Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-04-01
QUIT
AT MIDNIGHT
President Lewis Makes Statement
to Public

INDIANAPOLIS. April Three
hundred thousand organised miners
Of the bItumInous coal fields or Penn
sylvania. Ohio. Indiana. nlinois. Iowa.
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma ana Ar
kansas Quit work at midnight pend
Ing settlement Of a new wage scale.
according 10 President Thomas l..
Lewis OF the miners union.
Officers Of the United Mine Work
ers OF North America declare the
walkout was not strike, but merely
. suspension Of work because no wage
scale had been made to replace the
old scale. which expired with March.
The miners demand an increase OF
pay. In some instances OF cents a
ton and In other instances more with
certain changes In work conditions.
No Coal Famine.
Confidence was expressed by the
operators that there would be no gem
eral coal famine. large supplies OF
fuel having been stored In antIcIpa-
tion Of the walkout.
While the miners predict the sus-
pension will be cut short by a prompt
signing OF wage scales. some OF the
operators maintain the suspension
may last for a month or longer
The first settlement came In an an
nouncement from Brazil. Ind. the
center OF the Indiana block coal field,
where the demand for a Ave cent In.
crease was granted. The condition In
the various states. reported at the
national union headquarters, follow:
Situation In States.
Illinols--9OO mines closed and rs !.
900 miners out: joint conference on
wages called for Monday in Chicago;
operators say men demand increase Of
10 cents a ton; possibility OF a four
months shutdown; two months sup
ply OF coal on hand; no immediate
coal famine in Chicago.
Indlana--1s.O ZOO miners out; con.
ference arranged for Wednesday Al
Terre Haute.
Pennsylvania 900 men ordered
out; temporary scale expected b.
Saturday; settlement In allegiance.
Iowa--Every mine in iowa order.
ed closed pending settlement Of wage
scale.
Missouri. Kansas. Oklahoma and
Arkansas. comprising the southwest
ern interstate fields3 IS 900 MINER
out; early settlement expected; min
ers assert they have 100000 TO ear
ry on the fight.
ohio-Miners ordered to qui
work; state leaders declare II Is brie
suspension; at Lorain. steel plan
shut down and throws out 400
workers because Of coal shortage.
Chicago Anxious About Water.
CHICAGO, April Fearful tina
the city waterwoFks pumping sta
tions might suffer on account OF th'
shutdown OF the coal mines. a spe
cial session OF the city council ha
been called for this afternoon. II 4
expected to order enough coal TO las
al summer.
Stop work In lows.
DIES MONIES, Iowa. April six
teen thousand coal miners in low
will be idle for an indefinite period
az a result OF the suspension Of worl
ordered at the Iowa district eonven
ton OF the United Mine Workers O
America. No coal will be mined &
the state until after the settlemen
OF a new wage scale for the perio
beginning today. Negotiations 10
the new wage scale win be opene
81 a Joint conference Of miners an
operators in Dies Moines April II
The conference for the adjustment &
the wage problem was decided on yes
terday. when a joint meeting Of tn
miners and operators vas held 10 dii
euss the proposition 70 furnish miner
to protect the mines pending the 81
Element OF the wage question 7
this suggestion the miners agreed.
In Southwestern Fields.
/ KANSAS CITY. April t.--ADDroi
, imately 35.OOo union coal minei
, quit work in the southwestern field
comprised Of the states Of Missouri
! Kansas. Oklahoma and Arkansas, ye
terday. The men went out quietl
they we're ordered from the miner