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Insurgent miners extend vacation and block mines near Wilkes-Barre
Insurgent mine workers vote to continue vacation indefinitely and mass formations planned to extend the strike in the anthracite districts. Leaders claim about 100,000 idle workers with coal output at about 30 percent of normal. Some districts prepare to return, others stay shut as mines report variable operations. Officials foresee a heads toward reopening and expect miners to resume work by week’s end.
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Wilkes-Barre
Mlub
Ueaip
Distriets
Ihe
Williand
Bebides
Astriet
Lenigh Vattey Company
Temple Coal Company
Sugqnehaunn Company
Glen Lyon
Delaware and Wadson Calleries
Washington
Bud Wumners
Wikes-Barre
Department of Labor
Scranton
Pennsylvania