The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-02
THE STRIKES BEGUN.
Every Union Miner in the Ohio
Galleries Is Out.
FIFTY THOUSAND MEN IDLE
yxffes-n Thousand on strike In West
virginia irginia TO f-e Anectea
An Advance Demanded

Columbus. o.. Mag THE osie Miner
As~x.-sa tsoss. auxiliary 70 the United Mic
Workers Of America net today M.Ah
president RasehfoFa ia tae chair. ~
convention ~ called so 1esl Wiz tne
r-t~a 1aessson" AcoorsssFzg 10 formeF
agreements 0aia miners worked cents
below the psffsbarg district TIE IN
s2srtans question ~ uos that NaAs aAHef~
srtiAg % = cents contsnas. TIE cali Slows
further mat men who stopped WORK today
a. Ohio did - by recommendation OF thtlr
organization officials rns1 scale - a.
fecassi
president Hatehsori said that 50 cents
A. not enough for the Ohio miner WHO.
durfng toe latter pert % the winter hVeS
,frsoa charity. He said me sndsca tons were
thai an advance would be ASKED put ne
coggi1 rot SAY how much.
Na@siIloa o. May lin eccoFaante
WITH the annual custom - MAY Work ~
ali tbs union mines in Ohio was suspefsas1
las night and will not hs resumed ufftil
shs scale now being made at the COMM
Rus convention Ia signed. The suspension
- gsne oniy IN the Msssilion district, eat
embraces the entire state. II the morgan
fzad miners fall 20 respect the order o,
ssa~pe~raon II IL prcspah ls - VIII he
tgnorsa elsewhere. Thirty thousand MIN
.rz are directly affected.
r.onaon. o.. May The GO coal miners
employed by the companies comprising
the Laurel Coal Association went on
strike this morning. and wilt probably re-
main out all summer. They strike TOT
the pay OF last year-70 cents per ton
The operators o'Ter only - cents
Blueneld " Va. May 1.-The strike IS
on IA the West Virginia coal neids along
the Norfolk & Western railroad. Not a
single mine ID Ia operation. meeting
o. Isf00 miners was held at Keystone TO-
f.sas ma aSF1Fsr
induce or enforce the Focahontas. va.
rnen 70 loin the strike. No dsssaiisfac-
.,on exists among the Virginia miners.
as they have not beer cut IN the event
% their refusal 20 Join the strike. force
doubtless Will be attempted. The West
Virginia miners are swarfninE INTO VIZ
Elnla on every train. and the situation ~
alarming The cut % % per cent IN wages
vas never contemplated by the Virginia
eornoanisx. and there are only n few
union men among them. In the event OF
tro,1bIe M Pocahontas the Virginia min
ers only number 900 against E.91 West
Virginia miners.
steasbenviiie. O., MAJ THE miners in
yorkvflle and the Wheeling and Lake Erie
,nfnea numbering nearly 2daD went olt
a., strike to-day pending the signing os
,hs sale. whtrh should have been adj
3strsef a month ago,
Wheeling ". Va. Nav There are con-
Ft-t3ry reports from points In the aeaffh-
sYn uari OF tha@ state regarding miners
strikes w the West Virginia coal Fields
alenx the Norfolk a Western railroad.
The DISPATCHES 10 the efIect that ia,es
men are out and holding meetings. there
being fears OF trouble. etc. are greatly
exaggerated.
Neisonviiie. o.. May 1.-The miners
throughout tho Hooking valley are all
out. having performed their last work un-
an the scale IL settled. IL Is believed tho
Kusesn~ion will not continue over a
week A similar state OF affairs al Mas
slilan has been called strike, but IN
formation here H. THAI the men are only
out Awaiting a settlement OF the wage
question.
Pomeroy, o.. May Through the state
board Of arbitration the mining troubles
were adjusted at Msnersuills today. The
old men will resume work at the 2-cent
rate. Concessions were made on all
sides.
81. Louis. May i.-one thousand brick
yard men struck at noon today for In
ceased wages and nine hours a day.
CievelansI. Nav 1.-The mot,ieTs employ
ed IN eight different foundyies went or
strike today Tor an tnsrease On wages
TIE men met lass night arsi ,is-ctici ID
an out today 81 the fnrrease was not
granted Nine foundry firms concesic th'
advance, OFT ~ seventeen where the In
crease VIA asked for.
shelsnygan. Wis. May 1.--Oyer 600 mcf
are Idle in this city owing 20 a - rdke foi
higher wages at the Nation Manufactur
Ing Conirany's furniture factory.