The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-25
THE MINING TROUBLES
LAST STRIKERS TO GO TO WORK
WERE THE sHELBURN DIGGERs.
City burglars Are Now Ont Working
the Smaller Towns-Harbor
scheme for Wolf Lake.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBURN. md. Nov. 2i.-The mining
trouble which has been on since May l is
unchanged in this mining belt. The con-
vention which was held at Terre Haute
left the difficulty here the same as before
the convention. The principal object in the
present strike when il was inaugurated
was TO put machine miners on by the ton
instead of day work. This was one among
the principal controversies between the
companies and their miners. as each mine
made separate agreement. But when the
strike began serious difficulty confronted
the organized miners. as only three of the
mines were organized-Jackson HILL Star
City and Shelburn.
The first to break ranks among the I'M
organized miners within one week after the
strike was ordered was Alum Cave By a
separate agreement between the company
and their miners the machine runners
were to. receive cents per box and the
slack shovelers cents, and other labor ac-
cordingly which was contrary to the de-
mands of the organized miners. Several
efforts were made to induce the Cave min
ers to quit work. but failed, as they
claimed the settlement was equivalent TO
the sixty-cent scale. which was the district
er Alum Cave was Hymera, which settled
with the miners an altogether different
scale The machine runners were to re-
ceive VS. per day. twenty-eight cuts to
constitute days work, and IA cents for
all extras. the slack shoveler 81 per day,
and Jerry gang adjusted accordingly
Star City was the next battle ground. as IL
was an organized place and the largest
coal plant among the six. and employed
element concentrated all their force at Star
City, and a stubborn fight ensued for sew
eral month";. The organized miners knew
TO win At Star City would be a complete
victory to the organization, and force the
other five mines to accept the terms de-
manded By the organization. After sew
eral unsuccessful attempts 10 resume oper-
ations the Star City company was success
full in defeating the organized miners, fore
ing them TO vacate the companyS houses
and hunt other quarters "A small force OF
men was put TO work. including those who
had weakened among the strikers ana oth-
ers who were opposed TO the organization.
The company has a full force working at
the present time The machine runners
get $2.25 per day. twenty-seven cuts
days work. and 16 cents per cut for all ex-
tras. Slack shovelers receive 81 per day.
mine run 1914 cents per ton, and other Ia
Dor the same as before. When the Star
City. Coal Company was succeSsiul In
Currysviile followed with a settlement diff
ferent in nature from other mining camps
mentioned. Shelburn was the last to Re.
Clean coal. % cents per ton for leaders ana
shooters; machine runners, III cents per
ton and day labor the same as before. A
reduction of 10 per cent was made on house
rent. The organized miners say the above
scale Is only equivalent TO 92l2 cents per
ton which Is IL cents less than the oper-
ators offered to settle at the start The
Shelburn miners say that IL is not a mat
ter of choice with them that they are
working at the present prices. but their IN
ability to hold out longer while all the i've
mines are working. The assistance from
other sources was insufficient TO maintain
their families