U.S. COAL STRIKE.
150,000 MEN CEASE WORk. NEGOTIATIONS PROCEEDING. Australian and N.Z Cable Association." (Reed. 4.5 p.m.) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1. While tho union leaders and the operators are conferring in an endeavour to reach agreement regarding a new wage contract to replace the one that has expired, miners engaged in the anthracite coalfields have ceased work and will not return until an understanding has been reached. The men affected number 150,000. Reports indicate that the buspension is total, and no company has announced that it will att«mpt to mine coal. - : v :.i. The miners demanded incraases of wages varying from 20 to 50 per cent., introduction of the "check-off" system, whereby the coalmine companies would collect union dues from the employees and hand them over to the union, and various technical changes in working conditions.> The "check-off" system proved the greatest obstacle in the way of agreement, the operators refusing to * accept', it. The miners later agreed to smaller increases of I wages. ", .' <■/.-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18494, 3 September 1923, Page 7
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163U.S. COAL STRIKE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18494, 3 September 1923, Page 7
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