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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1912
Page
10
The National Miners Federation unanimously agreed to meet coal owners and government representatives at a round-table conference to be presided by the Prime Minister. They accepted with the reservation that the principle of a minimum wage will be excluded from discussion, though the federation’s wage schedule may be reviewed.
The coal owners will meet tomorrow to decide whether to accept the premier's invitation to a joint conference. A settlement hinges on owners agreeing to miners' schedule, but optimism is low. A minimum wage for miners looms as a likely outcome if talks fail and Parliament acts. The strike endgame could trigger sweeping national disruption and further coal export issues.
An advertisement extols a pleasant refreshing syrup of figs of California combined with laxative senna. It markets the product as gentle and natural, emphasizing its simple wholesome components and non disturbed functions. The label claims genuine packages bear the Fig Syrup Co. name.
Berlin March 11 coal strike begins in Westphalia with about half of 350,000 miners obeying the call. Shifts show mixed participation across mines as police stand by. Leaders of Socialist and non Socialist unions clash over solidarity and strike discipline. public opinion tilts against the strikers while stock markets stay firm and major iron works report three weeks’ coal reserves.
Nashville, March 11. Little Miss Anna B. Hooper, age 9, daughter of Governor Hooper, delivered the first equal suffrage speech in the Tennessee State House. She drafted it with her father’s stenographer, then urged lawmakers to let women vote, arguing educated women are denied this right while ignorant men vote.
Portrait of Miss Lucas by Arthur L. Long, shown at Brockton High School galleries in a Brockton Woman's Club exhibit, attracts praise from critics. Long selected her for facial beauty and physique shaped by swimming and outdoor training.
A Brockton advertisement extols Knowlton's Danderine claiming one application doubles hair beauty and dissolves dandruff. It warns dandruff robs hair of lustre and life and urges buying a 25 cent bottle to prevent itching, hair loss, and poor condition.
Ten anthracite coal operators forming a Pennsylvania committee met in New York to draft a written reply to United Mine Workers demands for higher wages union recognition shorter days and a one year pact. After a three hour session the committee had not finished the reply and planned more talks Wednesday. President John C White and colleagues were to arrive in New York soon as market coal prices rose.
New York advertisement notes that rheumatism relief is possible with Eimer and Amend's remedy sold at 2851 New York and carried by Metcalf Co. in Boston.
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