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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1919
Page
12
The Washington conference edges toward a clash over labor's special privileges as discussions on the international labor office and postwar economic order move into tense sessions. Gompers and Baruch press for voluntary arbitration while strikes abroad and domestic unemployment loom, with adjournment delayed until morning.
The United States Steel Corporation and allied industrial groups back a hard line against labor as telegrams flood in from Wilmington pledging support to those opposing the strike. Labor may withdraw from the conference, with the steel issue looming as a decisive, potentially disruptive outcome for national industry.
Fragmented text describes tensions around ongoing labor conflicts with Usher May and October 29 meetings setting a collision course. Secretary Wilson’s appeal drowns amid disagreements as General Leonard Wood’s Gary solution is suggested as a possible path forward.
Indianapolis October 14 John L Lewis acting president of the United Mine Workers returned from the wage conference with mine operators in Philadelphia where no agreement was reached He said he would consider Secretary Wilson's invitation to meet tomorrow before reporting The work of drafting the strike order against bituminous coal miners for November 1 continued at union headquarters and Lewis said he had received Wilson's message The secretary of labor would act as mediator and appoint conciliators if industrial peace requires it Lewis noted reports that talks had collapsed and a strike in the bituminous fields on November 1 seems likely
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