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Show ! Caber nous. 1 Cleveland. O., plumbers have been Ersnted their request for a raise in v ases. Hereafter they will receive $4 for an eight-hour day," an advance of 60 cents a day. The employers also agree to- employ only union labor. Tiumbers at Des Moines. Ia.. have been prranted an Increase of 25 cents a day. an advance from $3.25 to $.1.50 for an eisrht-hour day. Diggers will also ask for a similar increase. The latter npw receive $2J5 a day. Two hurfdred soubrettes In the 20 mu-ic mu-ic halls in Chicago, 111., ate on a strike. They no.t only object to the waires paid, but to the rule that between their appearances ap-pearances on the stage they must act as waitresses in the audience. Texas labor unions will use every effort to have the Governor submit to the special spe-cial session of the Legislature a message .'caning' for a law which will specifically permit of the organization of labor unions un-ions as they are now conducted. Belief is freely expressed among the labor la-bor men at Toronto. Can., that most of the claims now being made on employer!, by the local unions will be settled to the satisfaction of all parties concerned be fore the fateful first of May. The British Amalgamated Society of Railway servants has handed a check for to the representative of the Tart Vale Railway company, being the sum agreed upon in full settlement In connection connec-tion with the recent legal decision. |