The evening times., 1900-04-02

PITTsBCRG. Pa. April 2-TwentS
thousand coal miners in the Pittsburg Gis-
trict went out on a strike this morning,
leaving nearly all the mines in this district
idle. II is expected that before night al
the miners or the district VIII be out
The cause OF the strike is the general
dissatisfaction among the men over the
scale Of wages which goes into effect today.
They say that the new scale makes reduc-
tions which were not expected. The driv-
ers are paid at the rate Of S2.25 per day,
while they demand $240 and refuse to re-
main at work unless the higher rate is
granted. No prospect Of settlement Of the
trouble seems 70 be IN sight at the present
time. and the operators will not talk ABOUT
il. The sensational feature OF the strike
IS that the miners are Ignoring the distrirt
officials Of their organization. as these Off
GERS accepted the scale which the men re
ject today
NEW YORK. April 2-The rapid tran
sit work has been stopped by a strike.
One hundred men quit work this morning
al the Bleecker Street sewer excavations,
and until the demands OF one man are a.
ceded 70 there VIII be 10 further work on
the rapid transit tunnel. they say. The
one man who has caused the stoppage is
Henry Russell. chief engineer. a member
Of the Safety Engineers UniCn- He ran
the engine tor the Bleecker Street work,
and received $50 d day. He demands So
day FOR broken work. OF SIS a week for
steady work. His demand was made tao
weeks ago, and rejected He took tne
matter 10 MS union which. az a meeting
held Saturday, decided 10 uphold RuszeI's
demaEd
Mr.. Pilkngton, who has charge OF the
. Ion HfH.rr o. e. n
was given until this morning TO comply
with The unions demand He was told il
is alleged. that Russell would be ordered
out on strike by Monday unless the higher
wages were paid 20 him. Mr.. Piikugton
had rot been heard from iu reply up 10
clock this morning. and Russell cozse-
queuty quit work
MOUNT VERNON y Y. April .
Eighteen hundred carpenters and about
500 plumbers and steam filters OF this city,
Noukers. and New Rochelle went on strike
th.s morning because their employers have
failed 20 aceede TO their demand Tor In
creased wages and a half days work on
Saturday The strike is the largest one -
its kind ever inaugurated in Westchester
county, and Columbia Hall, the local head
quarters of both the carpenters and plumb
ers unions. was crowded ly seversl hun
dred enthusiastic strikers at an early hour
today.
The strikers are confident that they viii
win and say thar the question Of The ad-
vance OF their wages from S2--5 % S2Z5
per day is really The only question iuvolv-
ed. They also ask Tor a hllf-hOli1ay On
Saturday but say they only want pay for
a han-day's work As a result OF the
strike 81 hul1.ng operations have been
stopped.
GREENWICH. Conn. April About
zoo mechanics. belonging 60 the AmaIga-
mated Trades Union. went on a strike this
morning and. with the exception Of q rew
union men. all building operations are
at a staudstiu. Plumbers. painters. paper
hangers are all included iu the strike. and
houses nearly finished for occupancy by
their wealthy New York owners may not
De completed this season unless new men
can be secured. The strikers say they
viii stand firm by the demand for eight
hours as days work with nine hCuIs'
pay.
Joseph ChristiauO aud one hundred IJal-
ians. al work on the new Greenwich sew
ct. struck this morning Tor s. a day. eight
hours 10 count a days work They had
been getting S1-@5 for nine hours.