The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-03

The great strike OF the cCal-mlccrS
|, on. In the Pittsburg district it has
resulted in an almost total stoppage OF
all the mines. Fifteen thousand OF the
twenty thousand men in the region are
out. According to ectimates made by
President John Mcbride, OF the United
Nine Workers. l24.GOO men are already
out and are distributed as follows:
Ohio. ..:......... 26,ooo kentucky.........!,oW
Pennsylvania .... 10000 Iowa ...:"........l, %
Illinois. .......... ?i,eo Missouri :........l,200
Indiana. 5000 West Virginia 80. 900
Alabama.......... 5000 Indian Territory. Il, 200
tennessee. ........ fOh
This estimate does not include Colo
RADIO. from which State contradictory
reports have been received. a few
DAYS ago word was received from
Northern Colorado that the miners in
that state would join the strike. There
a"e about 300 miners there. Since
that time no definite information has
been received.
The strike. so far as Ohio and Penn
s~vlvania are concerned. according to
a dispatch sent out from the national
re. d quarters in Columbus. i, Il COM
pete success. The results in Illinois
ulso have been much more encouraging
than was ant C patcd. President Me-
Bride. first climate OF the number Of
men who would suspend work in that
Safe was l5,00) out Of a total of 5000,
but his late figures show that there
ave fully 2i.CO) men out. In the
northern section OF illinois he estimates
that there are 1000 miners out at
Spring Valley, LaSalle. Ogle5by. Fern.
Streator, Braceville. BraidwooI. Coal
City. Diamond. Gardne". Carbon Hill.
~ the Danville and Grape Creek
mines there are also 500 men out.
President Mcbride has received ad-
dit.onal information from State Pre.i-
dent J. \. Crawford OF the Illinois
miners. who Is also a member of the
national executive board. that fully
800 men in the Springfield district
have Guit work. At Du ,uoin and st.
John there are also 100 idle men.
situation in southern Illinois.
The adyices from the Southern Hi
nois mining region. the Columbus dis
patc.l says. are rather meagcr y. II.
Penna. National Vice President of the
United Mine-WOrkers. is at Fana. ore
of the largest mining centers in that
section OF the State, and the latest IN
III Iltliol IA was " tic cIlttl
that a large majority of the men
there had voted TO strike. 1t now
seems that Illinois and West Nir-
glnia will be the battle-ground in tie
competitive district. President Nc.
Bride estimate, thai in West Virginia
out of about 1000 miners 1000 nave
suspended work. William Fahy, a
member Of the National Executive
pnari and Edmund ThD 90
work in that State and will address a
large number OF meetings this week.
i. dispatch was received from the
miners at Mounisville. w. Va. stating
that the miners had been offered the
Decent rate demanded. and asking
whether they should accept it and re-
turn y work. President Mcbride
wired them nOt to accept under an :.
conditions until further advised. He
saEs that this will be one OF the great.
est things TO be overcome in the pres
ent strike. As no doubt in many places
Offers viii be made 70 pay the prices
demanded. ami the miners will be in
clined u accept.
All Out in Ohio.
In Ohio there has not been a single
report OF a refusal on the cart of the
miners y join the movement. Presi-
dent Mcbride says that so far as he
can determine. there is only one place
in Pennsylvania outside OF the anthra-
cite Il coke regions where the min
ers have not quit work. and that i, at
futile Creek. where about l.5UO men
are employed. The press dispatches
indicate that in Western PENNSYLVANIA
5000 river miner, and SO o railroad
miners are idle. p esident Mcbride
says that this includes only the Pitts
burg district proper, and that a large
number OF miners on the dividing line
nave struck. among whom are the
ScGtt-Iaven miners and those at Irwin
Stat on. Iheie are really about 1900
railr1ai miners in Western Pcnnsyl.
yania and about $500 river miners. all
Of whom, il is claimed. are idle.
IN the Laurel and New Pittsburg re-
gioa>. O the Kentucky Central rail
road in kentucky. President Mcbride
claims o.pC0 miners have suspended
work. and in the Jellico and New.
comb districts in Tennessee about the
same number. In the latter state this
represents about all of the Tree miner.
The men there have u contend against
the employment Of about 1000 con-
victs in the mines, who. OF cour.r.
cannot be brought into the movement
strike Extends to Iowa.
Press dispatches fr m Iowa indicate
that none of the milers there hay.
struck. bat President Mcbride has a
telegram from julius t'roh stating that
all the southern part OF the state is
out. There are about 1900 miners in
the section indicated. In Alabama
President Mcbride says there are
about 5000 miners idle, having omit
worh two weeks Ago. There. as in
Tennessee. they have TO contend
against the employment of conyic.s in
the mines.