Word: walkout
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...number of idle among the 400,000 mincrs who ended their 17-day walkout last Saturday was not many more than 10,000 with the largest number reported in the southern Appalachian and Hlinois districts. Some of the mines were still shut down because the miners had not received official return-to-work word from their union chieftain, John L. Lowis, while coal disputes and repairs kept others idle...
...miners went about the task of supplying fuel for the wheels of American industry again, there was practically no indication there would be any trouble over the strike fines, varying from $1 to $2 daily, assessed against them by operators during the walkout...
PITTSBURGH, December 8--The back-to-work movement of the United Mine Workers, after a 17-day walkout that spread slow paralysis through a large part of the nation's economic system, gained momentum tonight with many miners voting to resume their jobs tomorrow...
...government's concern today was to portray the consequences of the walkout, the judge plainly indicated, that would have a bearing on the severity of any sentence...
...governments sole hope of halting the walkout at present appeared to be the court ruling it seeks holding that Lewis' "termination" of his contract was unlawful. President Truman had no conferences on the situation today and other government offices were closed...