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Show PECULIAR LABOR WAR IN COOK COUNTY-' i TREASURER'S FORCE OF 200 STRIKE FOR MORE PAY. Refusal of an Increase of $1 a Day for Threo Hours' Overtime Work Is Cause of the Trouble, Chicago, Jan. 27. Cook county Is In the throes of a peculiar labor war, growing out of the attempt of the county commissioners to raise their own salaries. The county treasurer's force of 200 clerks have walked out and refused to do extra work at tha present wage-scale. Technically, all of the men now aro on strike. Because of a peculiar combination com-bination of circumstances, however, they will continue to do their regular work today and tomorrow pending a settlement. The trouble involves an increase of $1 a day for men working three hours' overtime an amount which the commissioners com-missioners 'told tho men tho county could not afford to pay. This is the busiest season of the year for tho treasurer, as tax bills and tax books are in course of preparation and mu6t be completed before April 1. In order to do this it is necessary to work the entire office staff at least three hours overtime each day. |