Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-01
Their Struggle for shorter Days and
Higher Wages Commences In
Various Places.
CARDINAL mANNiNe caITicizrs
THE pARNEtLirEs.
Not ON u strike, but suspsndinE
WORK.

Not ON - strife, hut suspsndi"E
WORK.
OrruMwA, Iowa, May 1.-The min.
ers OF southeastern Iowa laid down
their tools last night aud Jay they VIII
not take them up again until ordered
10 do 40 by tho supreme officers OF thclr
union. They declare they are not on
n strike, but have merely suspended
work.
THREE THOUSAND MINERS QUIT WORK.
CunAao, May Ia Tcrre Ha,ito,
Ind, special says TINT not less tnhu
5000 miners In Indiana quit WORK iast
night becnutr, the wage scale Tor the
year beginning today has not been
signed.
BuiLDtso TRADES STRIKE.
PirrsDuRu, May 1.-The cight.hour
strlKe OF the building trades was inau.
gurated today. About 1000 men are
out.
DIVIDED ON THE rioirT-uouR ouEs.
TON.
TRIMnhr, Ohio, May l.--All the
miners Of the Lucas district No. v, lloo
men are out today. They dcmanu
an advance In machine mining A d.
vision exists regarding the cighthour
question.
MINERS At WORK.
ASHLAND, IA. May Tho eight
hour movement " not pressed IN thls
district. Tho miners arc all working
rs usual today.
ONLY 4 HOLIDAY.
CoLuMBus, o., May IA special TO
the Columbus DiTdtoh from NewtOD-
Vile, ONO, one Of the principal points
IN the HeTking coal regions, any
the miners are all idle Today, but IN nh
interview witha number Of the leading
miners, we are Informed that this does
not mean n strike, m the lst.oi May Il
labor day. The opinion OF the major.
ity Of the miners interviewed In that
there will be- no strike In the Herking
valley and Straitsvillc.
Delegates from all tho mines are In
Columbps today, and II n believed
that satisfactory arrangements will he
arrived ut. AT Carbon Hill over 1900
miners are working. At Sand Run,
Lonstreth and Monday mines they
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question 10 settled. A special from
Logan says that none Of the miners nre
running In Herking valley today, ex-
cept Strnitsvilic. A prominent miner
stated 10 a Dispdtch reporter today that
the operators In Hcrking valley,
especially those owning mines
In Pcnnsyivania are schrming
10 incIte the miners Of this
district 10 strike, In order TO
secure bulk OF coal contracts for
their Pennsylvania mines. The above
being pretty generally believed among
the miners. they are quietly waiting,
hoping To derive ZONE benefit TO their
viii .n,sIv "" conn. bstwsen m. orer.
stors.
ADVISED TO STAY OUT.
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,se.ivsJ rom Vi.s' py..iden, Nlysnt
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this district TO stay out, as no settle
mem na" NJ. 49, M' W. ...,ra mu , w..
In .,a., s,rn,is. .s 4, ms ,.u.r.,i,,
beIIevsd th.re wo,,ii bc no strike In
this valley.
THE QUESTION on WAGES.
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mi na,iead The N. NJ ,,o.sas ,na, ns
ore IL .rn.c,iny thsr ~ h. .ilowaS
..",,ns ~, ,,,nsa. until IA. n',.s,,or ~
~sSss has bcsn Settled. N f''" W
""e $3.50 w. ~
A sruiniohSLS CONTESTED STRIKE
DuousRs, Ills, May l.-About 1900
coal miners In this district struck ills
morning 10 enforce The law for the
eIght.hour day and pay every Satir.
iay. This will probably be one OF the
moet stubbornly contested strikes ever
had In this district.
NO STRIKE AT hEii.EviLiE.
MEANWHILE, Ills, NAV L. There
will be no miners, strike I'm this coal
district, and there IL, apparently. mo
disposItion among tho miners 10 ioln
such a movement.
NJ S'"'Nh AT ooAL hilL'
ST.. LOUIS, May LA dispatch from
Coal Hin, Ark, says that no strike
will occur ut this mines there.
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Mailman '''Nh"' 'iii"h'
PITTsBuR0, May This morning
between 5000 AMI 5000 railroad miners
Of the Pittsburg district went out on q
strike. Their old scale expired yester.
day, and they went out pending the
a,,n,, =" ".s I'M, 49,. ssI.n1 IN.
question.
The miners' convention is now An
session here. The proposition Of the
,n.Yators Ia nav Tia nId v,.,,.. no. -,