Three weeks ago the miners and operators broke off negotiations for a new wage contract because the operators refused to accept the miners' demand for the "check-off." The Coal Investigation Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature has threatened to advise all New Englanders to boycott hard coal and use soft instead. The latest development was a call from the United States Coal Commission asking miners and operators to meet with it in New York in an attempt to reach a settlement.
None of these actions is at all decisive. Those who pretend to be "on...
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