The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-14
ENJOYING A HOLIDAY
Thousands Of British Miners Quitl
Work Eighty thousand Out =
Durham Alone.
They Are striking against . Rsauc:
tioR OF Wages Others to Control !
the Output.
Greatest Disturbance In Labor Circles
Since the Days Of the American
Rebellion.


Rebellion.
LONDON. March 14.--The grsat ooaI
strike Is begun. The Durham mines
did not resume work and the colliers ~
Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, North
Wales and other districts, IRE idle. The
miners Of Scotland, South Wales and
Northumberland are working quiefly.
In Durham Ne men 10 the number a.
$4,000 are on strike against : reductiou1
Of wages, but in all other districts The
men have simply decided 10 tAke s'
week, fortnight or even three weeks
holiday in order 10 restrict the output a.
coal. thus insuring the prices Of coa1|
being kspt up and the rate Of wages
maintained, IL not advanced.
This movement on the part Of the
miners has caused the greatest distuxb-
snce in the British labor world and III
the manufacturing centers that hag
been known since the American evil
war, when - many handrcdreds e
tAousan1s u the cotton operatives a.
Lancashire would have starved but Tor
boundless charity.
Tears ~ = Coal Famins.
The most startling rumors, are in cir
cula4iCn in this city. The fears Of -
coal famins IRE Widespread. Tho stocks
Of coal IN the great commercial centers|
ars not large, and colisry owners hare
for same time past declined to htnd
themselves to execute orders. "A gxenk
many orders, indeed, have been refused
md the price of coal has risen by 1capo
aaA bounds until IL has reached f9uxo
which It has not known aince the mean-
Orable stztke Of Northumbefland and
Durham miners fifteen years ago. Soma
factories win be compelled 70 cease work
nsxt wssk for want of fuel. Anumber q
ckh4rs win have - Glove - the Week
t6l1owing IL the minets deter mine 70
carry their experiments into asecond
week, and II IL is prolonged into third
week the disturbance Of Britiah manu-
facturss will be general and It's effects
70 widespread that scarcely an estimate
can be fssmed 70 the terrible loss to the
communities which must ensue. The
whole situation is startling in the high
est degree. Many political economists
declare that the movement will result
In dSiving . large portion Of tho work
away from England into foreign lands.
In nearly Ill the large towns the poor
are among the greatest sufferers. Goals
- AA~ - a Ill r.
and a. the bleak, cold days are still
with them they feel the pinch most
severely.
Trade Greatly Disturbed.
Never before has trade been SO great
y disturbed in and around Sheffield as
q present. ~ rearly all the local col
ieries the men have gIvsn - - their mo-
tices. The worst effects OF the tempo
rary cessation from work by the miners
win - experienced by manufacturers
and the mon IN their employment. With
few exceptions the works in this dis
trict are without ton 0f coal in stock.
This means that when the colliers leave
the pits the works win have to close
their gates and await developments.
South Yorkshire coke makers were ap-
prised by both the Lincolnshire smelters
that notice had been given to the work
men thAt in the event of short supplies
Ut coke and coal by the stoppage the fur
naces will be dAinped down, and If this
stoppge lasts more than week pig iron
manufactures will come to stand still.
The Miners Federation has led in the
strike movement Fo11r vAara aUo the