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Show 8 Dsbor notes, w, a ,.,-.- .Mi The Order of Locomotive Engtneers commenced with twelve members thirty-nine thirty-nine years ago and now numbers more than 40,000 In the United States and Canada. Can-ada. In 18S7 the Insurance department was established, conducted on the assessment as-sessment plan, and It has paid 813.000,000) In benefits to widows and orphans. The new wage schedule of the Hotyoke ' -(Mass.) paperraakers provides that all employees em-ployees getting less than 82 a day shall receive 2o per cent increase and workmen work-men getting 8S or more a day shall get a . 20 per cent Increase. Lower New England has "been flooded with circulars issued by so-called labor bureaus to the effect that skilled labor Is scarce in southern California, and that, consequently, opportunities for good men are particularly good. It is alleged that the statements in the "labor bureau" circulars cir-culars are baseless and maliciously misleading mis-leading in that there is a sufficiency of skilled mechanics in California. |