Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-31
Impression is Early Set
tIement of Strike Will
be Made.
100000 OUT TONIGHT
Number of Large Industries
Out of Fuel, Give Notice
of Suspension.

springfield, H.. March S1.-Duncan
Mcdonald, president of the Illinois
miners, does not think the shutdown
Of the mines will be of long duration.
A meeting with the operators will be
held soon, when Mcdonald believes
an agreement will be effected.
Quit at 4:3O p. NJ.
st. Louis, March 31.-Illinois miners
leave the mines at 4:3O this afternoon
and will not reenter them until a new
wage scale is signed. A meeting of
the joint scale committee of operators
and miners will be held Monday. The
operators say they have enough coal
on hand to last two months. The in
crease in wages demanded by the Illi-
nois miners totals s14.0O0,OOO.
Begins at Midnight.
Indianapolis, Ind, March 31.-The
100000 organized miners of the btu
minous coal fields of the United States
viii strike at midnight tonight and
stay away from the mines until the
operators consent to pay an advance in
wages of 5 cents a ton. according to
an announcement today from the head
quarters of the United Mine Workers
of America in this city.
President Lewis said this morning he
had no information that the miners
and operators of any district would get
together today.
Go to Direct Strike.
of the executive board
leave tonight for their respective dis.
tricts to represent the national admin
istration in the direction of the local
strikes. Lewis will visit the Illinois
field tomorrow, and does not expect to
return to his Office here until Saturday
night.
Town Operators Ready to Treat.
Des Moines, March 31-Iowa coal
operators, it is stated, are ready to
grant the increase of cents asked
by the mine workers. The operators
at least, have indicated to the state
mine officials they are willing to treat
with the men upon favorable terms
to the miners. Every mine in Iowa
will suspend this afternoon, when the
present wage scale expires.
Outlook Not Promising.
The mine situation was not hopeful
when the operators and Iowa miners
met this afternoon. Although the oper- |
ators indicated they were willing to /
grant a per cent increase to the /
men who care for the properties dur
ing the suspension, the workers do
not seem willing to accede.
Expect 1t to be Short.
Pittsburg, March 31-At midnight |
tonight 10000 union miners will strike |
At that time the wage contract ex-
r;r
not signed new agreements for the |
ensuing year. 1t is believed, however. |
the strike in this district will be of |
short duration.
Big Concern Closes.
Saginaw, Mich, March 31.-Thomas
the shutting down of a large part of |
the plant of the National Tube com
pany today about 1000 men were
thrown out of work The company
says a shortage in coal is responsible
for the enforced idleness.
Michigan Operators Cautious.
Saginaw, Mich. March Thomas
W. Davis, commissioner for the coal
mine operators, said today the Michi-
gan operators are inclined to await
the action of some of the larger dis
will quit work tonight.
May Mine Own Coal.
Danville, Ill. March 31.-The West
ern Brick company of this city, which
mines its own coal and employs sew
eral hundred men, received permis-
sion today from the United Mine
Workers of Illinois to continue mining
with the present force pending the
signing of new wage contracts. The
Hegeler plant of La Sale will also be
permitted to mine for its own con-
sumption.
Steel Company May Close.
The Bunsen Coal company, con-
trolled by the Illinios Steel company,
Is endeavoring to obtain permission
to continue the operations of this COM
pany. 1t has not a pound of coal in
reserve and one of the officers stated
unless they secured permission to
continue mining the steel mills at
South Chicago would be compelled to
shut down.
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