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Show CauMl Mlrlkora-Failure. Montreal, 17. The strike of the workmen in the L ichiuo canal enlargement en-largement has become general. Between Be-tween 2,000 and a, 1100 ntu idle. The cause of the strike is Ix-u.iiHe thu contractors con-tractors on sections five und six are paying eighty cents a day, after prom ising, the men alleyo, niuety cenhs, and also keepinj the hands a month or eix weeks without piy, iuslead ol paying them fortnightly. Donovan fc Moran, tanners, have f tiled. Liabilities, $7;),00U lo $100,-000. $100,-000. Molson'a bank is among the heaviest creditors. |