The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-09
THE MINERS. STRIKE.

The Success or Failure Of the Mo,...
Depends Upon the littsbnrgh Min.,'"
The Leaders willing to Enrin,.,
strike 81 the Miners -Co-Operation
e~ssry Z" Success Ohio Operator. "a"
ing ia Pay. "i'
COLUMBUS, o., July 0.-presid.n,
katchford of the United Mine Worls.s'
spent dlqnday at headquarters bu, n,
many reports were received from ,l'
various mining districts throup hoa,
the country as to the progress Of M
strike. President Ratchford sa,8 4
would require several days to re..eiy'
full information ON this point. as Nv.
district presidents would neces ,.t.
have To nave time 10 commnpi,.,,
with the numerous locals befor.. -.
porting definitely To national b..d
quarters as to the completeness or N,
suspension. Monday being ob,erveA
IN many places rs national
hoi'uay VIII naturally rctard
the reports To some extent E,.s,r.
the end OF the present week, how.y.r
the national officers will have liz. 4,
formation at hand a. To the exact In.
uatlon at all the mines in the eonutr.
III there should be any mines in o,,.r,
ton the officials will know their l,.s.
ton, the number of men empl,v.d
and whether or not they are mem ber.
of the miners organization. Th. n.
formation which the national ofii..,.
have at hand is of "A general nat,r.
and is to the effect that the MINER
have generally suspended norl. ana
the strike promises to b. a success.
The success of the whole mov.n,.n,
seems TO devolve upon the men in M.
Pittsburgh district, and judging f~om
the latest advices received from M.
field the miners there propose l., Il,
their part. SO far as can he learned
the operators in both the Pnl,bnr,h
and Ohio districts do not intend to ~,
forth amy effort To start thc.rmin.s
but have concluded to quietly clos,
down and await Developments. A
least it will require several day,, for
the operators To determine upon i. bu
course to pursue.
President Ratchford said.
The success of the movement hat.
uraliy depends upon the unaninilnity
with which the miners respond We
are ready aud willing tolead The move.
mcnt, but the efforts % the mlnrr.
themselves is the real force. and s.,
can not fail To succeed ifthcy play tnel
part.
President Ratchford said De ha
been astonished at the great nnmneI
OF kilograms from operators request.
ing permission to opc rate then mines
by paying the price demanded nv The
miners. These requests could MOI be
granted for the reason that 10 do =
would bc defeating the very onjsd
which the strike is intended 10 accom-.
plish.
The Ohio operators will be gov
erned in their course entirely by tie
action of the Pittsburgh operators. II
the latter agree to AN advance in the
price, the Ohio operators will
not object, but will readily pay
the advance. As matter OF fact
it is understood that they would
rather pay a higher price and
continue the operation Of thcirminc.A
The regular meeting of the Ohio coal
association will be held IN Detroit te
day. but it is hardly probable thar any
action will be taken ia reference io the
strike Aurther than has already beea
decided upon and that is to await de
velopmcnts in the Pittsburgh district
A prominent Ohio operator stated
last evening that in his opinion the
strike would prove flat failure Not
that he wished it to 50 terminate. bui
the fact that the entire Pitts purgh dis
trict was not represented M The meet
ing held in Pittsburgh on saturday
lie did not believe all the mines ID
that district would strike. aud unless
they do it cannot b expected thai the
object for which the strike has been
ordered will be accomplished
The miners Throughout Ohio gener
ally observed Monday as holiday ana
it cannot be determined until to-day
TO what extent the order for suspen-
sion will be observed. 1t is generally
however. that the strike W"
be enforced in this state.