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Show COAL STRIKE IS OFF. Ily Unanlmoua lots Mlnera Aeaapt the Arbitration I'Uo. With a shout that fairly shook the convention building, the representatives representa-tives of the I47.0UU mine workers, who have been on strike Mnco last May, officially declared of!' ut noon Tuesday the greatest contest ever made between capital and labor, and placed all the questions Involved In the struggle in tho hands of the arbitration commission commis-sion appointed by the president of the United States. When the news was Hashed to tlia towns and villages down In the valleys and on the mountains of tlio coal regions the Inhabitants heaved a sigh of relief. Many days have gone by since such welcome uews was received. Kverywhcre there was rejoicing, and in muny places the end of tlio strike was the signal for impromptu im-promptu towu celebrations. The anthracite an-thracite coal region, from Its largest city Scrnnton down to tho lowliest coal patch, has sulfurcd by tho conflict, and every one now looks for better limes. |
