The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-01
MINERS STRIKE ] MAY BE OVER
 IN ONE WEEK
QreSident Lewis Predicts Most Contracts Will be Signed
 by That Time.
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST
 MAY BE IDLE TEN DAYS
First Victory at Brazil, Ind, Where Mems Demands are
 Granted.
Especial from United Press.)


 tions in the various states this morn ing were as follows:
 Iflinols-Nine hundred mines clos ed and seventy five thousand miners quit work. Conference called for next Monday in Chicago; operators say men demand increase of 10 cents ! a ton which would mean an annual i increase of $14,OOO,OOO; possibility of 1 m four months shutdown. Two months supply of coal on hand; no immediate coal famine to Chicago industries.
 Indiana-Eighteen thousand min i eEs ordered to quit work last mid- night; miners say shutdown will be ] 6hort-lived.
 PennsyIvania-App 4O,- GOO men ordered to quit last nnid- nights temporary scale allowing a five cent run of mine a ton increase. 5Iowa-Every mine in Iowa closed Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas Comprising the southern interstate fields, 35,O0O miners quit; early set- clement hoped for.
 Ohio-AH miners ordered to quit At Lorraine one steel plant shut down ! and threw out 4,O0O worknen on ac- count of shortage of coal.
 Number of men on strike, O,OOO. Loss nj output of coal estimated at ,25O,000 tons daily.
 Loss to miners on strike in wages estimated at $9OO.0OO.
 Tndia napolis, Ind, April 1-With
 
 miners and operators in the block coal region of southern Indiana. al- eeoy ooo ins snsd popgd anp1 pgdvenfa fhgrs the striking and the end of the strike of over 17,0O0 miners in the southern ds of the United Mine Workers of America today predicts that all of tue contracts, with the exception of been signed in week.
 It Is probable,'' said Lewis, that the Illinois and the southwest may There will be no serious trouble or delay in adjusting wa ge contracts in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, West Vir- niE2ia. Kentucky Central Pennsyl- vahia and Iowa i
 The walk-out of the miners in Dis heir convention yesterday, practical y tied up 112 mines indefinitely. The ie-up, however, is expected to be of short duration. Illinois operators to- day declare that the demands of the men mean an increase of $14,0O0,000.
 The Illinois miners can hold out $700.000. The first victory for the men came In announcement from l Brazil: Ind. where 1t was announeed cent increase had been granted and it is predicted that this is only one of | many that will follow shortly
 Pittsburg, April lone hundred [ thousand miners in western and cen-
 
 the inauguration of the eight-hour day in the coal fields but it is de- clared they will not return to work until new wage scale has been made with the operators
 Chicago, April 1.-Despite reports from Indianapolis that the Illinois miners and operators will meet in Chicago Monday to adjust wage diff ferences and working conditions in the Illinois coal fields, no call for such a meeting has been issued.
 Adv1ces from Kansas and the F gouthWestern field today say that the 26.000 miners who have gone out there are prepared for a long strike. The miners declare they have a $50,- GOO strike fund. No steps have yet been taken looking to a settlement of khe dtnerences in this field.
 Bumalo. April 1.-There Is enough coal in Buffalo to last 50 days ac- cording to dealers in the biturnfnous article today. This will be sufficient to last through the strike of miners, which was called at midnight. Among the companies which will be affected by the strike are the Buffalo, Roches- mutt and Northern; the Buffalo and and the fields of the Allegheny Valley, which send much coal to Buffalo.
 Canton, O., April 1.-Wa1king dele gates today report every miner out in sub district No. with little chance of the men returning for two weeks. Fourteen thousand men are affected.