Word: mined
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wages or hours of work, but by "a mere question of book-keeping"-the checkoff, by which operators would automatically collect dues for the union out of workers' pay. But the check-off really looms large to the union and operators. The argument of the United Mine Workers is that already the operators deduct money for store bills, rent and tools from the workers' wages. Why should they object to adding one dollar a month dues (also union fines) to their deductions'? The real motives of each side are clear. For the union, the check-off means...
...operators accept the check-off it means, as the United Mine Workers say, that there will be no more button strikes. But these are generally of short duration, and the operators prefer to be subject to them rather than collect funds that may be used against them and rather than give the union a firm control of all the miners of the coal fields...
Organization of the Miners. The main organization is the United Mine Workers of America whose headquarters are in Indianapolis. Under this organization are "Districts," of which Numbers 1, 7 and 9 cover the anthracite fields. Under the Districts are "Subdistricts," and under these "Colliery Locals." District 7, containing about 13% of the anthracite miners, is supposedly completely unionized. District 9, containing about 31% of the anthracite miners, has recently been almost completely unionized. District 1, containing 56% of the anthracite miners, is a little more than half unionized...
...William Joynson-Hicks, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, informed the House of Commons that bullion to the amount of ?3,817,232 had been salvaged from the steamship Laurentic, sunk by a German mine off the northwest coast of Ireland on Jan. 23, 1917. The Laurentic lies in 138 feet of water...
Taking advantage of a miners' strike, 4,000 Communists seized the United coal mine near Swickau, Saxony, and announced their intention of running it. Police were called, but the Communists were in full possession and it was evidently felt that they might as well run the mine, since the miners would...