The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-04-27
MINERS NOW IDLE
BITUMINOUs COAL MINERS GO ON
A STRIKE
Over On eHundred and Thirty Thou
sand Men i'm Various Portions Of
the Country Quit Work-No Miners
In Iowa Join In the Strike.

| the Country Quit Nork-NO Miners
in Iowa Join In the Strike.
pttsburg, Pa, April o1-To-day the
great coal strike which has been pending
for several months was inaugurated
| Opinion differ as to the number of men
engaged in it. President Mcbride. Of
! the United Mine Workers association,
! estimates that 100000 men are out. Sec
retary-Trea surer Patrick McBryde is
quoted as stating the number is 100, 900.
/ The telegraphc reports Indicate that the
| number is between these two extremes.
/ The strike Is confined to the bltuAinouS
coal region Of the United States. In
! tlsis there are twelve districts, organized,
four being in rennsy lyapia. i he other
districts are Washington, Wyorling Col
orado, Indian Territory. Missouri, Kan.
sas, Alabama. Tennessee, Kentucky, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois. A Massilon opera
! tor says that 5000 coal mines in the
| United States will be abandoned. OF
! these 800 are located in Ohio In the
/ Pittsburg district alone there are about
/ 12O mines, and fully thirty more in the
| CIearfield or mountain district. These
| tive districts have about 1000 miners.
| ia Ohio there are about 10000 miners;
in Indiana, 1900; Illinois, 10000 Ala
| bar a, 10000, who have already quit
| yolk; in Missouri, 5000; Tennessee,
4,eHO. In West Virginia 10000 disgers
are engages, bat it is not believed chat
| many will quit work. In Washington all
| are ready to stop.
| Iittsburg, Pc, April c3.-The geelt
ccal strike which began Saturday. so
n II trie - ut laa-
appears to be q success. The 5000
men in the river district and the $500
in the railroad district id down their
picks and, receiving their wages. quietly
left the mines. Dispatches from the
Clearheld district report that the 1900
men there also struck, and that the
II il es are generally closed. The strike
premises to be the greatest in the history
of the country. 1t will involve, it is an
ticipated, nearly 100000 men, and VIII
stop work in mines that produced up
ward of 1O0,00O,0OO tons of coal last
year in twelve states and territories.
These miners received $53, 3,SO9,627 in
wages in 1890 according to the eleventh
census of the United States. In that
year 133.SS6 produced 10, 800. 1OS tons Of
coal, valued at $G9, $50, ,GG0.
ordered by the United Mine Workers of
America has not extended to the Iowa
miners, and it is not believed that the
mel in this section will join the move
ment Comparatively few miners be-
long to the order in this state, and the
cenmaIM 10 strike, therefore, has no
effect Cn The large majority here. In
| any event, they are not in position 10
! leave their employ nent. Work has been
! dull and many are deeply in debt and
| could not afford to quit at tho present
| tine. A few organizers are endeavoring
! TO work up n sy npathy strike, but they
! meet with little encouragement. Nelrly
| al Of the mine owners employ sphinx
! iiig Of negroes, and While many OF the
| whites have local unions they realize that
! it would be fohy to strike as it would
| be easy to get coiored men to fill their
| places. Dispatches from Oskatoosa, the
| center of the Iowa coal belt, say that
the miners in that section show no sigirs
| Of quitting. They are not financially
| able to take part in a strike.
/ Charleston. w. VT. April %. The
| best information obtained from many
| coal operators indicates that few il any
of the kanawha miners will go out.
United Mine workers have little or no
| organization there. Montgomery may
strike. but it is improbable. On New
River, Central and Fire creek the miners
went out at noon Saturday. The Thur
mond miners called II meeting for to-day
to decide whether to strike. The El1horn
Coal company, controlling the north and
We st fields, called Il meeting. The op-
orators informed them that they would
reduce the price they paid them for their
Fran tn cont, fn,a Arpxy
l. The operc tors say that if that cut
is made, wages will have to be reduced
er shut down. There is little doubt that
the miners there will all strike If the
kanawha miners work it means millions
for this section.
Topeka, Kan, April 23-Advices from
various parts of Karsas show that the
coal miners in this state are not pay
I'M. much attention to the strike order
issued by the United Mine Workers Of
America. cnly small number Of the
5000 miners in tie state belong to the
association and more Of them are anxious
to quit work
Lcavenworth. Kan, April 23-The min
ers Of this section of Kansas did not go
out en- q strike. They declare they have
had enough of sympathetic strikes, being
out of work three months last year on ac-
count of strike of that kind and gain
ing nothing. The miners at Pittsburg,
Kun, also refuse to stop work.
Tacoma, Wash, April pa dispatch
from Franklin says The coal min ers
III this state have decided not to strike
They will not make the movement May
that has been started throughout the
country.
Cheyenne, Wyo., April $50 far as