Show 1 O PAINT PAINTERS STRIKE f fHI FOA HI HIGHER HR PAli PAY PAl i Employers Refuse to Give I Men Per Day as Demanded Each Side Explains Explains' Its Position PositionS were declared in inI S STRIKES I about twenty-five twenty local paint I shops this morning a and d abo about t papel paper hangers hangers' and painters are I idle The walkout came as a result of the refusal of about half the paint shop managers to pay the new scale of wages demanded by bythe the men Thursday v According to W W. H. H Allbee business agent of the paper hangers and painters painters' union the men are asking for 7 20 per day They are now now receiving 6 per day v PREDICTS SUCCESS I Half of the shops have nave acceded to our demands said Mr Allbee Allbee There are about members In In Inthe the local organization and about half walked out when their demands were not met The rapidly increasing cost of living has rendered it necessary for forthe forthe forthe the paper hangers and painters to toI meet conditions and our request for I Continued on page 3 PAINTERS t r Continued Continued from pa page e 1 the higher scale of ot wages is Js the re ye- ye suIt sult I am confident that the shops which h have not already yielded to the demands will do so in the Immediate future Many of ot the paper hangers and I painters who vho do Independent work I when Informed of the strike volun voun- volunteered l their support to the movement vOlun I I ISAY SAY MEN WANT TOO MUCH Managers of ot the paint and paper paperhanging paperhanging paperhanging hanging establishments who refused the demands of the men stated that they considered the wage asked as much too high They stated that the cost ost of materials rendered it Impossible i sible cible to meet the demands of ot of the men menat menat menat at pr present S nf The lri Indre Increase te se Jf cit per bet er day was held to be to too large a salary increase to be granted at one time |