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Show STRIKE BECOMES SQUABBLE OVER WAGES . LONDON, Jaaa 16. Th, . ikipp'iag strik, kaa developed largely Into' a squabble over wages, and. outside of a few mail steamers, th, ship owasrs generally ara not Buffering appreciable ineonvenienee. Ths aaaiber of the strikers is limited strictly - to deck hands i - Despite ths eoneeaaioa of 2 S0 a month ia wages made by the Canadian Pacifie Bailway company yesterday, when the time came for lb, aigning of a crew for the Empress of Ireland today to-day the company waa forced to concede an additional .1.25. The original da maad wa, for aa advance u li t month. The oteemer Empree, of Ireland succeeded suc-ceeded In algnlng a full crew at the new eral of wagea and the veeael sealed on her schedule time. The Angio-Amertesa Oil company conceded con-ceded an advance of I2.S a naonth la wagea to Ita men. |