INDUSTRIAL HOLD UP THREATENED IN U.S A.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2309, 30 November 1925, Page 7

INDUSTRIAL HOLD UP THREATENED IN U.S A.

Avaricious Owners And Stubborn liners AND THE PUBLIC PAYS [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m.) NEW YORK, November 28. Industry generally, as veil as the househoders ,is beginning to feel the pinch of the coal strike. Anxiety is being accentuated by threats of an additional strike of soft-coal miners, Which would doubtless plunge many parts of the United Stales, particularly along the eastern seaboard, into consternation. Such threats of a soft-coal strike are contained in a letter from John Lewis, president of the United States Mine Workers of America, to President Coolidge ,in which Lewis requested the President to intervene and compel operators to observe the agreement. President Coolldgc has not yet officially replied, but it is understood lit greatly resents the tone of the letter with its veiled threats of a further strike. Xho mine owners still strenuously oppose any agreement that docs not provide for arbitration in the settlement of disputes. Meantime, the Fair Trade League 5s charging the anthracite operator 3 with adulterating and misbranding products, even soiling stone amongst coal, also with profiteering by adding unnecessary links in the chain of distribution and generally creating additional hardships, while the Manufacturers’ Association threatens the industrial boycott of the Union mines unless the anthracite strike is promptly settled. Characteristically the operators are claiming that they could mine plenty of soft coal with non-Union men, while the miners are claiming that large numbers of the latter would join in the walk-out. The best opinion, however, seems to be that industrial turmoil would bo unavoidable, as even the railways would lose supplies except a few possessing their own mines. Thus the whole nation is anxiously (awaiting president Coolldge’s move. Meantime, the public arc being advised to buy soft coal immediately.