London, Dec. 17.
No dednite agreement was reached at a meeting held here to-day. between representatives of the: 01 in connection with the! Miners' Federation and the coal-
miners' demand for an increase of a day. The meeting lasted nearly, five hours.
The owners expressed regret that their request to be allowed to increase coal prices under existing contracts had not hitherto met with Tt Is understood that another meeting will take place for which, however, a date has not yet been set—Reuter,
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