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The article discusses current events in 1906. A threatened strike in the anthracite coal mining industry has been prevented. The New York legislative body passed a law on life insurance reform. American athletes dominated the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, in multiple events including discus throwing, swimming, long jump, and track.

The article reports on the questions regarding the wages in the anthracite coal industry. The matter was settled through the agreement on September 2, 1920, and has been reopened by fresh demands by the miners for more wages and the removal of alleged inequalities. The miners received an average increase of seventeen percent, and now they demand wage increase equal to twenty seven percent.

The article reports that the scale committee of the United Mine Workers of America has agreed on September 1, 1920 to accept the award of the anthracite coal commission under protest in the U.S. If the operators could be assured that the miners would execute the terms of the award, they are ready to sign the new contract. In addition, there is a possibility that a new strike might follow the presentation of the new claims.

The article reports on the demand of the anthracite coal miners for increased wages in the U.S. The conference between operators and miners in the anthracite coal fields is still in progress that an amicable settlement is not out of the question indicated by a considerable abatement in the demands made by the miners.

The article presents world news briefs as of May 1904. The U.S. Supreme Court upholds an immigration law excluding anarchists. The Board of Conciliation formed by the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission is working efficiently in resolving disputes in the coal regions. A Japanese torpedo boat was blown up by a mine in Kerr Bay on May 12.

The article presents news briefs on industries, politics and natural disasters in the U.S. and Europe as of November 20, 1902. Independent anthracite coal operators decided to accept the findings of the anthracite coal strike commission. Additional officers to command ship is needed in the U.S. Navy. A volcano in Stromboli, Italy has erupted.

The article reports on the resumption of work at Anthracite Mines. The longest and expensive anthracite strike due to failure to reach a new agreement at the expiration of the contract ended when the representatives of the operators and miners signed the articles of agreement. The terms of agreement call for the immediate resumption of the work at the scale of current wages when the last contract expired, revision of the contract by mutual consent and others.

The article discusses the disposition of getting together and reaching an agreement between the miners and operators in the anthracite coal fields in New York. The miners demand a twenty percent increase in pay, an eight-hour day, and full recognition of the Miner's Union. Finally, for the first time, a cordial feeling prevailed at the recent conference between them and a joint committee was assigned to handle a satisfactory wage scale.