Volume 16 , Issue 30

1914, September, Peace Hope Gone In Colorado Fields

In that same Weekly Journal-Miner, dated 9 September 1914, front page, was this little snippet: Peace Hope Gone In Colorado Fields.

Washington, Sept. 7 (1914) -- War department officials today announced that preparations were being made to keep the Federal troops in the Colorado coal fields throughout the winter. This was taken to indicate that there was no prospects of a settlement of the coal miners' strike to come out of the negotiations extending over several months. The president had addressed a letter to the miners and operators concerned in the Colorado coal strike virtually demanding that the long strike be ended.

The president sought to end the Colorado coal strike by appealing to employers and employees to adopt the tentative basis for adjustment of the strike which was drawn up by a commission of conciliation appointed by secretary Wilson of the Labor Department.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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