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Coal strike actions and supply concerns across regions
Reports from Scranton to Reading detail unions electing delegates for Hazleton and a looming strike with calls for concessions. Companies prepare for a siege with thousands laid off and cars moved to surface storage. Mitchell reports disciplined response to work suspension while readings show anthracite stocks shrinking and shipments redirected. Senate pensions debate outlines 200,000 soldiers without pensions and $25 to $30 million annual cost. Wheat condition and acreage data released in Washington, plus a drug advertisement noting Victor Liver Syrup as a system cleanser.
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Scranton
Hazleton
Ried
Wedenday
Mine Workers’ Union
Mitchell
Philadelphia and Reading Company
Reading
Schuyliill Valley
Reading Company
Washington
Senate
W. W. Dudley
Commissioner of Pensions