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The Huntington Advertiser
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia
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In Scranton, 800 mine boys from six Delaware and Hudson Railroad collieries decided to strike Thursday over unannounced wage cuts from $1.51/$1.25 to $1.40/$1.05, demanding $1.61/$1.35. This will shut down operations, idling 2,500 men, and may spark a general strike across 28 collieries.
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EIGHT HUNDRED WILL GO OUT AND ACTION MAY EFFECT WHOLE SCRANTON REGION.
By the Associated Press
SCRANTON, July 26 -Mine boys to the number of 800 from six collieries of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company decided late last night to go on strike Thursday morning. It will cripple the collieries so that they will be forced to shut down, throwing 2,500 men out of employment, and may eventually lead to a general strike in all of the collieries operated by that company in this vicinity, numbering twenty eight.
The boys were cut from $1.51 and $1.25 to $1.40 and $1.05 without notice. They now want $1.61 and $1.35.
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Scranton
Event Date
July 26
Outcome
collieries crippled and forced to shut down, throwing 2,500 men out of employment; may lead to general strike in 28 collieries.
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Mine boys to the number of 800 from six collieries of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company decided late last night to go on strike Thursday morning due to wage cuts from $1.51 and $1.25 to $1.40 and $1.05 without notice, demanding $1.61 and $1.35.