The literary digest . one woman are reportedwounded. The participation of manyreturned soldiers in uniform on theside of the strikers is reported. Seattles general strike, the first of itskind ever attempted in the UnitedStates, is called off by the general strikecommittee. The loom-fixers employed in the mills ofLawrence, Mass., vote to accept themanufacturers offer of forty-eight hourspay for a forty-eight hour week. Strike-breakers are employed by theTurner Construction Co. on a $45,000,-000 Government contract in Brooklyn,New York, to break the strike-of theunion carpenters. The unions re-
The literary digest . one woman are reportedwounded. The participation of manyreturned soldiers in uniform on theside of the strikers is reported. Seattles general strike, the first of itskind ever attempted in the UnitedStates, is called off by the general strikecommittee. The loom-fixers employed in the mills ofLawrence, Mass., vote to accept themanufacturers offer of forty-eight hourspay for a forty-eight hour week. Strike-breakers are employed by theTurner Construction Co. on a $45,000,-000 Government contract in Brooklyn,New York, to break the strike-of theunion carpenters. The unions re-taliate by ordering out other workerswhose number wlicn the order is ef-fected will, it is said, increase the totalnumber of strikers throughout thecountry to 150,000. A Falling Market.— IU give you twodollars for this anecdote about PresidentWilson, said the editor, Whats the matter with you? de-manded tlic hack writer. You gave mefour dollars for that anecdote when it wasabout President Taft.—Boston ^^Qi^ the Mercer standardizedon the Berlind Madneto In the great war—more Americanairplanes weresparked by Ber-lings than by anyother ignition. \%t\ :i The Mercer Companys choiceof the Berling is significant— It is simply in line with their stan-dard of excellence for everythingthat goes into the Mercer car. And their official tests of theBerling proved this magnetoto be:— 1 St. Absolutely dependable. 2nd. Very simple in con-struction, and practicallytrouble-proof. 3rd. Possessed of a hot, fat,power-making spark.
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