The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-04-22
THOUSANDS MORE IDLE
One Of The Biggest Strikes in The Coun.
try's History Is 0l.
IT'S A SERIOUS BUSINESS
Nearly a Quarter of a Million Per-
sons Directly Affected BY the
Action OF the Men Who Quit
Work Yesterday In tho East.

PTrTsBuRo, April 2l.-The great coal
strike. as far as this district is concerned,
appears TO be a success. AT noon to-day
5000 men in the River district and $3.50 in
the Railroad district left the mines.
Dispatches from the Cleariield district
report that 1900 men there struck and
the mines are generally closed. In the
Phillipsburg region, east OF tho noun
tains, all the mines are idle and a suspen-
sion in the Clcariield region enforced
idlcncss on 400 trainmen on the Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburg railroad. In tho
ConnelIsville region the men arc still at
work. but the leaders expect to have 5000
men out on Monday. The leaders say the
men are largely in favor of strike.
Nearly three-fourths are expected TO lay
down their tools.
The strike promisD 10 be the greatest
in the history of the country. IL will in
volvo nearly 10000 men, and will stop
work in tho mines which produced up
wards of 10o, ,0OO.0DO tons of coal last year.
These miners received So, ,s0o,6-7 in wages
in 1880. Should the strike be successful
tho effect on the business OF tho country
will be incalculable, as the strike will en-
force suspension OF many dependent on
the coal industry.
The operators of the Columbus region
are in sympathy with the strikers and
hope they will win.
All the miners of Sunday Creek valley
arc out, about so.
IL all tue miners in the Clcarileld dis
trict of the bituIninous coal region strike,
there will be u 900 men out in that terri.
tory. Added 10 these will be 5.OO1 in the
Phillipsburg district, 1000 in tho Indiana
district, 5000 in the jefferson district and
500 in the Mountain district. Seven
thousand men are out in the Phillipsburg
district. At Oskaloosa, Iowa, the miners
of five camps are out. At Conncllsvillc 1t
is probable tho cokers will join the regular
strike. At Pomeroy % miners laid down
their tools to-day. Five operators signiiied
their willingness to pay tho price asked.
A report from national headquarters at
Columbus is to the effect that IN the block
coal fields, where the men have contracts,
they will work two days a week until tho
lst OF May, when they will join tho sus.
pension.
Maryland has joined the suspension.
At Wiliiamspori, Pa, 900 miners refused
10 GO to work to-day. At Columbia, Pa,
the puddlers have struck against a reduc-
tion Of wages from S2.15 to $3.50 per day.
All the mines of jackson county were
closed down at IL o'clock. Four thousand
men joined the strike.
PIITsBURG, Kan, April 2l.-Thc antici-
pated strike at IL o'clock to-day did not
materialize in this district. The call for
delegates to n convention in District IA, TO
be held in Missouri, will not be responded
to by single delegate from the mines
here.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, April 2l.-The
miners of this section did not go out oh
strike to-day. They declared they have
had enough Of sympathetic strikes, being
out of work three months last year OH that
account and gaining nothing.
SPRING VALLEY, ILL.,, April 2l.-The
miners Of Spring Valley, In Sale, os-
Iesby, Peru, Seatonville, Ladd and Loney-
vile are now on strike. These places EN-.
| ploy nearly 700 miners.
STREAToE, ILL.,, April 2i.-Thc miners
of this city and vicinity this afternoon
unanimously decided TO obey the instruc-
tions of the Columbus convention.