Immediately after the issue of Morita area was settled by arbitration, on November 18, 1974, in Kiryu City of Gunma Prefecture, the Kiryu Area Mining Pollution Committee was established, and 444 peasants participated in the negotiation with Furukawa Mining.
毛里田地区の調停成立直後の1974年11月18日、群馬県桐生市で桐生地区鉱毒対策委員会が設立され、農民444人が古河鉱業に対し交渉をもった。