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Mines (SUBMARINE See SUB- MARINES)

SUBMARINE. See SUB- MARINES.

MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, THE UNITED, one of the largest labor organizations in the United States, organized in 1890, on the basis of "industrial unionism," in contrast to the crafts system of organization of the American Federation of Labor. It includes all workers connected with the coal-mining industry, under the status of foreman. It is governed by a national executive board and twenty-five delegates, each representing a district. The organization made its first big gains in membership during the strike of the miners in the bituminous districts, in 1897, and during the successful strike in the anthracite districts, during 1900 and 1902, under the leadership of John Mitchell. In the fall of 1919 it attempted to organize a nation-wide strike of the workers in the coal industry, but was defeated by a Federal injunction and through lack of public sympathy. The official organ of the organization is "The United Mine Worker."

MINHO (mēn'yō), a river of Spain and Portugal, rising in the N. E. of Galicia, flowing S. W. through the Spanish provinces of Lugo and Orense, and, after forming the boundary between Portugal and Spain, falling into the Atlantic Ocean; total length, 174 miles; it is navigable for small craft 25 miles above its mouth; a bar at the entrance prevents the passage of large vessels.

Area of basin, 157,000 square miles. Its chief tributary is the Sil, which joins it from the left.