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Show uu COAL BARGE MEN DECLARE STRIKE New York, N. Y., Jan. 2 A gen eral strike of coal barge men. it was announced yesterday, following a meeting of the bargemen's union would begin today. The coal bargemen who demand an increase in wages from $50 to $00 a month, recently presented "their de mands to the coal companies The majority refused the demands. It Is estimated that a general strike of the coal barge men would tie up 3500 coal barges and cut off the sujh ply of the electric light and street railway powerhouses and other com panics which handle barge coal. no |