. Review of reviews and world's work. ^v_ A CRY FKOM THE SOUTHLAND, From the Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer. j^^ There are about 140,000 men em-Coai-Miners ployed in the anthracite coal-minesof Pennsylvania. For a number ofweeks their dissatisfaction with tlieir lot hadtaken the form of a serious proposal to join in ageneral strike. The order was at length givenby the National Executive Board of the UnitedMine Workers of America, and it took effect on Monday, September 17. A week later it wasreported that fully 125,000 out of the 140,000men had left the mines. Their grievances in-cluded the lon
. Review of reviews and world's work. ^v_ A CRY FKOM THE SOUTHLAND, From the Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer. j^^ There are about 140,000 men em-Coai-Miners ployed in the anthracite coal-minesof Pennsylvania. For a number ofweeks their dissatisfaction with tlieir lot hadtaken the form of a serious proposal to join in ageneral strike. The order was at length givenby the National Executive Board of the UnitedMine Workers of America, and it took effect on Monday, September 17. A week later it wasreported that fully 125,000 out of the 140,000men had left the mines. Their grievances in-cluded the long-standing objection to being com-pelled to buy their supplies at the coal companiesstores, where, as they claim, they are obliged topay double the market price for some very. FOR TH15 SAKE OF THESE—ARBITRATE ! From the New York World. essential things, such as the powder they use intheir work. They are nominally paid for miningby the ton, which the law, they say, specifies tobe 2,240 pounds, while they declare that themine-owners compel them to dig from 2,700 to4,000 pounds for each ton. The miners demandrelease from the compulsion to pay a dollar amonth out of their wages to the companys doc-tors, whether they are sick or well. Tliey alsodeclare that their wages, which were at the low-est point compatible with a bare existence fortheir , have remained at the old figure,while the cost of living has been increased bv ageneral advance in the price of food, clothing,etc. The phase of the situation that is evidentlymost repugnant to the views of the mine-ownersand operators is the compactness of the unionmovement. They declare that as separate in-dividuals or concerns they have no objection tomeeting tlieir men in a conciliatory spirit for thediscus
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