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We might conclude that it had experienced a change of heart after the handwriting concerning the fate of the M. N. A. as a result of this strike has been written on the wall, hut for the fact that the same issue contains one of the boldest falsehoods it has yet uttered when it says «‘the former employes of the M. N. A. want to “arbitrate,” and that they were “ready at any and all times to make settlement with the comnany.”The employes of this road emphatically refused to enter a hearing before the Railroad Labor Board, which asked them to let the matter be considered from a standpoint of “justice and fairness of wages.” ^^1V.y..een, representing the local organizations here, came before the Citizens f^\ctive League when that organizationalrst came into existence and saVd emphatically that the unions would not submit to such consideration, and the orders failing to do this the Labor Board dismissea the matter. The railroad company being unable to command the money to pay the wages demanded, readily consented to rest its claims upon such basis. ' The offer was scorned and now the Federationist. comes up and says, the employes have always been ready and anxious to arbitrate.The questions involved in the clos-
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Harrison Daily Times
Harrison, Arkansas, US
Fri, Jul 29, 1921
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