The Forrest City times., 1908-04-03

. NEWS OF >S
 | ARKANSAS !
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o,ooo miherS Are Gut In Arkdnsas
 Work was suspended Tuesday night In all the coal mines of Arkansas. Five thousand men employed in the mines In this state are now idle and will re- inaln So until new contract is made between the operators and the miners. The contract and agreement under which the miners have been working expired Monday night and as no ex- tension of the agreement had been pro- yided for, work was suspended in all the mines not only in Arkansas, but in the entire Southwestern district, which includes Arkansas, Texas, Ok lahoma, Kansas and Missouri.
 The suspension of work is caused by the inability of the operators and miners to even agree upon a date for conference regarding the formation of new agreement Negotiations in the Southwestern district have been held up pending the settlement of the differences between the operators and miners in the Eastern districts, the agreement in the Southwestern dis trict generally being based upon the agreement made in the district com prising Indiana, Ohio and Illinois.
 There seems to be a difference of opinion as to how long the present shutdown is likely to continue. At some points in the Arkansas field the reports show that the belief is that an agreement will be reached within a short time and that the suspension will be of short duration. At other points it is believed that the mines will be closed throughout the sum- mer. The miners of the Southwe
 district are now holding a convention in Kansas City and it has been an nounced that they will consider any proposition that may be made by the operators looking to the resumption of work
 Ample warning has been given of the closing of the mines and railroads and other large consumers of coal have taken the precaution to lay in large supplies of coal. Retail coal dealers have also been increasing their stocks and it is said that there is no immediate danger of coal famine.
 Dispatches from all the principal points in the coal fields in this state show that the closing of the mines was general throughout the state and 1t is believed that there will not be mine in operation in the state.
 Annual Cattle Quarantine Is On.
 Presence of splenetic or Texas fever among cattle in Arkansas, Texas, Mis- souri, Mississippi, Tennessee. Alabama, Georgia and other states has caused the promulgation of the secretary of agriculture's annual quarantine procla- nation:
 The entire state of Arkansas is quarantined except the counties of Car roll, Randolph, Clay, Greene and Law renee
 During the continuance of this quar- antine no cattle of Benton county shall be moved or allowed to move, except as provided for immediate slaughter, to any point in the United States not in the state of Arkansas which is To- cated in an area not quarantined for splenetic, southern or Texas fever un- less and until the said cattle shall have been inspected and found free of infection and a written permit for the shipment issued by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry, nor until permission shall have been ob- tained in advance of the movement from the proper official of the state or territory into which the cattle are to be shipped.
 From the other counties in that DOT tion of the state of Arkansas which is quarantined for splenetic. southern or Texas fever, cattle shall only be moved or allowed to move interstate to points outside of the quarantined area in accorrance with the regula- tions for immediate slaughter.