. The National Civic Federation review . ?r -j National Civic Federation MONTHLY REVIEW Vol I. Xo. 4. NEW YORK, JUNE, 1904. ^ Tex Cents THREATENED PARALYSIS OF THREE GREAT INDUSTRIES AVERTED. TRADE AGREEMENTS, THROUGH FRANK CONFERENCES, PRODUCE PEACE IN THE BITUMIN-OUS COAL, THE TIN PLATE AND SHEET IRON AND THE LONGSHOREMENS INDUSTRIES. Francis L. Robbins,., jident Pittsburg Coal Company. INTERSTATE BITUMINOUS CONFERENCE. A Trade Agreement That Prevented a Strike ThatWould Have Paralyzed Industries. The last month has witnessed the most importantagreement between labor and capital that has bee
. The National Civic Federation review . ?r -j National Civic Federation MONTHLY REVIEW Vol I. Xo. 4. NEW YORK, JUNE, 1904. ^ Tex Cents THREATENED PARALYSIS OF THREE GREAT INDUSTRIES AVERTED. TRADE AGREEMENTS, THROUGH FRANK CONFERENCES, PRODUCE PEACE IN THE BITUMIN-OUS COAL, THE TIN PLATE AND SHEET IRON AND THE LONGSHOREMENS INDUSTRIES. Francis L. Robbins,., jident Pittsburg Coal Company. INTERSTATE BITUMINOUS CONFERENCE. A Trade Agreement That Prevented a Strike ThatWould Have Paralyzed Industries. The last month has witnessed the most importantagreement between labor and capital that has been reached in this country for many a year. This is the ad-justment of the wage-scale for bituminous mining in thefour States, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois,entering int<7the^interstate joint agreement between min-er$ and operators. The events culminating in this ad-justment^entered in the conference at Indianapolis be-tween the representatives of the operators and the dele-gates of the United Mine Workers of America. Thisconference failed to reach a final agreement; for theminers delegates, being restricted by instructions fromlocal unions were not able, even had they wished, to fol-low the counsel of President John Mitchell of the UnitedMine Workers and of the officers of State organizations,to accept the compromi
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