The age-herald., 1902-03-23
35,OOO MINERS
 WILL STRIKE Secretary Wilson Sees NOChance
 to Avoid t VIRGINIAS ARE AFFECTED Final Effort Will Be Made to Secure Conference With Operators and
 Owners, But There Is sj Little Hope.

Indianapolis March 9. = Secretary Treasury W. B. Wilson of the United Mine Workers of America, returned to national headquarters today from the East, where he attended two conventions of miners. Mir. Wilson discussed the sit uation in the coal fields of Virginia and West Virginia and gave out the state ment that in all probability a strike in- volving S5 GOO miners will be called in those two states within short time. A final effort will be made at once by the officials of | pational organization to secure a conference with the mine own CTS and operators looking to the adoption of S uniform wage scale and a recognition of the union; and in the event the re- quest for a conference is refused, as 1t is expected 1t will be, the men will probably be called out without further delay.
 'If we go into this strike we expect to win," said MT. Wilson. We have been expecting it for years. We are well pre- pared for struggle and will take no chances. l do not expect the operators will accept our demand for a conference, and it is my opinion that the strike will come"
 Bridge Workers Will Strike.
 New York, March 22.-There is possi- bility that bridge work on the great structure known as the Eastern District R idge and all other iron work on build ings in the course of construction in New York City, will come a sudden stop on May 1 next The Brooklyn Eagle will say tomorrow;
 ''On or before May the representatives of the House Smiths and Bridge Smiths Union will demand an advance of wages from their present scale to that of 40 cents an hour. Unless their demands are met they are determined to stop work throughout the entire country Work VIII be tied up in all directions where steel and iron workers are concerned.
 All bridge workers are members 5of ktne1 House Smiths and Bridge Smiths Union. It Is known that D. F. Mcintyre or Pittsburg the national secretary, has re- ceiyed the vote from at least thirty lodges in favor of the demand for an ao- vance to 40 cents per hour for eight hours as days work.
 No Change at New Orleans.
 New Orleans March 22.-Two of the roads met employees today but there IS really no change in the situation, both sides playing a waiting game. A mass meeting of unions will be held tomorrow and by Monday the matter may come to a crises, the union leaders deVoting thelr Dresent efforts to solidifying their own men while seeking to place the com panies in the position or retuslns Io treat with them. The companies say the demands are preposterous and Will re- ceive no attention.
 Trouble at Paper Mills.
 New York, March 22.-Representatives of manufacturers of news paper ana la hor unions interested in the paper trade i had A conference today. It was called by Secretary Easily of the National CIVIC Federation to avert, if possible, threat ened strike of the men employed in the Daner mills. The men had said they would go out in the near future unless the ol1- ferent companies made certain conces- sions in their favor. It was decided that the men continue to work as per thelr scbedple now in force until after the next aeeting. which will take place during the first week in May, when it Is expected the matters will be finally desided and uni form schedule put in force.
 Crisis at Appleton, Wis.
 Appleton, Wis, March 22.-The contest for shorter hour Scneuule lS DtiuS ried on against paper manufacturers of this state by the United Brotherhood or Paper Makers of America Is expected to Paper Makers of America, and is expect ed to reach a crisis within two weeks or Al paper mills in the state, six are oper- ating with non-union labor, all the union employees being on strike. Nineteen mills are loerating on the old long-hour sched- ule while fifteen are operating on the e- schedule on three months trial. This .rial period expires April 1. George A. whiting of Menasha, president of the Ma 4ional Pulp and Paper Manufacturers As zociation asserts that the backbone of .be strike Is broken. The union leaders tbreaten a general strike on the night of April 5.
 Boston Brewers Will Strike.
 Boston. Mass, March 22.-Unless one mart or the other recedes from It's present nosition the indications are that every brewery in Boston will be closed on April The trouble will also affect the bar tenders of this and other cities. The 16oo brewery workmen have requested tbe master brewers to grant them an aight hour work day April 1, without reduction of wages. The firemen em- nIoved in the breweres have asked for 40 cents an hour for overtime, and that sunday and holiday work shall be paid as overtime
 The brewery workmen include the team Arivers and the Jumpers, who work ten hours A day. The latter desire an ad- vance of S1 per week in addition to the .tght hours The master brewers have refused to accede to the demands.
 Strike of AgrcuIturists.
 Iondon March 22.-A dispatch from Dome to the Central News says the strike of agriculturists is spreading throughout Italv and that 10000 farm laborers are now out in the different provinces. The ieborers are reported to be organizing unions.
 Gunboat Machas Sails.
 St. Thomas, March 22.-The United States gunboat Machias, after visit