PROTRACTED STRIKE.
NEW JERSEY RAUWATHEN. COAL DEUVERIES DELATED. WASHINGTON, March 7 The publication of a letter from the President, Mr. W. G. Harding,, to the Federated Shopcrafts of New Jersey revealed that the President ie disturbed at the continuance of the etrike by a large proportion of the railwayinen who struck work last summer. Investigation has resulted in the surprising estimate that 180,000 men are still out throughout the country, or approximately 40 per cent. In the letter Mr. Harding expresses his conviction that the continued failure of settlements is largely responsible for the unfortunate condition of railway movements in many parts of the country, whereby coal deliveries are interrupted, causing wide suffering. He adds: 'I do not find myself able to discern any adequate question of principle which could juetify a minority of the interests involved refusing to make settlements similar to those made by the majority."—(A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 57, 8 March 1923, Page 5
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150PROTRACTED STRIKE. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 57, 8 March 1923, Page 5
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