Miners' Union And Leader Heavily Fined
Beleived Tuesdav 7 p.m. WARHTN (tTON. June 6. The TTnitel Rtates Circuit Court today sustained the contemnt of Court conviction of .Tohn ~L. Lewis and IJnited Mineworkers' Union, for failure to call, off a strike last year. The Court' ordered the miners' leader and union to pay lines totalling 1.420,000 dollars including a 20,000 dollars hne against Lewis. The hnes -were imposed becuSe Mr Tjewis refused to carry out a Court order to halt the strike over miners' pensiohs.,
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 June 1949, Page 5
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