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The Theocrat
Zion, Lake County County, Illinois
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A tentative agreement reached on April 30 averted a strike among 176,000 anthracite coal miners, granting wage concessions increasing payroll by $9,000,000 over four years, an eight-hour day, and the right to organize, hailed as a major triumph for arbitration.
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A strike among the miners in the anthracite coal regions has been forestalled by a tentative agreement reached on April 30, granting wage concessions which would increase the workers pay roll by approximately $9,000,000 in the next four years. It is claimed the eight-hour demand has also been granted. Representatives of the miners declared that the new agreement, covering a four-year period, "means the biggest triumph in point of concession ever obtained by the miners." For the first time, the operators have granted to the miners the right to organize for the betterment of conditions in the coal fields. The miners, on the other hand, did not press their demand for the "closed shop" and the "check-off." This agreement, which prevents a vast loss to operators and untold suffering among the families of 176,000 men employed in the anthracite fields, is a great victory for arbitration.
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Anthracite Coal Regions
Event Date
April 30
Outcome
agreement prevents strike, vast loss to operators, and suffering among families of 176,000 men; wage increase of approximately $9,000,000 over four years; eight-hour day granted; right to organize granted; closed shop and check-off not pressed.
Event Details
Strike forestalled by tentative four-year agreement reached on April 30; wage concessions granted; eight-hour demand granted; operators grant right to organize for betterment of conditions; miners declare it the biggest triumph in concessions ever obtained.