Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-22 | Page 2 | Score of Mines Closed and 12,000 Men Idle |

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Date	1920-07-22
Paper	Ogden Standard-Examiner
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Article Title	Score of Mines Closed and 12,000 Men Idle
Type	article
Date	1920-07-22
Paper	Ogden Standard-Examiner
Page	2
OCR Text	Show SCORE OF MIMES CLOSED a m n 10 nnn mpm mi p hiiu 1 L..UW 111 t-n 1 l u CHICAGO, July 22 Strikes of day laborers In the southern Illinois coal iieids with il-rnands for a $ a day Increase today had closed more than .i score of mines in the Important Franklin county coal fields Reports rom the district around BelU-vllle said that approximately 1- fV men ' were idle. , Fns.cicni Frar.l; Farrlngton, of the Illinois Miners' union; said he would trj to persuade th etr.king minors to return pending negotiations 10 re-.)j1en re-.)j1en the wage hearings. HARKISktL KG. 111., July 22. SOv- en thousand coal miners in this district dis-trict Joined the strikers today. Not b malt In tho eleventn .luu-dlstrict is working, according to reports here.
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