Some of the clouds cleared away. The striking coal miners went back to work (see below). New York Harbor's rebellious longshoremen decided that their strike could not possibly break the iron rule of Union Boss Joseph P. Ryan; ships moved out again after 18 days of idleness.
But new clouds appeared. Every day brought a new strike or strike threat. The layers of disputes before the National Labor Relations Board, the quick pile-up of new disputes, threatened the U.S. with troubled labor weather for many a day to come. In Detroit, where most of the storms shape up, the nation...
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