Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1918 — LESS HARD COAL HOISTED BY MINERS’ STRIKE [ARTICLE]

LESS HARD COAL HOISTED BY MINERS’ STRIKE

Reading, Pa., Sept. 17.—There was a reduction of many thousands of tons of anthracite coal in the amount mined in the Schuylkill region due,, to the strike of miners in twenty-six collieries. The men asked for a wage scale equivalent to that of the Bituminous miners. The fuel authorities at Washington have the request under consideration but Director Garfield is reported as having declared that he will not act upon the request while the miners are idle. Yesterday the Reading company loaded about 800 cars at'fhe breakers, but today the number was much less.