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Show U AND GREEKS 801 HI I). S. SMELTER Forty Men Strike, but No Trouble Trou-ble Is Anticipated by Those in Charge. Porty L'taliau and 'Greek laborers em-ployed em-ployed as smelter hands in tho American Amer-ican smelter .at Murray struck, and walked out of tho smelter shortly after 1.1 o'clock Saturday night. -The -striking men made up almost tho cnliro night 1 shift. Enough were prevailed upon, however, to remain by their work and keep tho blast furnaces going. Jt is , oxpectod that today tho ontiro force 1 emjlo3'cd at tho smelter wilhjoin the strike. A smelter official said last night, that no trouble was anticipated and although the men had made, .11.0 formal, dotuands it, was understood by inference that their reason for leaving their work was to force the smelter company to raise wages. At 12 o'clock midnight Saturday Satur-day the sheriff ;s office was requested by the smelter people, to have on hand this morning a number-of doputy sheriffs sher-iffs to iusurc quiet among tho iorcign-crs. iorcign-crs. ( - The strike came as a comploto sur-priso sur-priso to thoso in command at. tho smelter. The 1.1 o'clock shift was on tho ground as usual Saturday night preparatory to beginning tho uightly labors, when tho spirit of tho movement move-ment was noised about and practically every foreigner' on the works loft the snioltor. 'i . .. c . |