The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-22
MANY MINERS STRIKE.
ruors<yDs OF MEN OBEY TEE Or
nxx or TIM NATIONAL COUNCIL
Presidsnt Mcbride says $4,000 M'ner'
Stopped Work Ysstsrday-In SeverA'
Districts tito Order not Obeycd.

| district ana the DOW III t"c i"'''~
trict laid down their picks, and, AFTER
receiving their wages, quietly leit tne
mines. A dispatch from the ciearhe'o
district reports that 1900 men there also
| struck, and that the mines are geherans
closed. In the Phillipsburg region. cast
OF the mountains, all the mines are iu'e'
The suspension in the Clearheld region
| will enforce idleness upon 400 tiaihiheh ga
! the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsouts ia'
| road In the Connellsville region the men
| ore stilI at work, but the leaders expect
| 10 have almost the entire region OF hc''
men ont on Monday. The leaders say
there Is no longer doubt as to the men
| intentions 10 strike. =, y, rho
| PHILLIPSBURG, PA, Aprh -.
miners strike i'm the Phillipsburg distrlc,
| &c conplete. 1t embraces Ciearheid anu
| Gambia county. and 10000 men are ou'.
| several thousand miners in the Duoo's
| and punxsutawney districts were aiicauS
ont Two thousand men in Tiosa county
s,nnned work to-day but the hunting
don and Broad Top men did not sirine.
COLUMBUS, o., April 21.-According
IN President McBride's figures. lS.""
miners stopped work to-day
Fxtrn, of the Strike In Iowa.
DIES MONIES, IA. April 2l.-The strike
orderod NV the United Mine Workers 0:
America to begin to-day. has not eN-
tended TO the Iowa miners and IT is not
believed the men in tbs section VIII JON
the movement. Comparatively few miners
belong to the order In this State, ana
the command to strike therefore. mas no
effect on the large majority mere. III
any event they are not In a posnio,' u
leave their employment WORK has peer,
dull and many are deeply In oep'' anu
could not afford TO quit at the present
time. \ few organizers are endeaVorihs
N work I'D a sympathy strike, but they
met with little encouragement. Nearly
oil of the mine owners employ sprink-
lIrg NJ negroes. and while many OF the
whites have local unions, they realize
thar II would be folly TO strike, as IL
would he easy TO get coiored men 10 III
| their places. Dispatches from Oskaloosa'
the centre of Iowa coal belt miners Ia
| that section, show 10 symptoms OF gun
| ting. They are not financially apie 10
| take part In the strike
Few Kansas Miners Obey the Order
TOPEKA. KAS, April 2l-Advices
! from various parts OF Kansas to-day
| show that the coal miners In this STATE
| are not paying much attention TO ne
| srike order issued by the United Mine
Workers OF America. Only small num-
her of the miners in this State belong
| 10 the association, and none OF them are
| anxious TO quit work. a great many
have been idle for months, and not IN
| position to maintain a strlae' Inc
| fact. too, that they have but recently
| been engaged in an unsuccessful stilke
| which made their condition worse, rather
|
| of another walkout. Instead of acced-
| ing TO their demand, the mine owners
| imported over one thousand negroes from
| Alabama to take the strikers' places, and
| most of the colored men are at work.
| The white miners who are at work In
| the southern part OF the state have
| little faith in a strike under existing cir
! cumstances, and are not all anxious to
| unite with the men in other parts of the
| country who stand better show OF
| winning. furthermore the operators have
| an immense amount of coal on hand
| and could shut down for a time without
serious detriment to their business. They
| would cease operation rather than listen
to a demand for higher scale.
| BRAZIL. IND. April 1.-THE Black
coal miners OF this and neighborins sec
lions at an immense meeting, notwith-
standing their officers urged them TO
| strike to-day. they refused 10 do so b.
a majority OF seventy-five.
| LEAVENWORTH, KAN, April I.-The
miners OF Kansas will not go out on
| strike to-day despite the order of Presi-
| dent Mcbride. of the National Mine
| Workers Association. They declare that
| they have had enough sympathetic
| strike. being out Of work three months
| last year on that account. and gaining
| nothing
How VIII be Maintained.
COLUMBUS, o., April H.-With the
successful inauguration Of the great
miners strike comes probably the chief
| difficulty that will beset the managers
| IN carrying ii to a successful close.
| President Mcbride received to-day many
| requests from local assemblies TO be re-
| leased from the order TO strike, because
| the employing operators had agreed TO
| pay the wages demanded By the conven-
| ton, and others asking what to DO in
| case the local operators accede to the
terms Of the strikers. The following
| answer has been prepared by President
| Mcbride and is sent in answer to all
| such inquiries:
| Dear Sir: The fight for living wages
| is a general fight and no local settle
| ments will be authorized or recognized.
| Until a general settlement has been de-
clared the following mine-rule must be
| obeyed by all miners in all localities: As
| ordered by the National convention coal
| must not be loaded at any price, or
| for any purpose. but where the companies
| want engines run. water hauled, timber
| or any other kind of repair work done.
| 1t will be permitted. provided wages are
according to scale demanded by the con-
| vention."
DEFENDS UPON THE WHOLE UNION.
These questions touch the points in the
| tactics in the strike on the miners side.
upon which the leaders base their hopes
of success-that the working of the
whole union as a unit. In former strikes
they found that permitting the mines Of
one district to resume operations as soon
| as the local operators agreed 10 pay the
| scale, helped TO supply the coal demand
| and injured the chances of their brother
miners in other districts TO win their
| fight The result of this strike probably
| depends upon the ability OF the managers
| of II to enforce this order and prevent
| the miners going TO work where there
| Is dispute as 10 wages. In Pennsylvania
a number OF operators are already offer
| ing TO pay the scale. President Mcbride
| did not receive special advices from many
| parts of the coal fields to-day as TO how
| the strike order was obeyed. He had
| only arranged TO get telegraphic reports
from the doubtful points. AS TO those
districts In which the miners In mass
meeting had decided TO strike, he had
no doubt about what was done to-day.
Reports from them will come In to him
| by mail. kilograms from Pennsylvania,
| West Virginia. Illinois. Indiana and Ten
nessee showed that all that were expect
| ed to SO out and more had laid down
| their picks at noon.