The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-13
MINERS TO STRIKE
ALL woRKERs IN ANTHRACITE
REGION TO GO OUT.
MEANS LOSS or MILLIONS
rIsERE ARE $4,000 or THEM IN
rENNsYLvANIA ALONE.

United Wine Workers Have sf.O0o.oo0
with which to Conduct the strike.
Eighty Fer Cent. of the Mlaers Are
Members OF the Ungon-Thfs strike
Recalls the Tragedy at Lsttlmer.
what the Miners Are DcmaadtnE.
Many WIN 60 out
indianapolis. Ind. sept i2-At SIS
O'Clock this afternoon President Mitchell
and Secretary Wilton Of the United Mine
Workers Of America afnxed their sigma
lures 90 the document which will call
it9e0 miners of the Pennsylvania . du-
thracite region from their work Monday
morning and procipitate one Of the most
gigantic strikes in the history OF the
labor world.
The document was the ohi.ial indorse-
ment Of the request OF the antraelte dis
tricts 10 strike. Il was considered by tho
National Executive Board OF the mine
workers last week and when the hoard
adjourned all power 10 indorse the re-
quest for the strike was lef, In the hands
OF the national president ana secretary.
This afternoon President Mitchell and
Secretary Wilson sat 10 the headquarters
receiving kilograms from direrent parts
of the anthracite region and hoping. they
said. that each message might be some
concession from the operators that would
prevent the strike. but none came.
Iat.Hc0 Men VIII Go out.
The three district presidents reported
this afternoon thatof the $4,000 men in the
three districts. 1880 would go on a
strike Monday President Mitchell would
not state what secret influences we're at
work TO prevent the strike and which
caused the delay. lie said the person at
work had offered hts services Voluntarily
and the matter was confidential
A. 70 maintaining the men during the
strike he said:
when men nre fighting for just wages
they can suiieiet on very little A. any
rate Il ie safe TO say that nobody will
starve or want Tor necessary clothing
Most OF the men live IN company houses
and we must consider che probability Of
eviction. but shess things have all been
fully considered and will be met as they
present themselves, Al this time IL would
pc folly for the organization 20 so into
details az co the provision made for feed
Ing ami clothing the strikers"
President Mltehea will leave Saturday
for HazeIton, Pa. 70 personally conduct
the strike.
VIII Cause Heavy LOSSES.
Philadelphia, Pa. Sept i2-Tbe order Of
President Mitchell calling out the miners
in the anthracite coal region OF this state.
recalls the lost grea, strike IN the same
district three years ago which was prac-
tically ended BY the tragedy at IAttimer.
In which twenty-one miners were killed
and over nifty wounded by deputy sher-
IFS.
The strike inaugurated to-day by the
United Mine Workers OF America will.
for the time being. terminate operations
in the most productive hard coal field IN
The world
The mine employees IN the anthracite
district OF Pennsylvania number about ia
100 The membership OF the union n not
known 10 a certainty but leaders claim
that about ~ per cent. of the miners are
organized. The union men do not antici-
pate any difficulty in inducing the unor-
ganized miners to strike. The closing of
The mines r. expected to reduce tho regu-
lar coal production Is per cent.
Should the strike continue over perfol
Of two months the loss will amount 20
many millions OF dollars. Officers Of the
miners union estimate tina, the organiza-
sion has cash balance OF sl.op0o Ia the
treasury, with which to conduct the
strike.
The more impirtant OF the miners de-
mands are as follows;
Abolition OF the company stores reiuc-
tion IN the price OF powder 20 $50 per
keg abolition OF company doctors. semi
monthly payment OF wages; abolition OF
the sliding scale; wages paid In cash:
twenty-five hundred and forty pounds to
the ton: an advance OF - per cent. la
wages less than ti.50 and no, exceeding
si.75 a day: that all classes Of day labor
now receiving $50 and not exceeding si75
shall receive Is per cent. over present
wages: that all day labor now receiving
si.75 shall be advanced 10 per cent.
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