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President Seeks End to Anthracite Strike With Tribunal Offer
Washington reports the White House pressuring coal operators and miners toward immediate resumption of work under arbitration. President proposes a tribunal to settle wage and working conditions, while operators demand enforcement of law and refuse Mitchell’s terms. The conference ends without agreement as violence and lawlessness fears loom in the anthracite region.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
New York
Mitchell
Mine Workers’ Union
Miners’ Labor Organization
Court OF Common Pleas
Pennsylvania
Knox
Carroll D. Wright
Commissione of Labor
Cortelyou
Mr. Baer
Baer
United Mine Workers
John Mitchell
Tne
United States
Illinois
George F. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Iron and Coal Company
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal and Iron Company
Temple Iron Company
Miners’ Union
Washington, D. C
Nest
Markle
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
National Guard
Truesdale
Mr. Truesdale
State of
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Ilegal
Ene
United Mine Workers’ Zo Union
Adjiv
United Mine Workers’ Association
David Wilcox
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Circuit Court of the United States
Reinecke Co
Wood
Weber
Fed
Haggerty
Mine Workers’ Association
Debs
Taewe
Thomas P. Fowler
New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company
Mr. Mitchell
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Coal and Iron Police
Gon
Co of Common Pleas