WASHINGTON--Fifty-three thousand miners employed in steel industry captive coal mines technically were on strike tonight while defense experts studied the effect of a prolonged walkout on the multi-billion dollar armaments program.
The dispute between the United Mine Workers of America (CIO) and steel companies which own the mines-revolving around UMW demands for a union shop-appeared to have hogged down in a week-end stalemate. All sides maintained a strict silence.
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