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Show THREE HUNDRED TEAMSTERS STRIKE St. Louis, Mo., Aug 13 A strike ot teamsters was begun hero today when 300 men employed by two transfer companies walked out, extended shortly short-ly beforo noon to practically every teaming firm in 'tho city. Between 1200 and 1500 men are now on strike. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 13. Three hundred hun-dred teamsters employed by the St. Louis Transfer company and the Columbia Co-lumbia Transfer company' struck today. to-day. Whether the strike wbuld spread to include 1000 teamsters, in St. Louis and in East St. Louis depended upon the Tesult of a conference today among the team owners. The strikers demand for a 10 per cent increase in wages and for a reduction re-duction of the working day from 11 to 10 hours. |