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Show : Manila's pnoansas. ' . Misrsl strikes lis, e.tlr.s.ljr Ofrnrrr.1 , ' r.M.,i..r ll llcen IjmiiicIis.I. : Manila, Aug. 0. Thero havo been i acverat labor strike here, the demand I ' - being for cxcculvo wage. Hecause t tho Amcrlrati aulhorltlo lu the early R j exigencies of the situation hero agreed J to tho extrnvugant deiuaudaof tho f laborers, It ha been dllllcultlo return -, to an cnultablo basis. Ono of those ' ' strikes cauted tho suspension of traflla on tho tramways of Manlln for tbrco days. Copies of tho now tariff have been circulated here, but It has not yot been enforced, pending receipt of Initrno-tlona Initrno-tlona from Washington. It estimated esti-mated that under tho American tariff thero will be an average reduction of one-third a compared with that of Spain. An Insurgent ucwupnpcr, printed In tho Spanish language, haa madolta ' appearance here. |
