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Show hour "rule In their establishment be-cauwe be-cauwe they claim there, la not sufficient ,. , work on hand to keep the men longer employed. Wages ef employeea in con-' " sequence have been reduced 20 per cent. - Plumbers flt Buffalo. X. T., have ' signed an agreement covering the next , three years, and 1000 men who have " I been on strike will return to work. The " plumbers demanded a minimum wage of $3.50 a day and the enforcement of a rule that only one apprentice be em- ployed In any shop. The agreement . concedea $3.50 a day to the men. but . fixed that figure aa both the maximum. and minimum wage for the next threei yeara. One apprentice may be employed"" to every three Journeymen plumber employed In any ahop. Cabor notes. The United Brotherhood of Paper-makers Paper-makers has served a demand upon the manufacturers at Appleton, Wis., for shorter hours, and It is said a strike In 1 probable. Three thousand men In Wisconsin Wis-consin employed In fifteen mills will be affected. Racine (Wis.) masons, plasterers and helpers have been granted an Increase In wages and a reduction In working hours, and they are now enjoying an eight-hour day with nine hours' pay. Racine Is this year experiencing the biggest building booms In Ita history. Officials of the Krupp run factorlea (Germany) have Introduced the eight- |