Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-01
NO GENERAL STRIkE(
Reports From Many Of the Indus u
trial Centers Today.
THE MOST DEAFFgCTIOE IN PTYqSBUH
May Day Observed in Europe "a
the Most Part Quietly.
AN EXPLOSION IN PARIi
THROUGHOUT THE LABOR FIELD.
Concert OF Action Lacking I'm the strsks(
To-day.

Concert Of Action Lacking I'm the str1kss
Today.
NEv York, May 1.-The threatened strike foe
eight hours day, fixed for May ]. began in
earnest this morning 90 far the houss1
smiths are concerned. and with them all incl
dental trades are out This morning IL wsd
stated that at least 4. 500 men, repreeentins
different trades are strike. One firm gave
In to the men yesterday and seven other hrme
signed the agreement this morning.
Throughout Pennsyivsnia-
HUNTINGDON. May The proposed general
strike Of the bituminous miners has been Dc,
clared of and the work will therefore oontinuS
as usual
suSBuRr. May There Is no talk or thoushS
Of a strike among any OF the railroad men
around this city
In the Shamokin and Mount Carmel cosl !
region there will be no strike.
PLYMourH, May The 5000 miners and n
borers employed by the dozen anthracite coll
lieries Of the Lehigh Wikesbsrre Coal Company,
Delaware, LsckawanA and Western and Della
ware and Hudson Company in and about thi1
place and at AyondAls are all 81 work more or |
less today.
PrrrsroS, May The various mines ana
collieries Of the Pennsylvania Coal CompaoyI
are in operation today.
ASHLAND, May l.-fhe miners AZ all collisrsss
in this district are working usual today.
HoSEsDALE, May 1.-The men employed ~
the coal docks Of the Delaware and Hudson Cs-"
nal Company are working usual today.
LUZERSE. May The seven mines here today
are in operation as usual and no demonstrasoa
will be made.
SCRANTON, May The anthracite miners Of
the Lackswsnna district in this immediate VI
cinity are working Is usual and everything y
quiet today.
NASrIcoKE, May 1.-The collieries Of the Sue
quehanna Coal Company at this place and Glen
Lyon are being worked today ss usual.
KINGSTON. May The collieries Of the Kings
ton Coal Company and Delaware. Lsckswanna
and Western Company are working some on
full time, others on half time.
CARBoSDALE, May The collieries operated
by the Delaware and Hudson Company in this
city and vicinity are running today with the
usual force.
MOUNT CARMEL Nav 1.-Instead OF q strike
there was general resumption Of work at the
collieries in this district this morning. since
the disastrous Reading railroad strike no efort
has been made to maintain the Knighx Of
Labor and Amalgamated Association in this
section, and il would be extremely difficult 20
bring the 20, 900 miners Of this valley to strike
for any cause at the present time.
WHKEsBARRE, May The day seems fair
to be a very quiet one in this section. Up 10
noon today no strike or lockout has occurred
in this city or vicinity according to informs-
ton secured by the Associated Press represen-
tative.
mhN LIN al the ukur1nE on tue
probable number Of men participating in or
affected and likely to be thrown idle by the
strike there has been exaggeration. At the
outside there are not more than 1000 men or
strike today.
TsMBLE, ONO, May All the miners Of
Lucas district No. are out today. They num-
Der about ], 100 men.
Lexington and Gore, both small mining
Tor in hn fol sl.asr "a
work with no intention Of going out at present.
SHAWNEE, MAY l.-Vice President Nueunt
this morning instructed the miners Of the dis
trict 10 stay out, rs no settlement had been
reached.
JAcKsoxvuLE, Nav lover 500 miners Shs
morning notified the bank bosses that no one
excepting the bank bosses would be allowed
around the mines until the question Of wages
was settled.
Nrw SrAKrsvuLE, May MINERS are IL q
work, but are hourly expecting delegation
from the Hooking valley TO compel StAresvilie
miners to strike, as was threatened.
In Indiana
TERRE HAurR, IND, May Mot Les 80
5000 miners in Indiana quit work last night b.
cause the wage scale for the year beginning -
day had not been signed. -
Brazil, IND, May The miners stEfks =
on today and /, 500 block coal miners snA -
bituminous coal miners are in it,
In Illinois.
BsuIFvnLK III, May There win b -
miners strike in this coal district and sbsrs y
apparently no disposition among the mAnsrs -
Join such a moven,ent
ST.. LOUIS. Mo-, Nay 1.-Dispatches from
Duquain, H.. say the most stubbornly oon-
tested coal miners strike ever had In this d.
trict was inaugurated this rherring.
In West Virginia
WHEELING. W. Va, May The nriners en-
ployed in this vicinity, to the number Of ]. 600,
quit work this morning on account of tie
operators failure to sign the scale.