The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-07-27
A GENERAL STRIKE
ON MESABA RANGE
ALL THE MINERS WENT OUT LAST
SATURDAY MORNING.
DEMAND lNCHEisE IN PAY
iNasrn Federation and Duluth Doekmen
are supposed to be the Cause Of
the Wakout.

For several weeks there have beei
mntterings Of coming strike amonl
the miners Of the Mesaba range. Th'
blow came last Saturday when all o.
the men from one end of the range 4
the other went ont. The Mesaba Or
in its Saturday edition says:
"A general strike Of miners anc
laborers is on from one end Of ths
Mesaba range 10 the other. IL is mol
known whether this is a strike order
or whether the men are simply walking
out on their own account as no de-
mands have as yet been made upon the
mining companies AT IL o'clock last
night laborers in the Hibting district
coming mp from their work were mott
fed not 10 report this morning Union
pickets were posted on all Of the roads
leading 10 the mines this morning to
notify the men not 10 work. However,
number Of the underground mines in
the district are being worked today,
and all Of the stripping contractors are
running with full forces.
A general strike is inevitable. IL is
claimed. and ID is said TO be only a
question of houis until the Western
Federation Of Miners makes its formal
demand upon the mining companies
for the pay schedule Of its own max
ing.
The demand will be refused. =
The strike seems TO have been direct
ed mainly against the Oliver Mining
company as the men AZ the mines con-
troled by that corporation went out
drst and the independents worked for
a couple of days after the Steel corpor.
ations mines were closed.
While the Western Federation OF
miners have organized and brought on
the strike. but small proportion OF
the men out are members of that or
ganization and the great proportion OF
the men on strike are not in sympathy
with the strike AT all but fear violence
should they hold ont and refuse 10
drop their tools.
Socialism Il very prominent in the
movement. Almost all Of the strikers
are socialists and the red flag has been
repeatedly waved in the Mesaba range
towns
At the docks at Duluth. Superior and
Two Habors the strike took on a
different aspect on Monday when the
men asked for a conference with the
railroads and committee from the
laborers and the railroads WAS appoint
ed TO meet and try and settle the
strike. The men made il plain that
they were satisfied TO arbitrate the
difficulty and in case they and their
employers were unable 10 agree they
were willing 10 leave the matter 20 a
wholly disinterested committee.
BACK BONE BROKEN
The latest reports from the strike
center says that the backbone OF the
strike on the ranges is broken seems 10
be the general impression There seems
10 be little doubt that the steel corpor-
alton can secure men in steadily in
creasing numbers 10 work their mines
as soon as they desire 10 open MP.
Gov. johnson arrived In Hibbing
Thursday morning about o o'clock and
was taken 10 Petriellas headquarters,
where he was introduced 10 the strike
leader. The governor told Petiiella
that he hoped that there would be no
violence during the strike and that II
there was and the local authorities
were unable 20 cope with the situation.
the state would send troops.
Petriella gave the governor his as.
surance that there would be no violence
IL he could prevent IT, He said that IL
was the intention of the Western
Federation OF Miners 30 fight the
strike out in peaceful manner and
not 10 Interfere with men who desired
20 90 10 work
He further stated that II any Of the
union men backslid they would not be-
intimidated. Int that the federation
intended 10 establish Offices in Duluth.
Chicago and Detroit 70 warn men that
there was strike on the ranges and 10
advertise the fact that the United States
Steel corporation wac unfair" 10 or.
ganized labor