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Show MACHINISTS WIT EIGHT-HOUR DAY Employes of Winchester Repeating Re-peating Arms Company Are Expected to Strike. New Haven, Conn., Aug. IS. Union machinists employed by the Winchester Winchest-er Repeating Arms company are expected ex-pected to strike today to obtain an eight-hour day without wage reductions reduc-tions and other concessions requested request-ed by a shop committee yesterday. Soveu members of that committee are no longer on the pay roll. They claim to have been discharged. The company, In a statement made today, asserts that the men voluntarily gave up their positions. It is estimated that the Winchester company has 2,500 machinists among the 1S.000 employes. The machinists expect other metal workers to act sympathetically with them. These workers number about 10,000. At tho Winchester plant early today to-day there was no outward sign of trouble. nn |