N. Y. Firemen Win 8-Hour Day
Overwhelming Approval Given to Measure by New York City at General Election—3,200 Officers and Men Will Be Added Eventually
VOTERS of the City of New York, in the general election on Tuesday, November 3, gave fire fighters of the metropolis the legal right to an eight-hour working day, more popularly referred to as a Three-Platoon System. They voted on a referendum question which was one of five questions on the voting machine. It read:
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