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Show WOMAN LAWMAKER CHARGES MONTANA RIOTING TO RYAN "WASHINGTON. Aug. ".Responsibility for the labor troubles among metalliferous metallifer-ous min? worker- in Montana, which has curtailed the output of copper and contributed con-tributed to rotlng and other disturbances, wan charged to John D. Ryan of New York. presidfiH of the Amalgamated Copper Cop-per company, today by Representative .lea net te Rankin, in an address to the house. Abolition of the "rustling card" system, sys-tem, a plan by which the Amalgamated company decides wIih t miners shall be permittf-d to see: work In its properties, would restore peaee. Miss Rankin asserted, as-serted, and she added that It was within the power of Mr. Kyan to take this step if h desired. Her efforts to convince him of this fact by telegraph had produced pro-duced no results, she said. , Miss Rankin was speaking on a resolution resolu-tion to give the president power to take over a nd oiera le metalliferous mines, which she offered today. It was referred to a committee. Reoresentative Johnson of Washington Interrupted Miss Rankin to remark that members of the I. W. V. should not "nquer. 1" when one of their members is hanged "by decent citizens now and j then." Inasmuch as they had planned the ! murder of the governor of Utah. I |