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Show CONTRACT LABOR LAWS VIOLATED A Notice of Red art Inn Brine. Threats From a Steel Company'. Men. Chattanooga, Tenn.. Jan. 27. At the office of the Southern Steol company thero has been posted a notice that after February 1st the wages of the men earning more than $1 per day will be reduced 10 per cent. Most of tba men employed were hired in England and brought here, as they say now, in, direct violation of tho labor contract law, and they say they will not submit to tho proposed cut. They say if any civil action is brought against them for breaking the statute, it will cost the steel company $1000 fine for bringing them over. They assert they will stand up for thoir rights and strike. They , claim the company pays less for smelting smelt-ing and other work than any .otbtr great mill in the country. |