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Show f CSHS pKEATROTEST ILiiist Wliat Is Termed Kg Tribute to Labor Ere IX THE ROV OF U. S. SMELTER fiat for Their Action a Ber Have Been Dis- charged. Llnat what is termed paying fa labor agent has been mode jfey Greeks, employees of the its Smelting company at Blng-&3 Blng-&3 with the result, according iiments of these workmen that ftic number of them have been Jiffcd the others declare that i to 1 told to leave within a 111 Be Tested in Courts. Jbton now appears to have staEO where the matter will the courts. Attorney A. J. ij representing tho protesting ;iailnc an investigation of tho Mfiftdncsday "tent that ho be-X?-'tnls had been under a sys-Btu sys-Btu virtually slavery and that Rte a light to test their legal EQaestions Involved. Hil least two questions in-Ke in-Ke natter at tho present time Ens that other issues will Esc into the controversy. It KTthc protesting Greeks that ftmubrly paid a tribute of SI to L G. Sklirls, who Is known ilbor agent It is also charged hi3 assumed to be dictator Kold and who should not be the smelting company. flwo:e Serious Phase, fcrtferious phase to the qucs-He qucs-He eharce mado by several of ta'.ltg Greeks to a Tribune Kfre that Sklirls has gone to Etimeto time and demanded ex-Ht'lrf ex-Ht'lrf amounts of JT or $10, f If Ihcv did not pay he would C.-firtd" from their positions. HTeUlmtd, has been carried to that many of the laborers have bd the result has been tho It now brewing. Koinpaaj Make Collection P K lbe Greek laborers to whom w. man talked at Bingham Kfolri iwsltlvoly that the smclt-o; smclt-o; htli this $1 per month out of Wfdn addition to the stipulated tl and Insuranco fee of $1 per (-Attorney Weber said witnqut Hci.jhat he knew of his own thatsuch was the case. Earged From Service. Mfc.qf Greek laborers who de-kfliihat de-kfliihat they had been paying txere on Tuesday nnd Wednes-irjid Wednes-irjid from the service of tho W other cause, they so stated, ptd lor their removal. Attempt to Evict Bb not all. These same labor-Bit labor-Bit atotement to The Trlbuno I the ame day of their dls-Sough dls-Sough their rent was paid in BSgent of Sklirls. accompanied r sheriff, went to their homes 4 the discharged men to va-HtUy va-HtUy as possible firintendent Is Silent. Kman and Attorney "Weber tthara Junction Wednesday an Interview with Smelter Hst Hazlcton, but after a B;6-' "lt'r huslness had been i ttade, with a request for an jcat the company s version of Wt be had. Superintendent jM back word tnrough his r.t declined to grant any in- Bht Defense Is Made. mis of tho situation mado on 'tight by one of the leading 'V city, aftor an Ineffectual i been made to find Mr. think It Is all right for r him tho Jl per month. He pi business of those who can-w can-w English. If they get Into re arrested ho goes on their i ne should not ask them to W extra money ns a price for mg Positions. That is very Iflay Sue Company. frjber '8 looking carefully Into M of the question, and it is that an action will bo .recover these payments of al-Ktft al-Ktft t0,"1 1,10 company and mc.r': He hns, meanwhile, ad-nts ad-nts not to remove from their ? the legal process of cvlc-grapllcd cvlc-grapllcd with. |