Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-28
THE STRIKE ENDED.
Coal Miners Resume Work In
Many Localities.
Several Men Indicted for Murder-North-
ern Illinois Miners Still Dissatisfied
Joyful Surprise for Penn
sylyania Golfers.
READY TO WORK.


miners in this district resumed work
Thursday. From present appearances
the strike in Illinois is at an end.
PANA, III, June 22.-About $50
miners out of the 1000 .ployed in the
mines here prior to the general strike
were all that could secure work in the
four mines of this city, the remainder,
being the leaders Of the strike, were
informed that their services would not
again be needed and were advised by
the operators to seek work elsewhere
Many of the men are preparing to
leave. The strike has resulted IN q
complete failure.
Eight Men Indicted for Murder.
BRAZIL, Ind, June 22.-After ses
sion of ten days the grand Jury has
brought in an indictment against
James Booth, Robert Rankin, Earnest
Poor. Charles Slack, William Wilson,
William Worten, William Carr and
William Gardner charging them
with numbering Engineer William
Barr on the Vandalia line east of this
city on June6. The defendants were not
admitted to bail and were sent to Jail,
where they viii be kept until the Octo-
Der term of court, when their cases
will come up for trial
Reject the Scale.
STREAToB, III. June 2S.-The con-
vention representing the miners of
northern Illinois has adjourned after
heated meeting. 1t determined 10
repudiate the action of the Columbus
convention and to stand for last
the operators to meet them,
which they declined to do, stating
that they had already met the
miners representatives at Columbus,
and were ready to carry out the agree
ment made there, and invited the min
ers to do the same. On receipt of this
declination the miners declared for a
continuation of the strike. The min
ers of northern Illinois have isolated
themselves by this action, and taken
an independent stand. The trouble, it
IS thought agill now take on a more
acute form in this section.
Returning to Work.
ST. LOUIS, June ga large number
of mines in southern Illinois have re-
sumed work. Among them are the
Carterville Coal companys mine,
Brush mine, St Louis and Big Muddy,
two at Breeze, one at Trenton, the
Joseph Taylor at Trenton, the Joseph
Taylor at 0'Fallon, Oak Hill, Oak
land Avers & Randall's Belle
Vile Tilden. Walnut Valley. Ban
denburg of Glendale Coal
company, Mission Fields and Peoria
of Consolidated Coal company, and f.
J. Langmeyers, in the Breeze district
Indiana Miners Yield.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 23.-By a
vote of % to IA the delegates to the
state convention of miners on Friday
reconsidered the action of last Satur-
day and accepted the Columbus scale,
but with strongly worded pro-
test. The resignation was demanded
Workers who signed the agreement
The vote on this proposition was 80 to
%. The block coal delegates did not
vote on the proposition to accept the
scale because the block miners at a
mass meeting Wednesday had already
done so. Work is to be resumed next
Monday.
Will Continue to Strike.
ScoTTDALE, Pa. June 20. -Tpe miners
convention decided on the continue
ton of the strike, and resolutions to
that effect were passed. A resolution
was also passed advocating the with
drawal of the strikers from the region
in a body if their demands are not
granted.
Joyful Surprise for Miners.
HoCTzDALE, Pa, June % Notices
have been posted by the United Col
lieries company notifying the men that
the collieries would start Monday at the
old rate of fifty cents per gross ton.
The notices created great exeitement
throughout the region, as the compa-
MES seemed determined not to pay
more than forty cents per gross ton.
The men win start to work Monday.
win Break Camp.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-Threatened
with starvation, the Coxeyites have
determined to break camp, and attsv
marching TO New York to give Wan
street an object lesson, the army will