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Show ULTIMATUM SENT TO COALMINERS Men Must Go Back to Work or Charters Will Be Revoked. SPRINGFIELD, III., Oct. 19. In telegrams sent this morning to local mining unions in Illinois, now on strike, Frank Farrington, state president presi-dent of tho minors' organization, declared de-clared that in mines where the men are not back to work by Monday, October 22, local charters will be revoked. re-voked. Mines at ordun, Auburn, Thayer, Athens, Centrall and Andrew wero working today, reports to headquarters of the Illinois Coal Operators' association asso-ciation stated. At some points too many minors returned to make operation oper-ation of tho mines worth while. Trouble Trou-ble is blamed on agitators and I. W. W. members. |