The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-02
HINES CLOSED
WEDNESDAY,
OHIO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SAY.
ING sHuT-poWN Will NOT
LAST Lohn. 9

WHEELING. April 2t2The suspen..
sion OF work today By miners In
Wheeling and vicinity Is pncticaiiY
complete. On the West virginia side
Of Their liver q few mines where the
men are not in the United Mine work.
ersi REORGANIZATION. y are wording today
and on the Ohio side there are a very
few Of tho Same kind. :Ninety:nine
out OF every hundred men within 20
miles Of this city are out TO stay Etill
the wa &c scale for the year Isl fixed
by their representatives. i 4 4
q In Belmont county In round figures.
Is mines are Idle that employ approx.
nately 5000 men. In the fifth Ohio
s'il,,I!strict which includes the pan.
handle of this State. ali OF emerson:
Hnrrison Tuscarnwas. Belmont, Car
roll and part OF Stark counties In Ohio
there are 10000 idle men. On the
Ohio side of the river there, are no
non-union mines except a very few.
peddIng banks employing In the ag-
greEate net over $50 men.
On the West Virginia side only Ave
mines are suspended and the others
will continue working. their men not
being members of the miners organIza:
ton. The mines closed are the
Moundsville. the Benwood mine OF the
Wheeling Steel and Iron: Company. the
koontz mine. the mine ut Thirty-first
street and the East wheeling mine.
All Big Mines Idle.
In the sub-llstrict over. tiier ivcr all
the big mines are idle and In the Inn
mediate vicinity OF Bridgeport. Mar
tins Ferry and Bellaire there are not
more than a dozen men at work to-day.
Out the G. L. and w. in Belmont coun-
tyt out the B. and o. and out the
Wheeling and Lake Erie nil the men
quit last night. + IS ~ II n;
y This morning the miners every.
where in, the district were discussing
the situation and the general opinion
OF Oft the men is that the suspension Will
not last over two weeks. They be.
lieve that the operators ere not un.
willing to.meet the miners and as the
miners themselves have no particular
grievance. they are convinced settle.
ment will soon be renched. if
Officials OF the sub.dIstrIct at Bridge.
port said yesterday they wonld likely
get word from indianapolis this morn.
ing but none had come at noon. They
have assurances from the national
Headquarters that some word will be
sent them before many hours have
passed and 1t is confidently believed
that call for a conference will be
issued in the next few hours.
About the only point on which the
operators and miners have any serious
disagreement Is the question OF the
companies checking OF for the miners
dues. This has been done for mum.
Der OF years and the miners want the
method continued for they find It Is
one OF their strongest forces in keep:
ing the organization together. ~
A gentleman who keeps well posted
on the mining situation and is in a
position to know what Is going on
made the prediction to News report.
er last night that the suspension would
not last three weeks and It was his
opinion that the miners would be or.
dered back to work in two weeks.
In Belmont County. l5
The suspension OF the miner will
be severe blow to Belmont county
which in recent years has become the
flrst coal producing county OF the
State. The wages OF eight thousand
or more men approxImating s125.Ooo
are suddenly cut or and the result will
be big decrease in all the lines OF
trade.
The railroad men In towns over the
river will suffer OF course. for good
many were employed handling the pro.
duct Of The county mines. However