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Show Eight Hours Work a Day. Chicago, March 1. The eight hour move-mont move-mont is assuming formidable proportions in this city, and promises to be very general among the wage workers, both organized and unorganized. Already the Bricklayers' Union have decided to stand for the eight hours work at eight hours pay on May 1st, 188G, as recommended by the Federation of Trade and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada, and as they number 4,000 men, in fact, all working at the trade in Chicago, their demand is likely to be acceded ac-ceded to. The Plasterers' Union, numbering number-ing some 7,50J, have taken a like action, as - ' " - also the lathers, carpenters and all building trades. The Cigar Makers' Union have also decided to make a stand for eight hours and the Typographical Union, numbering some 1,500 members, vesterday decided to fall into line and work eight hours from and after May. 1st, and invited other Printers' Unions in the country to co-operate. The general feeling among the workingmen seems to bo to accept eight hours' pay for eight hours' work, and the manufacturers and employers generally do not seem to strenuously object to their proceedings. |