Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-13
THE MINERS STRIKE.
The Wage Struggle of the coa1
Diegers Inaugurated
Thousands of Men Obey Orders 70
stop Work-Key to the Situation
End of the Difficulty
In Doubt.

Pittsburgh, Pa, July 1'-AAe
order of the national executive poaro Oh
the United Mine Workers of America
was obeyed by from 10000 to 15,ooO OF
the e1 900 miners in the Pittsburgh DIS
trict Tuesday. The great struggle IS
now on in earnest and the develop
ments of the next few days will deter
mine the success or failure of the hight
for a uniform mining rate. Pittsburgh
the pivotal point in the flVe states
engaged in the contest and the success
of the local officials in their efforts to
secure general suspension in TINS ols-
trict will have an important bearing on
the outcome of the movement
According to the estimates OF the
miners officials g. railroad mines are
idle and &c are still in operation. They
renorted that in a number Of cases
they had heard no news from certain
mines, and take it for granted in many
cases that they are in operation.
The Outlook.
Pittsburgh, Pa, July S.-Forty-
hours after the Inauguration OF the
great coal miners strike comparison
of statements from both sides engaged
in the contest show favorable results
for the diggers. Discounting the min
ers' officialannouncement by the opera
tors opinions, there seems no question
| that the workmen have scored a de-
cided advantage in this district and it
! is believed that as the Pittsburgh dis
trict goes so goes the country. Con-
! servatives estimates place the number
of miners now striking in this district
from 10000 to $4,000 men, an increase
Of about 5000 over Tuesdays record.
This leaves but from 5000 to 5000 men
still working.
| Key to the Situation.
| The key to the entire situation from
present appearance lies in the success
or defeat of the strikers in securing
the cooperation of the men now work.
| ing for the New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal company. Without these men,
the strike can hardly succeed, because
they will be able, in measure, to sup
ply the demand long enough to tide
! over the present embarrassment. Pat
| rick Do]an, president of the Pittsburgh
! district miners, is confident that before
the present week closes he will have
succeeded in getting all of these men
to join the ranks of the strikers, and
when this result is effected the bat
tie will be practically won.
| Operators Also Confident.
The operators are just as confident of
success as the miners are, and have is
sued statement claiming a large ac-
cession of men in different parts of the
district and heavier shipping list than
usual. One thing slightly in favor of
the operators is the freeing of navi-
cation on the Monongahela river, which
went into effect Wednesday. Ten mil
lion bushels of coal which have been
stocked in the pools above here await
ing this event will be brought to this
harbor at once and be available for
the present demand.
The Number on Strike.
Columbus, O., July 9. - United Mine
Workers headquarters report from
125, 900 to 100000 miners out This is
all who were at work except West Vir-
ginia outside of Pennington, and the
Wheeling district and the New York an<;
Cleveland Coal Gas company, of Pitts
burgh. Headquarters have advices,
they say, that the feeling in Pittsburgh
is that mining for this company can be
stopped.