Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-09
OHIO MINERS ALL OFT
Not Likely to Return to Work Unit
Wages Are Advanced Over
so Cents.

Columbus. o., May IA Nelsonv;ro
CO., special to the Dispatch says thar fbol
coal miners throughout the Hooking v,,
ley are all out. having performed rne;,,
last work until the scale is settled # il
believed the strike will not continue mora
than Il week. A similar situation nra-
walls at Massillon.
The Ohio Miners association, an anx
Hilary of the United Mine Workers I'll
America. met today at 10 o'clock Will
President Ratchford in the chair, T6al
convention is called to deal with the Dri.o
question. According to former agreed
ments Ohio miners worked cents ho-
low the PittsDurg district. The imn,r-
tant question now is. Shall this ditferrnr;a,
Of 8 cents continue? This call, as rrni
shows further that the men who stomach
work today in Chic did so by reconnnn.
dation of their orGanizat ton officials until
a scale is arranged.
President Ratchford's Address.
The first annual address of MichanlI
Ratchford, state president of the Oh;ol
miners. was issued today. Mr.. Ratch.
ford says that the coming Columbus can.
ventlon is to determine whether the min
ers will maintain last years prices, ur|
whether they will force an end to thnl
cruel and dishonest competition uDlprl
which they are being ground down tol
the level of the lowest class of foreign
la Dor.
For the first time in the history of
Ohio her miners are called upon to fix 81
rate for the entire bituminous field. Ar
Ratchford sarcastically concludes that f]
the miners of the country found their in
vestment profitable last year it will re-
luire 10 argument to cause it to ne re-
affirmed, but if. as time has clearly
proven. that it WAS Il wild and untimely
,1,%s Il
repeating that memorable action. Thus
it will be seen that although he makes
no definite suggestion, practically he adj
viScS the Ohio miners to insist upon an
increase over the present scale of 60
cents.
The morning was consumed in the an-
pointment of three cOmmittecS-credcn-
tials, order of business and resolutions
the members of the latter being Alex
ander Smith. Jacob Collins, Alexander
Bruntion, Henry Hammond and James
Parker. The convention then adjourned
pending the preparation Of the crcdeu-
tails report.
VIII Aid he Given Pittsburg Minerse
The delegate from the Messenger
mine. who is to speak first at the rcas-
Sembllng Of the convention, Informed the
delega ties, when that part of the cali
was read recommending the stODDing of
that his men would continue working at
the old scale until they heard from him.
The Massillon delegates, after the con-
vention took a recess, held meeting to
consider the matter of deciding to ask
for a scale of 20 cents for Ohio 70 cents
to be the Iittsburg rate, and Ohio Op-
orators to hold back 10 cents to go to
the support OF striking miners at Pitts
burg. who are being pressed TO work be-
low the scale of 1895. This plan is OPP
posed by all Ohio operators and many
miners on account Of It's being dangerous
ly near to- if not full-Hadged conspiracy.
President Ratchford said to the AS
sociated press reporter that 60 cents is
not enough for the Ohio miner, who dur
ing the latter part of the winter lived
upon charity. He said the indications
were that an advance would be asked,
but he could not say what action the
convention would probably take with ref
erence to the situation i'll Pittsburg.
Thirty West Virginia Mines Idle.
Huntington, w. Va, May 1.-Deveop-
ments today i'll the mine strike in the
folk & Western road show that all the
mines. over thirty in number, are prac-
tically idle. Fully 1000 men are ont in
the fight for a 6O-cent rate. Miners in
the Kanawha valley have not joined the
strike. but will do so if an effort is made
to I'LL any orders TOR the HOcanoRtlS
operators. There has been no rioting as
yet.
NEouIders on Strike.
Cleveland, O.. May 1.-The mouldcrs
employed in eight different foundries went
on Il strike this morning for an increase
in wages The men held Il mass meet
ing last night and decided to go out to-
day if the increase was not granted. Nine
foundry firms conceded the advance out OF
the seventeen where the increase was
asked for.
st. Louis Brick Mem Out.
St Louis. Mo-, May lone thousand
brickyard men, all employed in the city,
went out on a strike today for more
wages and a nine-hour working day.
The strike stopped sixteen brick yards
and will seriously hamper building oper-
atoms. The brick companies have a
very small supply on hand, owing to the
large shipments East.