The dispute between silk filature operatives and managements, in which 106 factories were involved, having been closed for'about two months, has been settled. The employers insisted on a 20 per cent, wage cut, to which the majority of their employees objected and re. fused to return. At a conference an agreement was' arrived at whereby the cut would be but 15 per cent, and wages would be raised to their former level when business conditions permitted. The return to normal would take place not later than. March of next year. In addition employees are to. receive one month's strike pay. "a
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