Miners End 10 Week Strike With New Wage Pact
Eastern and midwestern coal fields vote overwhelmingly to approve a contract ending a 10 week strike. With 80 percent counted, 57,210 favor and 25,798 against, miners gain a royalty on non union coal, a $150 back to work bonus, and a 37.5 percent wage and benefit rise over 40 months as Sam Church and Joseph Brennan sign the pact. Miners return to work Monday amid weather disruptions and lingering tensions across districts in West Virginia Illinois Indiana Alabama and Kentucky.
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Washington
Illinois
UMW
Sam Church
Joseph P. Brennan
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Church
Brennan
Sam
Greg Kropeg
West Virginia
Beckley
W.va
Indiana
Birmingport
Ala
District 31
Fairmont
Rogers
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Midwest
Huntington
Association of
Bituminous Contractors
Rendezvous at Fort De Chartres Goes On Despite Rain
The 12th annual 18th century Rendezvous at Fort de Chartres State Historic Site proceeds despite rain. Reenactors display crafts, dances, and muskets while spectators in costume enjoy a day of period activities and a 4:30 p.m. retreat featuring drum and fife bands, bagpipes, and military units.
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Fort de Chartres
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site
Prairie du Rocher
Randolph County
Servation and
State Historical Societies
Childgrove
42Nd
Royal Highland Band of Musick
Tippicance
la Guianee
Illinois miners approve three year contract in landslide
Illinois miners in 65 locals vote 8127 to 2716 for a new three year pact with soft coal operators. Union leader John Banovic highlights return to work as nationwide approval looms. Some locals rejected the deal, notably Peabody Eagle mine and Consol Burning Star No 3.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Illinois District 12
John Banovic
United Mine Workers
Springfield
Banovic
Peabody Coal Co
Eagle
Shawneetown
Consolidation Coal Co
Burning Star
Sparta
Peabody
Consol
Banovice
UMW
Sam Church
Church
Classic Coal may shut mine in Pittsburg
Ada Resources owner of Classic Coal mine reportedly will not reopen the Pittsburg operation, putting about 210 miners out of work along with 53 company workers and 50 River Venture Co. truck drivers. A UMWA source says the mine is for sale and may reopen. a TVA contract runs through 1988. The mine opened in June 1978 as Morris and Sons Coal Co.
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Ed Bean
Southern Illinoisan
Classic
Pittsburg
Ada Resources
Houston
Company
River Venture Co
United Mine Workers of America
Wade Schwartzenberg
Ada
Lexington
UMW
Tennessee Valley Authority
Williamson County
Morris and Sons Coal Co
Weather Outlook Turns Warmer With Possible Monday Thunderstorms
The weather report says today will be partly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 80s. Tonight temperatures drop to the upper 60s. Monday brings mostly sunny skies, heat, and humidity with a chance of thunderstorms late in the day.
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National Weather Service
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Peabody Marissa
Peabody River King Classic Coal
Equality
Brushy Creek
Aes
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H. B. Koplowitz
Illinois Department of Con
ED Greer
Tom Carter
Ben No
Marion
Ronald Brown
Carterville
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West Frankfort
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