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Show uu BUTTE MINE OWNERS , CONSIDER PAY RAISE BUTTE, Mont.. Sept 16. Executive j heads of the copper mines in the I Butte district are considering demands from the miners of l.t6 a day In-! In-! crease In wages and the abolition or ' modification of the "rustling card" land contract system Of employment ! The demands xvere framed at a in ' -I ing Tuesday night, when the strike of the Butte branch of the Metal i Mine Workers Industrial union No j 2ii, industrial Workers ol the Worl i. I xvas called off. The I. W. W. mem-! ! hers were not allowed to .peak in the ! mass meeting Tuesday high! j Th" mining companies ha g prom-i prom-i Iscd a reply September 22 ' |