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Show FIREJfZN ASK XtZFOBJIS. "saBasasBaBnaBBBBBBBBaB At a mass meeting of marine firemen In New York City it was decided to start a vigorous campaign against the boarding-house masters at that port, who are charged with attempting to monopolise the shipment of men for the steamships Balling from New York, and with retaining retain-ing a large proportion ttt the earnings of seamen. The firemen determined to ask the co-Operatloa of the steamship companies, who, by a system of direct employment can aid the men in securing secur-ing their independence of the boarding-house boarding-house keepers, it was said that the sympathetic interest of the Mallory and Ward lines had already been enlisted in this move of the marine firemen. |