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NOON EDITION ONE CENT BILLY SUNDAY'S REVIVAL SERIES STARTS IN THE DAY BOOK TODAY READ MARY. PICK FORD'S STORY OF HER MOVING PICTURE LIFE THE DAY BOOK An Adless Newspaper, Daily Except Sunday VOL 4, NO. 154 Chicago, Monday, March 29, 1915 398 FIERCE CLASHES EXPECTED OVER EIGHT-HOUR LAW FOR WOMEN Legislative Committee on Industrial Affairs Will Take It Up Tuesday Chicago Women's Organizations to Fight for It Merchants Oppose It. There -will be fierce clashes in Springfield tomorrow when the state legislature committee on industrial affairs is ready to listen to arguments on the eight-hour law for women. Women's organizations of Chicago are joined with the labor unions in the fight to get by with the eight-hour law. About 150 women and men are expected to go from the Woman's Trade Union league, the Woman's City Club, the Political Equality league, the Consumers' League of Il linois, Chicago Federatio nof Labor and Illinois Federation of Labor. Opposing the women will be a del-1 egation of about 150 merchants and manufacturers from the Illinois Man ufacturers' ass'n. John M. Glenn, secretary of the association, and Dud ley Taylor, attorney, will be on hand. All of the directors of Glenn's or ganization are expected to be present, Chicago members are: Charles Piez, Link-Belt Co.; Fred W. Upham, Consumers' Coal Co.; Milton S. Florsheim, the Florsheim Shoe Co.; E. Tyner, E. V. Price & Co , Paul Schulze, Schulze Balcing Co.; G. R. Meyercord, Meyercord Co. Miss Edith Wyatt, vice president of the Consumers' league, and a direc tor o( the Woman's City lub, said today that there is nothing in pro posed laws at Washington or Spring field more important to women work ers than what comes up at Spring field this week. She said: "The laws of Illinois now say that girls in this state may get jobs and go to work at 14 years of age. These girl warkers stand long hours at work. Ten hours is reasonable, the naw now says. mm ,.1-m... ,..i i,--!- .--.-h-.-