Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-18
TWENTY MILLIONS.
Estimated Cost of the Great
Strike Of Miners.
STRIKERS LOSE MORE THAN HALF.

Their Share of the Shortage BEING put
At S1@,5O0, 0,OOO-Indications That the
Trouble Is Nearing Its End, i'm Spite of
the Directors - Mcbride and Adam.
Shake Hands and Become Recopcled-
Indiana u Center of Dimculty, and Hi.
nois not Decided.
CHICAGO. June 1S.AAfter a loss to all
irties interested of, as estimated, S2O. .OOO.-
900 the great strike in the coal regions
seems to be in a fair way to end 1t is
figured that of this great loss the miners
will have to stand s12, 500 ,0C0 in wages not
e,rned while TIE otEet s., 500, ,oOo represents
what it has cost the operators, the states
f'r the use of ts1ap4 in attempting to
maintain order and ochers affected by the
stoppage. The strike. as said above. seems
about ended. This 4 pot SO much because
the men all want toys to work. for many
districts have taken the opposite course;
but because SO many have concluded to
stand by the compromise that the others
VIII have to so to work sooner or later.
A Future Possibility.
There seems at this writing but one
thing that may give the strike fresh
Start and that is hardly possble-the re-
versal of the determination of the men
who have decided to go to work. One of
the most significant events that indicate a
close of the strike is the reconciliation of
Adams, the Ohio president, and Mcbride.
This took place at a large meeting at Nell
sonville, o. Mcbride was wildly cheered
and after statements from the various
speakers Mcbride and Adams shook
hands and the meeting wound up in a gen.
eral love feast. District President Adams,
seeing that his opposition to the compro-
| mise was futile, took the best course out of
his dilemma. The miners adopted reso-
lutions accepting the compromise and
affirming their intention of resuming
work at once
Where the Scale Is Favored.
The scale has been endorsed CT favorable
action in that direction taken at the follow
| ing points: Coshocton, o.: Ballaire, O.; Mi
monk, llls.-here the miners looked with
| favor on proposition made by the opera
| tors, but fear to go to work until IA settle
| ment is reached elsewhere in the state; Al
toona, Pa.-where au agreement was made
between the employers and employees that
| may result in settlement. In the two
| last mentioned districts there was no spe-
cific rate named by the Columbus confer
| ence, the scale requiring to be governed
| by the figures agreed to for other districts
What the Mine Owners Think.
The belief is general among mine own
| ers and operators in this city that 90 per
| cert. OF the miners will be atwork this
| morning Undgr the Solumbus scale of
| wages The discomfort mostly centered
in the Hooking Valley in Ohio and was
| fostered b. President Adams. James II.
| Ellsworth and others are in receipt of
| telecraTs from that section saying that
the miners had accepted the Columbus
settlement aud would go to work. The
fact mentioned in the foregoing That
Adams and Mcbride have buried the
| hgtchct has, OF course, !, distinct and very
influential bearing on the matter. 1t is
| held here that the Illinois miners, despite
indications, will not lil4.iy hold out against
the Columbus scale when it is explained
in detail.