ANTHRACITE COAL DISPUTE
170,0(8) MEN IDLE. AMERICAN FIREMEN'S UNION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, May 3. A .tentative agreement providing a basis of settlement in the anthracite coal dispute has been rejected, the mine workers refusing to accept the proposals. A hundred and seventy thousand men are still idle.
The Locomotive Firemen's Union is now demanding an increase of wages on a scale commensuate with that secured by the engineers. The railroad managers declare that the men's demands mean an additional £5,000,000 to the wages bill.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 202, 6 May 1912, Page 5
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86ANTHRACITE COAL DISPUTE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 202, 6 May 1912, Page 5
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