The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-21
THE GREAT STRIKE.
At Noon Today Miners VIII Quit
Work in Fifteen States.

| PITTsBURG, Pa, April 20.-Tomorrow al
noon the great coal strike which has been
pending several months will be inaugural
| ed. Opinions differ as to the number OF
men who will be engaged in 1t. President
John Mcbride of the United Mine workers
| estimates 20O, 600 men will be engaged.
| Secretary-Treasurer Park McBryde is
| quoted as placing the number at 100 600.
| Telegraphic reports indicate that
| the number will he between these two ex-
| tremes The strike will be confined to the
bituminous region of the United States
| In this there are twenty-three districts or
| di>tricts are in Washington, Wyoming,
Colorado, Indian Territory. Missouri. Kan
| sas, Alabama, Kentucky. Virginia, West
| Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois,
A Massilon operator says 1000 mines
| will be abandoned. or these, 300 are To-
called in Ohio In the Pittsburg district
alone there are about 100 mines and fully
thirty more in the Cltargeld or Mountain
district These two districts have about
% 600 miners
In Ohio there are about 80 900 miners; in
Indiana, 12 0c0; in Illinois II LOCO; in Ala
bama 10, coo; in Tennessee about 4. 1000; in
West Virginia about 10 600 diggers are en-
gagged, but il is not believed that that
many will quit work. In Washington all
are ready to stop.
All the operators in this and the Ohio
district believe the strike will assume
large proportions. This has been shown
by the start during the past week of mines
which have been long unworked. to get
coal even coke cars being used for the
purpose, aud the putting OF as many men
at work as can be secuted. They have not
been formally notified. of the strike, but
are aware of its coming. They have not
decided what action to take in the matter.
Manufacturers and foundry owners are
greatlay alarmed aud do not credit as
surances from operators that the strike
will be of short duration and therefore
they are securing all the coal they can.
Ii is conceded that a strike of two weeks
will cause shortage which may result 10
the closing down of their works. Local
consumers also apprehend an advance in
the price of coal as a result of the strike
and are laying III supplies now so that the
coal dealers have all the orders
no impending strike for years has caused
so much general interest aud anxiety as
this one.
While the anthracite diggers will not be
called out at present, 1t Is announced that
in case hard coal is used to raise steam
where bltuminous fuel is now employed,
that region will be rendered imperative
by strike. There are about 40, 600 miners
employed by the four companies which
control the anthracite region.
Will the strike be success To those
on the inside of the organization, sue
cessful strike ia the object of the suspen-
sion, but it will have the desired effect if
il brings about a conference of operators
all over the country which will result in
higher wages to the miners and more
money to the operators. The operators in
Ohio, Illinois and most parts of Pennsyl-
vania really favor the move. They want a
higher schedule of prices. but all must
conform