen employed by the Weber Wagon works, a subsidiary of the International Harvester company, walked out. Yesterday Yester-day 6000 employees pi the McCormick Reaper works went on strike. Today the strike spread to other plants, three of which are closed. They are the McCormick McCor-mick Reaper works, McCormick tractoi plant and the McCormick twine plant. The striking employees of the Weber Wagon works were reported to have returned re-turned to work today. Officials of the company declare that the average hourlj wages of the men have been increased 11 per cent since June. 11)14. Secretary Edward Nockels of the Chicago Chi-cago Federation of Labor, said the strikers strik-ers had not yet formulated their demands He said the men would probably ask foi 1 an hour, a forty-four-hour week anc a closed shop. |