300,000 COAL MINERS STRIKE FOR MORE PAY

Source:http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ndnp-repository/ndnp:1263067/raw/ndnp:1263066/N69122pdfFile.pdf

300,000 COAL MINERS STRIKE FOR MOR PAY

Union Officials Say Walkout Is
Merely Suspension of Work
Pending Adjustment

New Wage Scale Asks Increase
and Conferences Fail to
Bring Agreement

President Lewis Believes That
the Miners Will Gain
Their Demands

Indianapolis. March 31.—Three hundred thousand organized miners of the bituminous coal fields of Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa. Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas quit work at midnight pending settlement of a new wage scale.

Officers of the united mine workers of North America declared the walkout was not a strike, but merely a suspension of work because no wage scale had been made to replace the old scale, which expired with March. The miners demand an increase of pay, in some instanccs of 5 cents a tone, and in other instance more, with certain changes in working conditions.

Confidence was expressed by the operators that there would be no general coal famine, large supplies of fuel having been stored in anticipation of the walkout.

While the miners predict the suspension will be cut short by a prompt signing of wage scales, some of the operators maintain the mines may be kept closed for a month, or longer.

The first settlement came in an announcement from Brazil. Ind., the center of the Indiana block coal field, where the demand for a 5 cents increase was granted.


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This first post of an article is here to show you the reason(s) I'm posting this blog. Take a look at the edited story that I just posted above after doing some manual edits. Now compare it with what's below, which is a copy and paste of the story from the original pdf file where the OCR butchered some of the words since the computer didn't recognize some of the lighter words or letters in words...


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300,000 COAL
MINERS STRIKE
FOR MORE PAY

Union Officials Say Walkout Is
Merely Suspension of Work
Pending Adjustment

New Wage Scale Asks Increase
and Conferences Fail to
Bring Agreement


President Lewis Believes That
the Miners Will Gain
Their Demands


rNT'IANAiQIAS. March Sl.—Three
hundred thousand organized miners of
the Mtumlnous coal fields of Pennsylvania.
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa. Mlspouri,
Karusas, Oklahoma and Arkansas
quit nork at midnight pending settlement
of a new wage prale.
Officers of the united mine workers
of North America declared the tvalkout
was not a strike, but merely a suspen
«ion of work because no wage scale
had been made to replace the old scale,
which expired with March. The miners
demand an increase; of pay, in some in-
Btanccs of .*> cents, a ton. and in other
hiytances more, with certain changes in
workingconditions.
confidence wa? expressed by the
operators that ther^ would be no general
coal famine, large .supplies of furl
!iavinjc b*en stored in anticipation of
th*» walkout.
While the miners predict the suspension
will be cut short by a prompt
signing of wage scales, some of the
"[wraliirs maintain the mines may be
kept cloyed for a month, or longer.
The iirs=t settlement came in an announcement
from Brazil. Ind., the center.'
of the Indiana block coal field,
where, the df-niand for a 5 cents in-
'-rease was granted.