Show SIX Ix BAKERS BAIERS WALK OUT Trouble at Royal Which May tay S Spread read to Other Bakeries jn In City Six She bakers bakers out of the he eighteen employed employed em em- plo ed by th the R Royal al bakery walked out th this morn morning owing to a a. disagreement disagreement disagree disagree- e- e ment between th e- e saker akers' akers union and the management the Royal The union i ia IS demanding a uniform scale of wages in all the all the shops of the city with witha a minimum of or of 16 ier week The arbitration committee of the Federation Federation Fed Fed- of f Labor have the matter In hand and will hold a conference with the proprietors of the several bakeries tonight Officials of f f the Uni n claim that if the demands are not granted a general str strike ke will vill res result t. t Further than this they decline to discuss the matter until after tonight's meeting George l Iu Mueller ell r e-r proprietor of the Royal bakery makes the following statement of f the case The Thc Royal Baking company Is a a. corporation corporation cor coo which has never paid a dividend dividend divi divi- deed ii 11 ID to date late In fact since flour advanced advanced ad ad- so much we wo have run on a a. loss for about four foU months mouths We were forced to buy some machinery so as to lighten the work of the of-the the men and under the thc present pres pres- nt ent circumstances as s far as I can see we wear ar ard still compelled to put In lit more machinery machinery machinery ma ma- chinery in order to save expense If the present price of flour remains and the bread bakers I keep kep on demanding demanding- higher wages and shorter hours than they they are arc getting from us the price of bread must go higher All our lur men work work six six days a a. week weel and do donot not average more than ten hours a day It ha my effort to do as well wellis as is I can cab for all of my employees and as my business advanced I have advanced them accordingly I give them good quarters to work in g good Jod light pure nure air shower etc In all the large cities bakers work worl nights while In my place placa they work In the daytime with few e exceptions kei My bakers baker's are are- paid the following wages wage for six days' days work One man 28 one 21 18 n 18 lS one 17 two 15 18 three 14 two 7 and 5 85 Cake Cako bakers In addition to to their wages wa receive their board One man gets ets 20 one orie 16 IG and two i helpers 12 a. a d 9 |