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Show Ii GREAT STRIKE IS PREVENTED Operators and Miners Will be at Peace for a Term of Three Years. ' Miners and Operators of Eastern Pennsylvania Reach an Agreement and the Men Will Return to Work at Once. Now York. After carrying on nego tiations for nearly thrco months, tho subcommittee representing tho nn-thraclto nn-thraclto mlno workers and tho operators oper-ators of eastern Pennsylvania hnvo ngrccd 1o continue tho award of tho Btrlko commission for another thrco i years, or until March 31, 1909, nnd tho ' men will return to work ns soon ns practicable, probably Monday. All miners who hnvo not committed violence against persons or property will bo rc-omploycd, nnd no one will bo discriminated ngalnst becnuso of any notion ho may havo taken In tho Btrlko movement. This outcomo of tho dispute which 1 threatened to dovclop Into a long, bit- tor strugglo nnd paralyzo a great Industry, In-dustry, was looked upon with satisfaction satisfac-tion by tho coal road operators, ns tho agreement entered Into Is their llrst proposition, mndo early In Mnrch In reply to tho mlno workers' orlglnnl demands. de-mands. Tho miners had llttlo to say regarding regard-ing tho ngreoment, except that It was tho best they could get. Thoy pointed out, however, thnt tho ngrccmcnt entered en-tered Into Is tho first general agreement agree-ment that has ever been signed between be-tween tho operators and tho miners, 1 and they look upon It ns n step for ward in their offorts to havo rcgulnr agreements with their cmployors. |
