Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-29
COAL MINERS RESTLESS S
Prospect That General Strike May Be De-
clared July 3.
Pfttsburg District Miners Demand go
Cents n Ton, an Advance Of u
Cents Over Present Rates.

Reports from the Pittsburg coal mining
district indicate that there is a good deal
Of unrest among the miners. Whether
general strike will be declas ed is a dsput-
ed question. One Pittsburg dispatch says:
There will be no general strike of
miners in the near future, notwithstanding
the determined efforts OF some of the lead
ers 20 bring about suspension.
District President Patrick Dolan of the
miners organization returned today from
Columbus, where he had attended three
days secret session Of the national execu-
tive board Of the United Mine Workers, at
which the question of demanding the CD
cent rate was under discussion. No agree
ment was reached, and work will con-
tinue.'
May BE n General Strike.
A special to the New York Journal from
the same district says: Acting under or
ders from the national officials of their
union, 125 600 coal mirers in five states
will strike for higher wages on Saturday,
July 3.
The edict has gone forth to the rank
and file from the national officers of the
United Mine Workers in Columbus. Ohio.
The battle-ground of this great conflict
will cover the coal centers of Ohio. llii-
nois, Indiana and West Virginia and that
great bituminous section in western Penn
sylvania known as the Pittsburg district.
The strike order results from four
days consultation In Columbus between
the members of the national executive
board of the Miners Union and the ais
trict presidents. The session concluded
early Sunday morning. To every men,
Der of the conference there had been sub
mltted long list of questions ON the
condition of his district, and wien all the
reports had been received and debated
strike was decided to he the only logical
acton.
Demand 60 Cents n Ton.
The price demanded by the miners is
60 cents per ton, based on the thin vein
region of western Pennsylvania. Allowing
for the customary differentials. this will
give a GO-cent rate in Ohio and CORE
spending figure in the various fields In
Indiana, Illinois and West Virginia.
At the present zine the miners are get
ting 81 cents in Pittsburg, and on last
Saturday conference was held in Column
brs between the Ohio miners and opera
tors, at which the employers demanded
that the rate in the buckeye field be re-
duced from 81 to 81 cents.
In Illinois and Indiana the miners have
been working for anything they can get,
doing it. too. at the advice Of their Off
GERS. But this policy was not entirely
successful. So restless did the miners of
the pittsburg district become that the rnen
were called together in special convention
three weeks ago tC receive the warning
that premature aggression might leopard
ize the final outcome of the strike.
Outlook LIZ UnfavOrablc.
The outlook for the miners success in
this fight Is not favorable. The manifesto
tions of restlessness in all sections warned
the operators Of impending strife. For two
weeks they have been storing coal. There
are fifty miles of loaded cars OF the SID
ing in the vicinity of the great coal ship
ping center of Cleveland.
The railroads in the Pittsolrg district
have not been able 20 supply the unusual
demand for cars made by the operators.
In several places the railroa is themselves
Pttsburg a great force of workmen dump
ed coal from coal trains all day Sunday.