The greatest progress made last week towards the settlement of the controversy between anthracite miners and operators (TIME, July 20 et seq.) was the scratching of seven days off the calendar. The present wage contract in the anthracite industry expires on Aug. 31 and, unless the miners, with their demand for higher wages, and the operators, with their demand for lower wages, reach a compromise by that date, a strike will begin on Sept. 1.
The formal negotiations were broken off a fortnight ago in a deadlock. Last week even informal negotiations...
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