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Show WILL INVESTIGATE ' LABOR COMPLAINTS GREAT FALIjR, Mont., Pee. 2fi. Captain Cap-tain F. K. Townsend, who represents the Fntted States government in the munitions muni-tions plant at Nitro, W. Va is to make a thorough Investigation in Montana this week of allegations that Montana labor shipped to Nitro was ill treated, deceived and iil fed. Governor Sam V. Stewart recently took up the matter with the authorities at Washington ami Captain Townsend's visit is the result. Several hundred MofUanans?, gathered from all parts of the state, went to XI-tro XI-tro six weeks ago. supposedly to work for the government, but while en route the plant was turned back to private owners. Many of he men, returning, said wages were far under what they had been promised and that conditions otherwise ware subject to severe criticism. criti-cism. About twelve of the men died en route homo of influenza. Some of the Montana ns remained at Xitro. it is reported, and not all have found fault with the reception they received re-ceived there. |