STRIKE IN AMERICA.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1922, Page 5

STRIKE IN AMERICA.

ONE BRIGHT FEATURE. MANY MINERS RESUMING. RAIL STRIKE CONTINUES, By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received Aug. 11, 11.30 p.m. New York, August 11. The World’s Cleveland correspondent states the coal operators and miners in Ohio, Illinois, and Western Pennsylvania have agreed to make a contract permitting the immediate resumption of soft coalmining, and have named a joint committee to work out details. Mining will probably be resumed next week. Mr. Lewis said this means that 75 per cent, of the 600,000 striking miners will return to work. The engineers, firemen,' conductors and brakemen struck on the important Santa Fe raliroad because of a the presence of guards on railway property. Californian railway traffic is seriously tied up. The Governors of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and lowa have informed President Harding that they will approve of taking over the railways and mines if it is necessary for the country’s welfare. SHORTAGE OF COAL. FACTORIES FORCED TO CLOSE. Received Aug. 11, 10.5 p.m. New York, August 10. The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association has announced that factories in Chicago employing 300,000 workers will be forced to shut down owing to the coal shortage, unless the strike is speedily terminated.