The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-24
STILL OTHERS ARE FRIENDLY
Many Operators Are Willing to
Pay the Schedule.
COMPLETE VICTORY DEMANDED
The Fight Is for Living Wages and
No Local Settlements Will Be
Recognized.

SPRINGFIELD, H., April 23.-J. A.
Crawford, State president of the United
Mine Workers of America, today received
reports from the State at large showing
$4,000 miners now on strike out OF 81, 600 in
Illinois. John Mcbride, national presi-
dent, has wired Mr.. Crawford this gen.
eral order:
''This fight being made for living wages
is general one, and no local settlement
will be authorized or recognized until
general settlement is determined. Coal
must not be loaded at any price or for any
purpose"
The operators hold the situation to be
serious.
HUNTINGTON, Pa, April 23.-The Clear
field Company miners have successfully
appealed TO the reluctant miners in the
Huntington and Broad Top region to
join in the strike. This includes
all miners in the Sandy Run,
Six-Mile Run and Shoup's Run branches.
numbering over 500 The east-bound top
miners who struck ON Saturday have been
offered 80 cents per ton for mining. but
they agreed to be governed by the action
of the Clearfeld strikers. This is an adj
vance of to 10 cents per ton.
ALTOONA. Pa, April 23.-Not single
miner is at work in Blair or Camb ra
counties to-day. Everything is quiet
The Pennsylvania Railroad is sideIrack-
ing and approprating to the use of its
locomotives all the coal without asking
the superior's permission.
PITTsBURG. April 23.-Upon to-day's de-
velopments will largely depend the sue
cess of the national coal strike in this
district. A Joint debate is now in progress
between the strikers organizers and the
officials of the New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal Company. If the miners repre-
sentatives can induce the 1900 miners at
these works 10 quit. the strike will be gen.
eral so far as this district is concerned.
A number of operators on the Washing
ton branch of tue Bait more and Ohio road,
and in the fourth pool. have offered to pay
their men the rates, but the men have been
advised to turn out as their acceptance
might weaken the national movement.
The men in the coke region are still
at work and many say they will not
strike again. The convention OF
coke. workers is now in session
at Scottdale and the organizers hope that
definite plans for continuing the strike
will be taken before adjournment. No
disorder has occurred at any point in this
district.
ST. LOUIS. April 2S.-Advices received
to-day from the coal-mining district of
Southern Illinois show that about 1850
men have been added to the list of
strikers. The men in the Holiday pits
at st. Johns, Ill.,. about $50 in number. and
the men employed in the mines along
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad have de-
cided to east their lot with the United
Mine-workers' Association. Besides these
there have been additional strikes. In the
Belleville and the Rich Hill, Bevier, Itch
field. Springfield and other Missouri mines
the miners are still at work.
LA SALE. ILL.,, April pa mob of 1900
miners from neighboring towns marched
on La Sale to-day to prevent men here
from going to work, aud riot was pre-
cipitateo, in which number of local
miners were beaten and badly injured.