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Show We do not hear as much a? we expected I from the lockout of the irranite cutters, and we hope the trouble is being adjusted. The differences arose from tbe dispute between workmen and employers as to the time when the rates for the ensuing year should be fixed. The old date was May 1, and to this the workmen desired to adhere; but the employers em-ployers rather arbitrarily insisted upon January. Jan-uary. It would seem as if the beginning of the year were not as favorable a time for the union to make its contracts and it declined to yield an advantage which, although slight, is important to the men. |