THE COAL CRISIS IN AMERICA .
COLLAPSE OF MINERS' STRIKE
GOVERNMENT FORCES TOO STRONG By Teloffraph-Prese Asbociation-Oopyriglit Washington, November 11. The minors' strike lias collapsed. Tho workers lutvq decided to comply villi the Government's order to annul tlio strike. Mr. W. B. Wilson, Secretary for La. l>onr, has called a cuiifcronec of the miners and the employers, for the purposo of negotiating mi agrouiiient as to WllgGS. [The men demanded a six-hour day and a GO per cent. increax! in wage?. Tliv) en ployers contended that they iii;<l an agreL'inent with the minors extending till pfiico is fornwF.y declared.] Indianapolis, November 11. The president oj' I lie in me workers plates Uiat us it is'impossible to light tin; Government, tlio.only course is lo comply with.the Court's onler. "INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE." Indianopolis, November 11. . Mr. Grei'ii, one of the miners' loaders, nays that the forcing of the' men to return to work agiiinsl their will :'s imposing involuntary servitude. The feu-lins of the miners aroused hy the Gov.ernn.ent's Irealinent of them is bitter.—A us.N : .Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 42, 13 November 1919, Page 5
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