Pickets Delay Miners Return Across Southern Illinois
Picket lines by United Mine Workers Local 2117 halted a midnight return to work for coal miners in Southern Illinois under a new national contract. Some mines operated at 12:01 a.m. while pickets stayed, with 100 Inland miners refusing to cross. Local 1915 and others debated further action as talks continue in Washington, and the $100 daily bonus remained a contested point amid unions’ stance to uphold the promise.
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Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
Saline County
Illinois
Association of
Bituminous Contractors
UMW Construction
Ilinois
Dave Wells
Royalton
Ben 25
Robin Sttigson
Mt. Vernon
Inland Steel Coal Co
Lesser
Bud Mabry
Washington
Mike Sokovich
Norman Beattie
Simco Sato
Oroville
SIMCO
Sahara
Progressive
Consolidation Coal Co
Hillsboro
UMW Subdistrict 8
Thomas Shoemake
Angelton
Rocky Morris
Waltonville
Construction Local 2117
Westmoreland Coal Co
Virginia
Sylvania
Indiania
Alabama
Homer City
Helvetia Coal Co
Lucerne No. 6
Weather sketch and multiple page notices header
The weather section forecasts fair weather tonight with a high upper 30s. Tuesday will be partly sunny and warmer, then cooler late day with mid to upper 60s. Chance of showers Wednesday, then partly cloudy Thursday and Friday with 60s highs and 30s lows. The rest notes assorted pages with society items, political headlines, and sports queries.
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National Weather Service
Eastern mines reopen after coal strike settlement
Most of the nations soft coal miners returned to midnight and 8 am shifts as 160000 UMW members ended a 30 month stoppage. Some mines remained closed. 10000 construction workers sought a separate deal. Pickets blocked several Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia mines while talks continued in Washington.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
District 12
UMW
Joe Angelton
Mine blasts destroy UMW office in Virginia county
Separate dynamite blasts about 80 miles apart wrecked a United Mine Workers field office and destroyed more than 1 million dollars worth of equipment at a union strip mine near St. Charles Virginia. A third site prompted a bomb threat but no device was found. no injuries were reported. UMW officials suggested one blast may have been job by a paid suspect. authorities tied blasts to no single party in the nationwide coal strike.
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U.S. Steel Corp
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Kentucky
Bethlehem Steel
Helvitia Coal
Penn
St. Charles
United Mine Workers
UMW
District 28
Lee County
Springfield
Decatur
Otto Morell
James Dunham
Supreme Court to decide unemployment benefits for strikers
The court will hear New York Telephone Co. appeal challenging New York law that pays unemployment benefits to striking workers, a move with potential nationwide impact on labor relations and employer funding of benefits. The docket also includes rulings on Miranda expansion, stop-and-detain limits, job testing disclosures to unions, and a Kansas postal fraud case.
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Supreme Court
New York Telephone Co
New York
New York Telephone
Communications Workers of America
Central Illinois Ice Storm Strikes 24 Counties
An Easter weekend ice storm hit 24 central Illinois counties with power outages widening to 19 000 homes as 165 utility linemen worked to repair lines. Gov Thompson mobilized National Guard and Air National Guard personnel, warned of shortages, and urged disaster aid while reports cited fires deaths and water concerns across cities including Springfield Decatur and Danville.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Springfield
Indiana
Missouri
James R. Thompson
Chicago
Thompson
National Guard
Ilinois Air National Guard
Hardhit
Decatur
Ilinois Power Co
William J. Schilling
Jacksonville
Champaign
Danville
Bloomington
William E. Kerske
E. Eric Jones
State Disaster Agency
Fort Leonard Wood
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Harper’s Magazine
Jackson County
William Scott
Egypt
Israel
Cairo
DUKE
Muhammad Ali
Leon Spinks
Ann Landers
Wit’s End
James Lyon
Construction Local 1600
Ebensburg
Inland Steel
Waitonville
Massachusetts
Able Cause
Kansas
U.S. Postal Service
Hike
Wlinois
Sun
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