New-York tribune., 1894-04-21
THOUSANDS TO BE IDLE.
coal, MINERS ORDERED TO STOP WORK
TO-DAY.
PRESIDENT MBRIDE ESTIMATES THAT 1920"
WILL OBEY THE. oRDER-THE COMMAND
WILL BE IGNORED ~ MANY PLACES
IN TIE NEST.


Columbus April 2O-Presdcn. Mcbride OF the
United Mine Workers. made to-day the following
estimate OF the number of miners that Will 90 out
at noon tomorrow and their distribution among the
States: Pennsylvania. $1,000; Ohio 26V~; Iowa. oVVo'
West Virginia, 5000; Tennessee and Kentucky O'""'
Missouri $780, Alabama, 5000, Colorado, 4,V'' IN
dian Territory oO00 The total is $4,000. These
figures include he explains. only those miners VINO
have already declared their intention to 90 out
He feels sure that others will join in the strike
tomorrow and or before May he is conndeht
that the movement will be joined by 2oO" miners
in the coke regions Of Pennsylvania and 2o"N
miners in Southern Illinois Missouri and Kansas
Eventually he says the Anthracite miners Will join
In the strike numbering 900 men. ENCOURAGING
telerrams were received from organizers in west
Virginia and Indiana this morning. President Nc
Bride will remain al headquarters for the present
and conduct the strike from this point.
Altoona Penn, April 20-The Cambria County
miners 10 the number Of 500. will probably go on
strike tomorrow for an increase in pay. Five hun
dre1 men in the Hastings region naugurated the
strike by coming out to-day, and the REMAINDER
of the men in the county, 1t is SAID VIII come
out tomorrow. Three months ago the price OF
mining coal in this district was 10 cents ton net
Then the men were reduced cents ton. TWO
weeks ago another reduction OF cents was made
bringing the price down to 30 cents ton net
The operators IN this county did not want to make
the last reduction but operators in the Dubois re-
gion reduced the pay Of their men, shipped coaA
10 .hA same markets and undersold the Cambria
operators and the latter were thus obliged TO make
the reduction. The sixth bituminous district com
prises seventy-nine mines, mostly in Northern cam
bria and along the Pennsylvania halHoao oe'"ce"
this city and Calitzin.
cleveland April 2O.-Speaking OF the big strike
ordered for tomorrow noon. prominent Massillon
operator saws: 1T will be the greatest coal miners
sirke the world ever saw II will not last later han
next June. but 1t may be satisfactorily setuea WIZ
in two weeks. Probably 5000 coal mines IN the
United States will be abandoned, and nearly quar-
ter Of million Of miners VIII De iate. VI ~ 80
mines 200 located in Ohio and thirty IN 'he
"A majority Of the operators bclieve the strikers
to have the rgnof the matter But there re- Is a., mi
norty which has prevncted all amicable settlement
having the power that mnorites occasionally Sc
Pomeroy. Ohio. Ap-n 2o-On Saturday night next
ali the miners now work in the Pomeroy bend
Nr,5 s9 eireadv signed an agreement to that effect
trct will doubtless sign while II Is safe TO say tina,
the Spillman and Camden. W. Va. miners VIII
do likewise. 49,, ,-..-.., ..,ror,
Memphis. Tenn, April 2o-Four thousand miners liner
in the Cumberland region will lay down their PICKS %
and go strike on SATURDAY. night Inc oar @
Creek. Jellico, lnman ana Tracy CIV miners nav
not decided go out. but the coal companies ex-
pec them to join in The strike Both sides are for h
and protracted ana bitter struggle Is lookeu IQi,
Springfield H., April 20 mass meeting heid
here of the miners Of the district II was unanl-
Inously agreed TO suspend work tomorrow Low
wages and scarcity Of steady employment are given
bs nf afected and p it S is Believed the strike viii
come general throughout the State involving 5oVO
Indianapolis. IND. April 2o-The block coal
miners in delegate nyenion at srs BTaz tUoay o. sb
contrary decided by a vote of to not TO strike
on April 2 bnt 70 carry out ne ne contract win the
s.; Louis. April % large number Of the .,. Beye5
miners are n0o9 oHe in ebedence To
the call of President Mcbride Of the United Mine
W throw do%h iRer 81 peR proTded the Other
Missouri coal miners stop work he miners s9sre
the miners at Ardmore. Iiigbee, Elliott. Lexng-