Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-04-21
THOUSANDS QUIT WORK.
Inauguration Of National Coal Hin.
ers' 'Strike-vYill be the Greatest
in the History Of the Country.

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general strike. Five operators have sig
nifed their willingness to pay the price
| demanded.
THE WORK OF AGITAToRs.
Connelsville, Pa.-There is great un
certainty throughout the entire Goa
region to-day as to the probabilities o
the cokers joining the general strike
The strike leaders are confident that the
men will come QUO again.
ILLINOIS MINERS OUT.
Morris, Ill.-About 5000 miners at Coal
City, Briceville, Gardner and Carbonhill
in this county, and of Clark City and
Braidwood, in the same coal fields, struck
at noon.
QUIT WORK EVERYWHERE.
Columbus, Ohio.--Reports at the ma
tional headq uarters of the miners union
are to the effect that in the Block coal
fields of Indiana, where the men have u
contract, they will work two days week
in the suspension. Maryland has Joined
in the suspension and the Ohio operators
desire to pay the scale proposed by the
miners, but are prevented by the oper-
ators in the Pittsburg district.
WILL BE THOUSANDS OF STRIKERS.
Philadelphia. all the miners in what
is known as the Clearfeld district of the
bitulninous coal region strike, there will
be 10000 men out of work in that terri
tory. Added to these are 5000 in the Phila-
delphia district, 5000 in the Jefferson
district and about 5000 IN the mountain
district.
GOOD FEELING PREVAILS.
jackson, Ohio.-All the mines of Jack
son county shut down at II o'clock this
morning and 1000 men Joined the great
strike. General good feeling exists be-
tween the operators and miners in the
coal fields of Ohio. 1t is the opinion of
the best miners at Straitsville that as
soon as the coal now stored is consumed
all the districts will pay the scale demand
ed and work will be resumed. Public
sympathy is with the miners because they
can not do we'll at so cents, but can at 70
cents and the consumers are willing to
pay the rise in price made necessary by
that rate for mining.
GREATEST STRIKE EVER 1NAUGURATED.
Pittsburg.-At noon to-day 5000 men
in the river district and G,5O0 in the rail-
road districts laid down their picks and
left the mines. Dispatches from the Clear
field district report that $4,000 men there
have also struck and the mines are gener-
ally closed. In the Phlllipsburg region,
east of the mountains, all the miners are
idle. In the Connelsville region the lead
ers expect to have $4,000 men out by
Monday.
The strike promises to be the greatest
in the history of the country, as it will in
volve, if it proves to be as great as an
ticpated, nearly 100000 men ana will
stop work in mines that produced up
wards of 100000 tons of coal last year
in the twelve states and territories.
The strike will enforce the suspension
of many trades dependent upon the coal
industry. The miners will strike for a
ment, abandoned by small number of
mine operators in the Pittsburg district
and which forced a reduction in every
competitive district in the United States.
1t is admitted by both sides that the sue
cess or failure of the strike depends on
the outcome in the Pittsburg district.
STRUCK WITH RELUCTANCE.
La Sale, Ill.-The miners at La Sale
and Peru decided to quit work to-day.
Many of the men, however, think it would
be better to work until May l, accord
ing to the terms of their contract.
COMPLIED WITH THE ORDER.
Altoona, Pa.-All the miners in this
district have struck in compliance with
the general order to strike.
WILL NOT HURT ST. LOUIS.
According to the statements of men in
terested in the coal mines in what is
known as the St. Louis district this city
will be but little affected by the national
strike.