The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-01
STRIKE OF The MINERS.
President Mcbride Claims 100000
Men are Now Out.

He Asserts That Victory is a Ger
tainty if They Stand Together as at
Present - The Scarcity of Coal
Counted on to Bring the Operators
to Terms-A Total of $4,000 Men
Employed in the Mines of the
Country.
Columbus, o., April 80-The second
| official bulletin was issued by President
| Mcbride of the United Miners this even
| ing. The following are the principal
points; 1.-THE suspension OF mining has
entered upon its second week and under
more favorable circumstances than when
first started. The army of idle mine
workers now engaged in the fight num-
bers 100000 It is now conceded that
there is not over "a, 900 miners at work in
the entire bituminous coal fields of the
country, and from nearly every local and
general market the cry for coal is heard.
This is good news to US, and indicates
that the end win soon come
''F'rom a careful estimate made by us.
we predict that il you sraud shoulder to
shoulder as you now are 10 will not be
long until there will not be coal enough
in the general market TO boil a tea kettle
with, and q complete victory will DO
yours Already operators are Offering TO
pay the price asked, and in some in-
stances more than has been demanded.
TO get men TO resume work, but
the men are true TO the orders issued by
the national convention, and refuse TO
work at any price until general set.
| Element has been made. If this effort
| succeeds, and we feel certain it will, tho
future will be brighter and more prom.
lslng your power having only been DEM
| onstrated, you are master OF she stu.
alton, and can command anything within
reason.
THE MEN IN THE BUSINESS.
"The latest figures given by the govern-
| ment snow that there were 343, 900 mine
workers employed I'm and around tho
anthracite and bituminous mines of this
country, and the Coal Trade Journal for
1893 estimates that last year there were
"a, 900 900 tons of anthracite and 10000
0OO tons of bitumiuous coal pro-
duced. The great number Of employees,
the large tonnage and its incalculable
value In dollars and cents, and contribu-
tory service 10 our cOuntry's industries.
but tend TO show the magnitude and i'm.
portance of our coal industry, and when
we consider the hardship aud the danger
| connected with the uncomfortable occu-
| patton OF coal miners whose labor pro-
| duces the fuel upon which the country's
| industrial life and domestic happiness de-
! ponds, IL is not asking too much from the
| owners and operators Of the mines, nor
! from the consumers of COAL when we de-
| mand living wages. bread and clothing
| for the miners and their wives and chill
dren.
NO EEsERTIoNs
''Since our last report there has been
no assertions from our ranks, and the
only change has been in our favor, and
| this by reason of more men joining our
ranks, The southern Illinois field is get
ing into line in good shape. The
| Indiana block coal miners have
joined the movement and the entire
state may be classed as solid. The number
of idle men in West Virginia has in
| creased, but in the Fairmount district
the old rate of wages has been restored,
and II is doubtful now as to whether the
men can be gotten out. Letters from
Iowa indicate that the state convention
to be held at Abba, May 2, will most
likely decide TO stop the entire state.
The other states stand as last reported.
"A Pittsburg, Pa, reported to the Gin
\ cinnah Enquirer and Cleveland, o.,
Leader almost daily reports that the
strike is failure, because 20, 900 or 30, 900
miners at Pocahontas, Va, refuse 10 sus-
! pend work. The absurdity of this state
ment will be seen when it Is known that
the United States cencus report gives tho
total number Of miners and mine en-
ployes in Virginia as only $50 and in
West Virginia 1859, total Of ii ,507, and
out Of this number there are 4, 800 West
! Virginia miners out, leaving 1907 at worla
In the two states"
TO STRIKE AT CENTRALIA.
Centralia. H., April 30.-The men In
all the mines have decided TO come out
| tomorrow. Trouble is looked for. The
| fruitgrowers of this section also fear
that there will not be sufficient fuel to
run the fruit trains The operators Of
the Big -Four mines have issued circu-
lar, notifying the employees that II any
men march there, their mines will b6
closed until quiet is restored.
MEN QUIT IN TWO MINES.
Knoxville, Tenn, April 3d. The miners
In two of the mines at Coal Greek went
out to-day. There was no disagreement
between them and their employers, and
they do not claim TO have grievance.
They struck simply out of sympathy for
other miners on q strike.
ALL OUT AT WHEELING.
Wheeling, w. Va, April 30.-All the
men employed at the FL Grove
coal works, the only mines between
! Wheeling and Pittsburg that have been
running, quit this morning and joined the
strikers union here. Not a mine is now