Show CONVICTS STRIKE FOR SHORTER DAY nI- nI June Juno 23 Forty convicts employed on state road wor worn at Gravel I Just across tho county line lino ton ten south of went wenton on Oil strike demanding an nn eight eight- hour instead of ot a ten hour day Superintendent Superintendent Super Super- Miller appealed to tho tim sheriff of SkagIt county count and Mount Vernon Accompanied Ac Ac- companied by two deputies ho hastened to Gravel When tho tim sullen convicts refused to return to work unless unions granted shorter hours tho superintendent lined d the men mon up imp under armed guards nail and then In- In Informed informed formed them they thay would be bo obliged to remain ten hours a lI day or 01 go t to work |