Show CANADIAN UNION llIO IS fIGHTING AMERICAN SYDNEY C. C B. B July 6 A A strike of ot the United ed Mine MIne America I S regarded a as Ia fa a st between t II organization and t tl Provincial w 1 ng zig Mens Men's association the members of ot th latter organization remaining at work to took place at the e colliers rs of the Dominion Dominion Do Do- r nto fl l te Po minion n Coal company today About o men tailed failed to appear at the mines today Each a organization lon claims the majority of ot the workers in the mines The agitation of ot which the strike i Is the culmination has been In progress for tor nearly a year over the efforts of ot officials of ot the tho United Mine MIno Workers of ot America to obtain recognition by the company operating In this province The American labor leaders have been strongly opposed by officers of ot the Provincial Provin cial Working Mens Men's association and by the coal company In course ot of the last month the controversy contro contro- versy between the two labor organizations became very bitter Fearing violence the coal company built stockades around the mines mines with electric wires on t top p capable of company mC carrying I also h high enlisted power tor more currents ug than t 50 special The cial officers for tor guard duty |