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Show MOVE PLANT TC EUROPE Unless Strike at Auburn Au-burn Is Ended By April 9, Harvester Company Announces the Transfer of the Machinery Auburn. N. Y.. April . Unless the strike rioting here ceases at once and a settlement between the strikers and their employes is reached, the International Inter-national Hanester company will remove re-move their entire plant one of the ', largest of the kind In the world to Europe, where, they say, labor conditions condi-tions are more stable. Officials of the company made kuov.n their decision today in the following statement: The mill has now been closed for two weeks and nothing seems to be decided with reference to the future. In view of this fact, we desire to point out that our plant at uburn has been used to spin twine for the export trade Unless we can, without with-out delay, come to an understanding with our employes, by which we may bo assured of some stability In this industry for the future, we beg to inform in-form you that we will begin at once to transfer the machinery to Europe "We will greatly regret if v.e are obliged to roave this move, for here- j tofore our manufacturing operations abroad have not lessened in any way the number of our employes in this country. "This will greatly entail loss not only to our employes but to the city of Auburn as well, because II will transfer to Europe what is now home manufacture. ' If your action forces us to starl this work, we respectfully invite you to consider carefully the consequences consequen-ces and to let us have your answer not j later than April 9 " on |