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Show MEXICAN SHELTER EMPLOYEES STRIKE FOR HIGHER WAGES TOBBEON, Mexico. Jus 9. The litrik at the Asargo emelter U augmented by the strike ia th Torreoa mltr, to tk great detriment of miaaa ia tai rcgioa, cwitn of whiek ked expected ex-pected to relume operation! at once. Th mea ere holding- out for a 10 par cent ineraaea ia wagea. which rang from; 41.12 to 7 a dy, Mexican money. The management declare tha ineraaea will not ba granted. A misuoderstsod ing occurred at tha Velardeaa mines, owned by tho American Hmeltin and ReHaiag company, bat thie waa .adjusted .adjust-ed satisfaetorily, aad tha mea are Back at work. Of the 700 mea at the Torreoa am alter al-ter only twenty are on duty, one furnace fur-nace .being kept going. Ia aormsJ time this plant employ about 1100 sasa. All th iremen, eoal passers, boiler-makers, boiler-makers, mechanics aad car inspector oa the Torreoa divisioa of the Hexieag International railway have struck for their April pay, which-wae-dalayod 'oaring to the burning of bridge aad the'revolotlon. Acting Superintendent Check yeates-day yeates-day offered the flremsa and coal passers Ave peso each out of kis own pockst, promising their full pay would be here on their return from to first trip. They declined hi offer. The railroad hae the cash oa hand, but the payroll hav aot bees approved. The American Smelting company is mors affected by th strikers tbaa any other of the concerns operating in that southern country. It has been feared for some time that tha revolution would interfere with operationa at mines, and smelters ia Mexico, but ae yet the United States properties have aot beea moles ted. At both th local smelting offices ia this eity it is learned that the strike ia expected to be of only short duration, aad that it ia aot aa uncommon thing to have the natives become dissatisfied aad stop work oa th lightt pretext. |