The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-06-22
CHEERFUL.
The Block Miners of Indiana Have
Accepted the Agreement.
While the Others In the state Have Refused
10 DO So-ln Ohio Large Major
lty OF the Diggers WIN Go
Rack to Work Again.

COLUMBUS, o., June is.-President
John Mcbride, Of the United Nine
workers. Sunday declared that he was
firmly of the opinion that the miners
would accept the terms Of settlement
made here last Monday.
II do not mean to say that they will
all go TO work Monday said he, "but
great many Of them will. At the
time the settlement was made said
TO the operators that | did not be-
lieve that the time for resuming
work should be made so short, and
when, in Difference TO the operators,
who were anxious TO resume operations
as soon as possible, yielded upon this
point, said that it was certain that
the miners Of northern and eastern Illi-
nois could not be got back in the mines
by the 18th They will not go TO work
Monday. 1t will probably be two
weeks, and perhaps three, before there
Is general resumption there, but it
will come.
I'm Indiana the block miners have
accepted the agreement. while the
other miners IN the state have refused
10 do so. One-third of the delegates to
the state convention, however, voted
TO go to work, so judge that the OPP
position can not be so strong after all.
do not know whether the block
miners will go to work Monday or not,
but | see the operators have ordered
ears into their mines, so ! presume
they think work will be resumed at
once
In western Pennsylvania work will
be resumed Monday, except in few
mines, not exceeding a half dozen,
where the operators object to paying
tlft scale Of wages agreed upon
In Ohio there is a perplexing condi-
ton. | believe that work will be re-
sumed in practically the entire Hook
ing valley Monday. Possibly the
Straitsyille miners may not go back.
At Bellaire, YorlSville, Cambridge,
Steubenville and all the mines Of JEFF
ferson county. work will be resumed
Monday morning.
~ think II highly probable that the
jackson county miners win not go to
work Monday, nor will the Coshocton
miners. In Coshoc<on county there
will be convention to select delegates
TO the state convention here on Tues
day, but should not be surprised If
they decide to go TO work and omit the
election of delegates
In Tuscarawas county the miners
have resolved not to go to work. The
Massillon miners have strike which
is quite different from the national
strike. II began last February. They
contend for fifteen-cent difference
upon the Hooking valley scale. They
will continue the strike.
Outside Of this competitive field
President Mcbride said that terms OF
settlement either had been or were
being made Iowa. said he, 'ha:
settled upon most excellent terms foi
the miners. Kansas is now working
President McGregor, of Missouri, says
the state viii fall in line with the set
tlement this week, while in Southern
Illinois, a conference of miners and
operators is making satisfactory pro
gress."
Speaking Of the state convention &c
be held here next Tuesday, President
Mcbride said the only danger now was
that the districts that accepted the
agreement and went TO work Monday
might send delegates, and this would
leave the radicals in full control of the
| convention