CLASH IN CANADA
MEN ON PUMPS ATTACKED.
■ '■::J¥^-~y<MXMk; lTtk Augu^V1;:: /.•■■■AiVtht^ie^t.^'b!^■■•■>■.■Wc^iill.■ : bsbwett^■ pickets of striking cbAlroibers iat Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, and voluhtwrs to man the pumps, several persons were injured. The strikers Vere victbrioti, aha>; the mine officials Were compelled to work, the pumps ihemlteiyeß.' '.Ije' Minister of Defence, .'Mr. G. ;P.: Granita, has .sent, a. detachment ■of several hundred troops to the, scenfe ■bf thfe; dkiturbaiice; .:■;Ujtori'| a; request from the mine, officials; the. Minister of Labour, y-MKi'-'J.';;Miird6cki'' telegraphed ■ to' Mr.- Lewis< president of the United Mine Wbrkel-s 'of 'Ahierica, asking; him to appeal to the Nova Scotia miners to return to the pumps and continue negotiations .with the Empire Steel oprporatioh,,whicK ownsfthe mines. The fetrikej; Vhlch occurred; on; Monday Over a *rediictioh of wages, - appeared to b* of insignificant proportions until the miners deserted the pumps.: ;;■ c^y^vf'^^ iv
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 42, 18 August 1922, Page 7
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141CLASH IN CANADA Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 42, 18 August 1922, Page 7
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