The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-21
MINERS QUIT TODAY.
President Of the Union Says
100000 Golfers Will Strike.
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PTTTssrAe. April M-Tornorrcv at noon
the great coal strike. which has been pend
ing several months, viii BE begun. Re-
ports differ A. 90 shs number Of men
who will Be engaged The president
OF the United Mine Workers
estimates 210o0 men as being engaged.
Secretary and Treasurer Parker Mcbride il
quoted as placing the number at 10000.
The strike viii be confined 20 the
hituminors region of the United States.
In this there are twensy-shree districts or
ganked, fourteen being IN Pennsylvania.
Other districts are In Washington. Wyou-
ing. Colorado, Indian territory, Missouri.
Kansas. Alabama. Kentucky. Virginia.
West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana
and Iilionis.
Of these 800 mines are located in Ohio.
In the Pittsbarg district there are 40
mines, and thirty in the Ciesrheld or
Mountain district. These two districts
have ECO miners In Ohio there are
about 5. COO; in Indiana, 2.oo0; In illinois,
ll.00o; in Alabama, 10000. who have
already quit work: in Missouri. 5000: in
Tennessee, about 1000; in Western Kan
sas about 10000. many OF whom viii not
quls work.
La Washington all are ready TO stop.
The operators are aware the strike IS COM
ing. They have NO. decided what action
TO take in the matter. Manufacturers
and foundry owners are greatly alarmed.
and do not credit the assurances Of the
operators that the strike viii be of short
duration. and therefore they are securing
all the coal they can. 1t is conceded that
a strike of two weeks will cause shortage
which may result in tho closing down OF
their works. Local consumers also appre-
bend an advance in the price of coal
as q result of the strike. and are
laying in supplies now. so that
the coal dealers have all the or
ders they can attend to. Altogether
no impending strike for years has caused
SO much interest and anxiety as this one.
While the anthracite dIggers will not
ne called out at present, 1t 10 an
nounced that in case hard coal Is
used to raise steam where bituminous
is now employed the region will DO
rendered imperative by a strike. There
are about 5000 miners employed
by the three companies which
control the anthracite regions. The
strike will have the desired
effect if 1t brings about a conference Of
operators all over the country. which will
result in higher wages to the miners and
more money to the operators.
Tonight the superintendent Of the Chi
cago Gas and Coal Company, to Offset .
statement that the miners Of the
company were able to earn only
IS cents day, exhibited the
company's pay roll for the past
several months, which show that men
working by the month have mono Of them
averaged less than SITS Der day and some
Of them 81. Ia per day.
JEIIIoo. Tenn. April 2o.-The miners Of
Jellico district will join the great suspen-
sion tomorrow noon. There are about
5000 miners employed at tho Jellico
mines.
MACON. No.. April GA large number
OF Bevier miners are dissatisfied over their
decision TO suspend work tomorrow noon.
They have now decided to throw down
their picks provided the other Missouri
miners stop work. The miners have ap-
pointed a committee to ascertain whether
the miners at Lexington. Ardmore and
Marceline intend to go out. Ii is not
probable that the mines will close tomor-
row.
IRWIN, Pa. April 20-Tomorrow at noon
4, 500 men In this district will quit work in
response to- call issued by the national
officers of the Mine Workers Association.
In this locality the strike will be complete.
SPRING VALLEY. ILL.,, April % - To-
morrow at noon 5000 miners in this city,
Ssatonville. Ladd and Lacriveme will lay
down their picks and shovels and await
orders from the national association.
Tonight the La Sale and Peru miners met.
and in ali likelihood they will follow the
Spring Valley miners. In this district
there will be nearly 900 men idle.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. April 20 Tho
$500 members of the United Mine Work
ers' Association will strike tomorrow at
noon in compliance with the man.
dates of their union. There are
5000 new members of this order who
will go out, and repetition Of the lawiess-
ness and lighting OF the March strike is
feared. There will be meeting of the
association in this city on April 10 20 take
steps To bring about a genera. strike in :he
kanawha valley
BRAZIL, lad, April ao.-Twen,y- five del
egates. representing over 20,o00 miners.
met hero today to determine the oueS-
ton of continuing work until May l
or going on strike tomorrow noon.
| Secretary Kennedy. of the United
| Mine Workers Association. asked per-
mission 10 address the delegates. bnt was
promptly barred. After considerable
| wraneling a vote was taken. and il wss
decided ny o large majority 10 continue
work until Mas /.