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Show TENANTS UNION.' i IS THE LATEST Renters to the Number of 50,000 in 'Frisco Form a Union to Fight Grinding Landlords. 8 A N TR-A NCI SCO, Jan. 1. With the aid and co-operation of the labor unions, a tenants' union, numbering nearly 50,- i 000, has been formed here, and land- ! ! lords who are charging exorbitant I rent will be blacklisted. A clause in the resolution which was adopted binds the members to move into vacant lots in tents when the weather gets warmer. The members of the organization believe be-lieve that the cause for the high prices for foodstuffs and other commodities are the prohibitive rents demanded bv owners of stores, and that the merchant who is compelled to nay high rent marks up his goods accordingly, and that the workingmen shoulder the burden of high prices. |