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Show SALMON PACKERS TO ORGANIZE NEW UNION SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. U.-The Alaska Salmon Packers' union, composed entirely of Porto Rlcans, Mexicans and persons coming from Chile, the Philippine Philip-pine Islands and other countries where Spanish is spoken, met yesterday and perfected their organisation. The majority ma-jority of the men forming the organization organiza-tion come from Porto Rico. They were originally Induced to leave their home on promises that they would obtain work on Hawaiian plantations at good wages and under favorable conditions. They ultimately became stranded In thla city. They were then hired by Chinese Chi-nese contractors to cure and pack salmon sal-mon In Alaska. Again they were subjected sub-jected to great hardships and their earnings earn-ings were not sufficient to procure suitable suit-able food. Through organization they hope to better their condition. |