AMERICAN MINING STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 July 1922, Page 5

AMERICAN MINING STRIKE.

PRESIDENT HOLDS CONFERENCE. A WARNING GIVEN. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Washington, July 1. President Harding is holding a conference with the representatives of the coal strikers and the mine operators. He urged the strikers and operators to resume mining immediately and adjust their differences at joint secret conferences. The President warned the parties that, unless the strike soon > terminated, the Federal Government would use its entire power to force an ending. Representatives of the parties began an immediate conference. Mr. Davis (Secretary for Labor), Mr. Hoover (Secretary for Commerce), and Mr. Fall (Federal Minister for the Interior), are taking part. SHOP MEN GO OUT. TRAINS NOT AFFECTED. New York, July 1. Railroad shop men throughout the country struck to-day in pursuance of the order following on the rufusal of the managements to forego wages reductions. The union leaders estimate that 400.000 men are out, but railroad, officials declare that only a small percentage have left work and that the train services are not affected since the eqijipment was recently placed in excellent conditions with the exception of a small number of freight cars. The Railway Labor Board’s eleventh hour efforts to avert a strike failed. The grievances are the recent wage cuts and the elimination of Sunday and holiday overtime. The strike affects blacksmiths, machinists, boilermakers, electricians, metal workers, etc. The way-maintenance men are taking a strike vote, but the engineers, firemen, trainmen and conductors do not contemplate a strike. Extra guards have been placed in the principal shops. The Whit? House announces that the Government will support the Labor Board’s decisions on wage cuts fully. The Canadian Government to-day announced a 7y 2 per cent, cut in freights on basic products, foods, building material, and steel. It is expected this will be followed by wage reductions, when the workers will probably strike.