The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-24
PROGRESS OF THE STRIKE.
mcRryde Makes an Estimate Of
the Number Out.
miners In tho New River and Kanawba
River Districts Of West virginia Ho,s
meeting To-day to Agree on United
Acknowledgements That They May 40.
oept tho Terms offered by the oper.
stors-ao,ooo' Gut I'm the Pistsburs
District

! COLUMBUS, o., April go -Presiden.
john mcBryde. OF the United mine
workers, received reports from mum.
DER OF his lieutenants in the different
coal helds to-day, the most important
o. which is the following from Muir
physboro, Ills:
MTRPHYsBoRo-The supposed kew
20 the situation in Southern Illinois 70
soma; also the Du Qhesne distrios.
Everything is favorable and 600 men
are out" 1t is signed by 0teauizers
Gahy and Penna. The leaders had
little hope OF inducing the Southern
illinois miners to join the strike and
Snls is an unexpected addition to. the
strike forces.
mcBryde revises his fjap----rss tU-stio
number of,ps-0fs eus'to-dsy as follows:
Alabama, s,0001 Tennessee and Ken
tucky. 5000; West Virginia, $1,000; In
diana, 5000; Ohio. SO, 600; Illinois, $4,000:
Pennsylvania, $4,000; Indian Territory,
2,000; Michigan 300, Iowa, 300.
The following Is the substance of the
news given out at the headquarters to-
day:
The Maryland minors will hold a State
convention to determine whether thew
will join the strike as.a,whole or not on
Thursday of this week.
Southern Iowa is not all out, but the
miners OF the State will meet at Abba
May to decide what action will be
taken. The Indian Territory Ia out
solid.
Many miners are out in the New
River and Kanawha River districts. bue
the miners will hold a convention at
Charleston, w. Va, tomorrow to agree
on united action. The miners of the
Wheeling and Moundville district have
been offered The wages demanded by
the scale, but they have been ordered
not to go to work until there is gem
ersl settlement of the strike.
The Indiana block coal miners Will
join the strike on MayI
There is danger that the miners in
West Virginia who have been offered
scale wages will accept, and thus
weaken the strike at dangerous place.
10000 Ont In the Pittsburg District.
PITTsBURG, April 23.-This was busy
day for the United Mine Workers. Of
fcials of the Pittsburg district and as
result of their persuasive arguments,
$500 men who were on the fence as to
whether they would strike or not, do
| cided to 90 out.
| The $500 men mentioned were en-
| ployed In the Turtle Creek and Irwin
| mines. This afternoon President De-
Armit Of the Now York and Cleveland
Gas Coal Company, operating the Turtle
Crock mines, met the United Mine
! Workers officials in joint debate.
| After the debate 800 men employed
at Turtle creek decided they would
join In the general strike. The 5000
miners at Irwin on learning OF the ac-
tion taken by the Turtle creek men
also decided to strike. This makes the
| suspension in the Pittsburg district
complete and 10000 miners are now out
| on strike.
Awaiting the News From Virginia.
PHILhIPsBuRG. Pa, April 23-In the
Clear1eld and Bereh creek coal regions
there are upwards of 100 mines and out
or this number there was not one In
| operation to-day. There is no excite
mont to-day, but the miners are inn
patiently awaiting news from Mary
land and Virginia.
In addition to asking for mining rate
OF f1fty cents ton, the miners in these
regions, before resuming work, will de-.
mend the abolition OF company stores,
pay for all dead work and strict com.
pliance with the monthly pay law. The
miners in the Snowshoe district sus-
pended work this morning.
The Broad Top miners have reconsid-
cred their announcements of intention to
continue at work and came out to-day.
ScorrDALE, Pa, April 23.-Forty-fivs
delegates, representing every works in
the coke region, met in convention here
to day and voted to join in the general
strike ordered by the United Mine
Workers Saturday last. Two hundred
men at Tricks Standard Works Joined
the United Mine Workers. general
strike to-day.
CUMBERLAND. Md April s3-The
miners at Thomas and Douglass, W.
Va. did Hnot go to work this morning
and may be considered as part OF the
men adhering to the strike. The num-
Der is not large, being something under
$50, and there will be no trouble.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April Ga
There Is only g partial suspension Of
work at the Soddy coal mines. There Is
no dissatisfaction among the miners
and those who are out, have gone out In
sympathy with the general strike. II
Is not likely that the strike in Tennes.
see will last long as miners have no
special cause for complaint.
AT Jellico, 1900 miners have struck
and there ia a total suspension Of work.
A4nidaban Has Been Raisedl and VIII be
Repaired.
RIO DE JANEIRo, April 23.-Admiral