CLASS WAR STILL RAGING IN UNITED STATES.

Grey River Argus, 26 July 1922, Page 5

CLASS WAR STILL RAGING IN UNITED STATES.

LONGSHOREMEN PROVE LOYAL TO STRIKERS. NEW YORK. July 24. Reports from all over the country indicate that the railway service is gravely handicapped by the failing of equipment. locomotives especially, showing need for repairs. Long distance trains are seriously delayed, and increasingly numerous local ones abandoned. Trucks art* being used to transport mails and supplies in many instances. The coal strike is seemingly no nearer settlement. Several Pennsylvanian mines re-opened under the American flag, guarded by militia, which were tired on by snipers. Homes of loyal workers were dynamited in a score of instances. The longshoremen are threatening to strike when the British coal arrives. BRITAIN REAPS HARVEST THROUGH STRIKE. LONDON, July 24. The British coal market is most active through the receipt of American orders owing to the coal ; miners' strike. Steamers carrying 150,000 tons have already j been chartered, and inquiries are still pouring in. Unless the .American dispute ends, orders for British coal are likely to reach 2,000,000 tons monthly. STRIKE-BREAKING COAL FROM NEWCASTLE. Received July 25 at 5.5 p.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, July 24. It is learned that 20 vessels have been chartered to bring coal from Australia to the United States, one being the Hollywood, which has been chartered j in Holph Hind’s interests. i It is announced also that the steamer West Islip, from Newcastle, will bring 6000 tons of coal to U.S.A. |