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apply. They remained idle a long while, because of course nobody
could venture to employ them.

By and by the association published the fact that upon a certain
date the wages would be
raised to five hundred
dollars per month.
All the branch associa-
tions had grown strong,
now, and the Tied
River one had advanced
wages to seven hundred
dollars a month. Re-
luctantly the ten out-
siders yielded, in view
of these things, and
made application.
There was another new
by-law, by this time,
which required them to

pay dues not only on ~^++*U0Pf^i .f ^iHSHffiffli f

all the wages they had
received since the asso-
ciation was born, but
also on what they would
have received if they
had continued at work
up to the time of their
application, instead of
going off to pout in
idleness. It turned oufc
to be a difficult matter
to elect them, but it
was accomplished at
last. The most viru-
lent sinner of this batch had stayed out and allowed * dues' to accu-
mulate against him so long that he had to send in six hundred and
twenty-five dollars with his application.

1 ADDED TO THE FOLD.'