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Show STRIKE OF MARBLE , CUTTERS IS ORDERED NEW YORK. Ang. 8. With th b-ffinninf; b-ffinninf; thi wwk of gracral strike of marblo cutters, polishor and rubbers, rub-bers, th Kw York building trad face is first serious labor struggle ia several Tears. It is feared that a general gen-eral war ia th building industry maj follow. Th marbl workars ask an increase in-crease of SO cent a dar in their wag, seal and also ask for certain regulations regula-tions which th employers consider oppressive op-pressive and impossible. Among . the regulation asked is one to the effect that the superintendents on work must be members of the union and another is that in case where' charge are made against employer of violating an agreement agree-ment the employers may be the judges in the first ease, but ia all subsequent ease the nninn ia to be the judge. About 2500 men will go out when the strike order takes effect and 5000 work-era work-era 4n other trade will be forced into involuntary idleness until th difficulty is settled. The wage of tbe marble worker at present range from $3 to 3.50 per day. |