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Show SITUATION AT LODZ. Factories Open, but Few Workmen B Make Appearance. W LODZ, Russian Poland, Feb. 7. The all; factories w.cre opened today, but flr scarcely any of the workmen appeared. fl At one factory the men worked until B lunch time and then left and refused to return, saying they dljl not want to be Jl killed by a bullet from the street fired through the door. Another factory jS abruptly ceased work, MM The situation appears to be growing. W worse and a critical time Is expected JH February 9, the date on which some of t& the largest manufacturers have decided JIM to pay their employees the balance of V their wages, dismiss them and shut : down the mills. Indefinitely. S The strikers are becoming more ag- S' gresslvc. This morning they forcibly ' entered a mill and destroyed the ma- li chlnery. w |