Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-04-07
COAL Miners STRIKE
GREAT STRUGGLE BETWEEN CAP
ITAL AND LABOR is ON.
Companies Post Notices That They
Would Be Glad to Continue to Op-
crate Under Award-Ohio Awaits
Development-ceie In Illinois
Stopped in Texas.

the usual hours Monday morning as
a matter of form. There was practi-
cally no response to them on the part
Of the mine workers. II is expected
that all classes Of employees, except
hremen. engineers and pump runners,
who are not affected by the order, will
quit, including even those who do
not favor a suspension OF work.
All Of the other big coal companies
are following the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western company in posting
ready TO continue to operate under the
provisions of the mine strike commits
sions award. The Delaware, Lacka-
wanna e. Western company operated
four OF its washeries with the regular
forces of men originally employed
among them.
There was a joint meeting of the
Dunmore locals of the United Mine
Workers at which it was decided that
all company hands, in addition to the
steam men and engineers. could work
at repairs and putting the workings In
condition until further notice, provi
ding, of course, that they mine no coal
The Dunmore men were surprised to
find the Erie company with S5 guards
and colored cooks on hand, ready to
go on duty, guarding the company's
property. The company is to under
take at once the operation of No. 5
collery in Dunmore by concentrating
he stockade around the breaker and
erecting eating and lodging houses for
The men who will work
It was an unusually busy Sunday
On the main line of the Reading rail
way. Saturdays product Of the Schuyl
kill region. amounting to 1000 car
loads. was sent through, and this will
have reached its destination by to-
morrow.
Many foreigners have passed through
Reading, Pa. and there is a regular
exodus from the anthracite region.
A Holiday at Springfield.
All coal miners in Illinois are idle,
not only because of the strike, but
because the men on that day will cele-
brate the eight hour work day, OBJ
tanned April /, 1898. About $50 miners
employed in the John Taylor mine in
st. Clair county will not go out, the
miners protesting to believe the oper-
ators will sign the scale in the next
few days. This mine is outside the op-
orators association.
No Excitement In Texas.
Fort Worth. Texas. April 2.-WorS
in the local mines of Texas stopped
Saturday night. and the situation is
merely one of waiting to ascertain
what will be the result.
Kentucky Mines Working.
Louisville, KY, April 2.-All the
| kentucky coal miners are at work as
usual The contracts for the eastern
| district do not expire until September
LIST.
Mitchell In New York.
John Mitchell, president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America is in
New York.
Up to a late hour Sunday night there
had been no developments of interest
in the coal mining districts in Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Arkansas and the terri
| tories, where the union men quit work.
Everywhere quiet was reported, with
no signs of trouble.
Fire broke out at 1890 o'clock Sun
day night In the basement of the Allen
Shoe company's store, 421 Riverside
| avenue, Spokane. did more than s40,-
600 damage, and for an hour threaten
ed to destroy the Marion building,
known as the old Tull building.
May Sign Scale.
Dispatches to Pittsburg from the soft
coal fields indicate almost a general
| announcement from the operators of
western Pennsylvania to pay the min
ers the advance of 5.55 per cent called
for in the restoration of the scale of
1903 With notices posted at the ma
iority of the mines. the strike in the
soft coal field has lost that threaten
ing aspect that has surrounded it since
last January
The executive board of the Ohio
mine workers has been called to meet
in Columbus Tuesday to determine
the policy of the Ohio miners with ref
erence to wage contracts.
Latest Report.
Although the greatest suspension of
coal mining in the United States since
the production of fuel attained is enor-
nous occurred Monday. the fear Of
complete tieup of the industry has pass
ed and the situation is expected to i'm
prove rapidly with every day. Reports
received Monday night from the BIZ
luminous fields show that many of the
leading coal companies have signed
the 1908 scale, which gives the men an
advance Of 5.55 per cent over the wage
they received during the last two
years. The number of miners who re-
ceived the increase is estimated at
nearly 100, 900.
AS thousands of soft coal workers
laid off to celebrate the Inauguration
of the eight hour day, which is annual
ly observed in the bituminous regions,
the number of men who are on strike
or have suspended work pending nego-
tiations will not be known until We'd
nesday.
In the anthracite regions there was
an almost total suspension of mining
in obedience to the instructions issued
by the Shamokin scale committee. The
representatives Of the operators and
the miners will meet in New York for
further discussion of the differences
existing between them.