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Show BIG STRIKE ' IS NOW ON Nearly 100,000 German v Miners Aixdnt In One District " - V 1 BERLIN, Jan. 12. Nearly 100.000 miners mi-ners of the Westphalia district hare struck. A meeting, of union leaders will be held; today to determine whether the strike shall continue. k ' - The operators In the Slleslan district having refused the demands of the miners, mi-ners, negotiations have been broken off and. the strike Is in full progress there. The union .treasuries . are empty, but the miners, whose pay Is In arrears from four to six weeks, will therefore have funds with which to continue the struggle at least1 that long. They also hope for financial aid from other, workmen work-men of Germany and foreign countries. 1 The miners nave been perfectly . orderly, or-derly, and disturbances need only be expected after the strike extends to the Mounster district of Westphalia, where 70,000 Poles and thousands of other foreigners for-eigners are colonised. |