Ogden Sun | 1905-09-26 | Page 2 | Berlin Electrical Strike

BERLIN electrical STRIKE i berlin sept 22 trouble between 1 the great electrical companies of berlin and liehr employed emp loyes lias reached a critical stage the workmen in sacral departments of lue two chief companies have already gone on strike and the companies threaten to shut down art of their plants unless the strikers return to work tomorrow the men bay that living has grown so expensive owing to the high price of meat and other articles that their wages are insufficient and they demand 7 a week for the lowest class of unskilled labor an increase of 15 per cent the companies declare that it Is impossible to grant the demands of the workmen because the working day has already been reduced from ten to nine hours and because the prices of electrical goods are still too low to permit of more than an increase of five per cent in wages the electrical companies of berlin employ at least sixty thousand men