Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

Reviewing the situation, President Lewis
says:
when the national executive board ad-
journed last night we all felt that the
prospect was satisfactory for the miners.
In many districts 1t is now only ques-
ton Of the miners and operators sitting
down together and talking over business.
In eastern Ohio IL is reported to us
ready to sign the contract we formulated
at our recent meeting In Cincinnati
I'm Indiana and the Hooking district
of Ohio we will reach a settlement next
week. There probably will be more diff
Guilty in western Pennsylvania and Iii
nois. where the powder and shot firers'
wage question are involved
President Lewis Will speak today at
Belleville, H., and will visit several other
Illinois towns, including East st. Louis.
Lewis in Enemy's Country.
Mr.. Lewis thus entered the "enemys
country" as he said himself before he
| left this city meaning not that the 1900
miners of Illinois were not his friends.
but that several of their leaders. including
the district president, John Walker, had
antagonized his course since the opening
of the miners national convention in In
dianapolis January 1s.
Returning to Indiana tomorrow the
miners national president will visit the
next week He will meet another Of his
vigorous opponents in Francis F,ehan.
president Of the Western Pennsylvania
district. where $4,000 men have left the
mines determined not to take up their
picks again until higher wages are grant
ed and the powder question adjusted.
President Lewis will next go into the
Kama wha district of West Virginia to ad-
wise the 10000 striking miners there.
| This is the battle-ground of unionism in
| the mines, but Mr.. Lewis said he expect
ed encouragement from the operators.
$50, 900 Daily Pay Roll Suspended.
| PITTsBURG, April with mass meet
ings held in celebration Of the granting
/ OF an eight-hour working day to the min
ers. union and non-union coal d.ggers on
strike in the Pittsburg district today
/ gathered at Irwin. Claridge. Greensburg
| Brownsville. Smithson and Carnegie.
| Large crowds at each place were ad-
dressed by the district officials Of the
United Mine Workers OF America
:! While these men remain idle a daily
| pay roll, estimated at $1,000 Is being
\ placed on the absent list
The union officials are jubilant today
over the reports that both union and non
union men in the Harmony Latrobe and
Madison fields have signifed their inten-
tion to stay ont until a wage scale had
been signed. and that the Jamison Coal
and Coke Company. Westmoreland
county. who are unorganized. will also re-
main idle with the other miners.
i The operators Of the Pittsbury district
met today to fix date for a meeting
| with the miners.
10000 Out in Ohio.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, April All the
union bituminous miners I'm Ohio. mum.
bering about 10000 went out at mid.
night for an increase of cents a ton ir
pick mining. The miners today are cole
brating the anniversary of the eight-bou,
working day.
i some Of the operators declare y m.,
take weeks to settle the differences.
1 Every Illinois Mine Closed.
ST. LOUIS, April LIN Illinois the
biggest celebration of the anniversary o,
the eight-hour day was held at ReIIe
, willie. Thomas l.. Lewis. president a,
the United Mine Workers of America
was the principal speaker.
Every mine In Illinois is closed Th.
miners will meet In Springfield nex,
Tuesday to discuss the situation.
:. $4,000 Miners Idle in Southwest.
u KANSAS CITY. No, April lin tn,
southwestern coal fields. including Mis-
souri,. Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas
$1,000 miners are idle.
The operators say that the closing O
: the mines is not q lockout, as the op
orators are willing to continue the con