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Show APARTMENT TENANTS ORGANIZE AGAINST RENT INCREASES An oranizd effort Is being made h tenants of one of the apartment hour 5 to resist an increase In rent from to 136 for three rooms, unfurnished Tim Increase n it itlal was effective Dccemhej-1st, Dccemhej-1st, and up until last nl&ht. no tenants had paid their rent, waa the report. It Is understood that the tenants wIM ' put the matter in the hands of an attor-j attor-j ney. each sub.scrihlng a certain amount for the fee The tenants. It Is said, are determined. ' to fight to a finish, even though they loxe j out. It is stated that a tenants' association i. helne formed among apartment hdUSS ! dwellers' of the city who feel that they ! are being imposed upon in rental- m 1 ith-it a united effort of practically i , tenants "f the city will he made in cot 1 ' 1 1 to resist extraordinary increases in rents. |