The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-22
THOUSANDS OF MINERS OUT.
BEGINNING or TEE GREAT STRIKE
IN sEVERNL STATEa

10000 Men Thrsyv Dovs Their Tooir
and 0Seyed the Uston's Ordsrs-Ext-ut 81
the Novsneut-A SHARP strusgis Mt Hsnd
COLUMBUS. O. April 21.-Intormstion re-
eeivsd At the headquarters Of the U nited Mine
Workers indicates TO President Mcbride that
at least 100. 900 miners dropped their picks at
noon to-day In obedience to the order Of the
National Convention two weeks ago Tele-
grams from organizers in the doubtful dis.
tricts Of Pennsylvania. West Virginia. Indiana,
and Illinois show. he says. that the action Of
the miners there has been all that could he
hoped for. while many mining districts
where the organization has never before been
able to get ioothold send word that they are
organizing to Join the strike.
"All the great strikes OF this country" said
Mcbride to-day. have been made without
money: and so this one will be. The miners
know that the condition OF the treasury will
not permit strike benefits to be paid. Every
miner will be thrown upon his own resources
to earn q livelihood pending q settlement Of
the strike A full understanding OF the situa-
ton. with the determination OF the men to 20
into the strike at whatever cost to themselves.
is evidence to me that they are prepared, to
hold out for months IL need be-"
A telegram from Samuel Gompers. President
OF tho American Federation Of Labor. ex-
pressed sympathy and said: IF we can CO.
operate to make effort successful we are at
your service"
James Sweeney telegraphed from Arnot.
Pa: An Tioga county miners. numbering
1900 men. have suspended work" Thomas
Fairy teleRrsphed from Fire Creek. W. Va:
There will be no trouble in making the strike
general along the Kanawha and New Rivers"
A telegram from Corning. o.. said that
5000 miners in the Hooking Valley
4 aH.ta In
advance Of the set time. A despatch
from Gallipolis. O.. said that all work was sus-
pended In the mines north OF there promptly
at noon. A telegram from Bellaire. o.. said IL
was memorable day In the mining industry
there. Fully 5000 miners. all In the district,
quit work at noon. W. C. Webb telegraphed
from Jellico. Tenn. that the Kentucky and
Tennessee miners would stand solidly for the
strike.
The mining OF bltuminous coal absolutely
ceased at noon to-day" said Mcbride. Here
are dozens Of mall and telegraph, requests
for permission to operate small mines whose
product goes to supply local furnaces
aud does not reach the general market
To them all I have replied that no coal
will be permitted to be mined for any
purpose during the strike. It would simply
supply demand to some degree. and to that
extent operate against the miners In their
strike 1t would be like permitting friendly
power because IL was friendly. to furnish an
nemy with arms. This is the first time We
have ever made q Hght with those tactics-that
is by acting with the organization as . unit,
and II We can carry out our purpose the hRht
against US cannot long be maintained"
President Mcbride said he did not think
there was any considerable coal mined ahead.
not q large quantity compared with tho
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mines would result very quickly in fuel
stringency that would force q settlement OF
the question. He did not fear that coal from
Canada would come in to take the place OF
American coal during the strike Indeed he
lau ghed at the suggestion.
ITO give you an idea OF the small figure the
m ch. talk ed of Nova Scotia mines cut In tho
market" said he. "let me tell you that there
are Ave counties in Ohio. any one OF which
produces more coal yearly than all the Nova
Scotia mines combined"
Mcbride said he had received I. number Of
very favorable reports from Pennsylvania and
lllinoi. this morning which led Nm Nm to believe
work IN western Pennsylvania next week. OK
septins the coke rsgi9n ri 81 course where ,ns
not less than s.00O in Illinois.
BY the lst OF May all Of these would be out
thought the number OF men going out at noon
to day would exceed his estimate oil yester-
day ans pr90s spl rsfeh eS9.m Jobs
At Ashland. KY. the miners Of the halt dozen
ohio road. in this and Carter counties. went
out In the general strike -,
be troubled. all miners being non: union men.
The miners at Brazil. Ind. decided to continue
At TGIk sde un To them An
It is expected that the miners In the south
aata rtnfE IA NV nj firth
In the northeastern part Of the State labor 10 |
not thoroughly organized. but in the western |
are not worked by organized labor. In those |
districts In which there 10 no organization no |
CHICAGO. April 2l.-Col W. T. Rend. whose |
firm employs 1000 miners In Ohio and Penn |
sylyania. said to-day that the strike begun by |
not last longer than two weeks II the miners |
an operators would get together and arbitrate. |
he. and Know Of other Presid snts who agree
I'm me Win thst end ~ view I have written
Of America asking his eoS S i
PsnnsylvHnia, and northern Illinois. and
A GsFs ~ iowa ss and fMIii Missouri '0pPaf rd8
think. however. that the 61mber Of men who
Mr.. Mcbride. Although there 10 no oecasion
or strike n some places, the general strike
neat ali over. The miners think that the
general strike is the only way to accomplish
results"
sPRISG VALLEY. ILL.,. April 2l.-Three thou
'And miners in this city. seaton VILE Ladd.
md Laeeyyille stopped work to-day at the or
Ter OF the Miners National Executive Board.
"a Sale. Oglssby. and Peru miners will proba-
bly, follow the action here. In this district
here will be nearly 1000 men idle.
SPRINGFIELD. Ill. April 2l.-At noon to-day
} 900 coal miners in this district laid down
heir tools and loined in the general strike
Reports received from the Braidwood dis
riot say all miners, to the Humber Of 5000:
he miners in other districts Of the State will
lso go out and by Monday 10000 miners will
70 idle in the state,
TEREE H1uTF, Ind. April 81. Tho word re-
elved by State officers OF both bituminous
perators and miners is that complete strike
ssnt into effect this morning in the block coal
sldS confined to Clay county.
The 1000 miners who are not members OF
he United Nine Workers refused to join In
ne strike on the ground that they would not
ioRte their contract which runs until May ].
large amount OF coal has been mined re-
emily In the bituminous fields, and the DEAL
re and consumers in this coal have larger
imply in store than at the beginning Of any
triks In ter years The operators have
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