New-York tribune., 1891-05-02
MANY MINERS STOP WORK.
THEIR STRIKE CONFINED TO MIDDLE AND
WESTERN STATES.
coxFERRING WITH THE OPERATORS IN PITTS
BURG-A SETTLEMENT REACHED IN OHIO
LAYING DOWN THE PICKS IN IN
MANA, ILLINOIS AND IOWA.

LAYING DOWN THE PICKS IN IN
DIANA, ILLINOIS AND IOWA.
pittsburg May 1.-Between 5000 and cow Faii
,cad miners Of the Pittsburg district went ouV oH
strike this morning Their od scal9 expired ycS'eua!
and they went out pending an adjustment OF wages
their strike having nothing TO do with the elgnthour
question.
The Miners Convention is now in session here'
rbe proposition of the Operators Committee TO pay
lie old wages has been received by the men, Out ho
action taken as yet The Miners conference 'oin
mjttce and the Operators Committee will meet after
the convention and probably an agreement Will oo
reached and the men return TO WORK.
Nearly the entire session this morning was given
mn 10 debate Oh the wage scale and 1t was pTScucay
decided TO adopt two scales. one TO rule III tIie co
trade, the other to govern the lake usae II H"'
bcen decided TO agree 10 dlfercnth price OF GEMS
between the Ohio and Pttsburg districts IN laVor oi
the former but that district is also In convention
7 is not known what will be done there. The local
convention will probably agree upon a scale sooh'
1t is probable that per ton will be asked for
local trade ard 81 cents for lake trade.
Columbus, Ohio. May 1.-Cut vi 1000 men empoyeu
on both sides of Hooking and sunday Creek valleys
there are not than 500 who are at WORK. the rest
having been ordered out TO await the result of the con
ference held here between the operators ana miners
The prevailing opinion here among the miners IS tat
thsce arc enough operators interested In Pennsylvania
mines to give them advantage over the operators
on the machines At the convention this morning the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That we favor re Sumption Gi wor & rom rom
late until NAY l. So @ at id' M c% ypey f f pek
c3ning excepting that part relating to the macihc
mining
Four wears ago the miners and operators by arbitTa
ton agreed upon price for both machine and pick
mining and il was arranged that the price OF machine
mining should rise and fall with The price OF PICK
mining. This arrangement was Initiated three years
tgo, and has been in force ever since. one1ourth
Of the companies are using machines ana the ""hers
tonrol three -fOurths of the Ohio output lhe miners
today insisted readiustment OF the macmne'
mining scale and at meeting Of machine operators IL
was decided unanimously not TO consent to chahge'
They said that if the rates for machine mining were
changed they would consider themselves bound 10
any rates for pick mining established for May and vice
versa.
The conference here succeeded in adjusting their
differences on the basis OF 20 cents in mining In me
fop machine mining was left open for future adjustment
between the operators and miners inleTes,Wu' ~ ~
strike or trouble is anticipated in ONO nelds Tor e
next year.
BrazlI Ind. May 1.-The miners strike Is on TO-
Law and 800 block-coal miners and 500 bituminous
coal miners are in it. The eght-hour demand seems
not TO affect the miners of this district 50 n'nch a
other questions. one year ago. the scale OF prices
was agreed upon. 10 last until May l. los1 ana the
time having expired, and rate established. they vii
come out until such time an agreement can bC
reached This relates to bloclcoal miners cX
clusiyely. Some days ago the operators In bitumnou
,oal had meeting at Terre Haute and agreed that
,ednctiOn for mining bitumnous coal should be made
making a difference Of 15 cents on the ton. Ihe
scaIe is cents per ton less than mining stock il th
operators adhere the Terre Hautc agreement 4
means a big aud IOngcontinued strike among the
employees. AL will 20 out.
Springfield. Ill. May 1.-All tne coal miners In tn
Springfield subdistrict. about 800 Ia number az
idle and President y. J. GoiDss. of the state UnoT
Of Miners, says they Will remain so until the result il
known Of conference which will he held in Chicago
some day next week. The operators here TO day
posted notice that hereafter they will pay 90 cents
per ton over an inch and quarter screen This i
IL 1-2 cents less than the price now paid.
BellevlIle, May l.--There will be miners sriAt
"a this coal district, and there is apparently dis
postaOn among the miners 10 join such movement.
ST. Louis. May I.Dispatches from Duauin. H.. say
Tie greatest coal miners strike had this dis
Ict was naugurated this morning. The contest is. I
enforce the law TO eight hours for DAVIS work an
pay every Saturday. The men say they will STAY ou
until the law is upheld and their demands granted Tn
operators the law is unjust and will fight It IN
United states supreme Court. In accordance wit
orders from the operators Of the fourteen mines here
miners and mine aborers have cleaned up their variO
places and taken out all their tools. These mines hav