The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-01
MANY MINERS STRIKE WORK
sBI TDOHN AFFECTS MOST o.
THE COIL REGIONS.
Neither Leaders % tue I'nlan Nor thr
Operator> ENpect the SuSpcOsisn Co
Br LsRE Ongrrence> Arranged IN
,s,.rrI Districts NJ LAek sg q Gal.

,s,.-rI Districts No Lack &C 4 0aI.
r,rlANAroLIS. March 9i.-NUth the
kus.,g 1T tho whistles a. ? O'Clock this
ar-r.rou - m. lni'rrl Coal Mines an
the 900 rsrs lu' work aud announced to
thu nine losses tina, they would not
return tomorrow Many OF them re-
u.o,..t their tools from, the mines and
an ut them carr ed away their working
csot..,> which they usually leave ia the
mu.', over night
T. mp men Stab,e boys ard men who
ha,s "harge OF the m ma property. mem
h-r- Ut N" unior will remain At work
-. SUSPENSION finds the operators with
q lar supply 4 coal on hand. owing to
the warm weather this month. but in
many IL tn. manufacturing cities there
- little steam coal in the sheds The
railroads. have coal To last a north az
iea~i
The Indiana miners and mine owners
~ hold a conference at Terre Haute
n"Ni week and a settlement may be
reached.
President Thomas L. Lewis Of the United
Nine Workers today said:
The miners and operators in the
eleventh district Of Indiana mot tn 10
evening at Brazil to try 70 reach settle
rnent for the coming year. Unless an
agreement IL reached before tomorrow
night all Of the miners in the district will
strike Saturday.
Unless the mine workers and operators
rsach satisfactory agreements by dis
triets all the men in the country will go
cu; The men are holding out for
five cent increase per ton
West Virginia operators have averted
a strike by granting wage increases. Mr..
Lewis said. The Iowa miners have voted
to demand ten ents a ton increase instead
Of five cents.
TOLEDO. Ohio. March ~ According TO
President william Greea of the Ohio
miners. 5000 miners in Ohio will Inv down
their picks and quit work at midnight
The merit move. MIR. Green SAYS will BE-
to invite the various associations % oper-
ators in Ohio To meet with the miners To-
sign the AS per cent. advance. In the
case OF those operators who sign the agree
rnent the miners will he ordered back to-
work at once" said Mr.. Green.
! have Information from the operators
which leads me to believe that within =
week OF ten days every operator in OHIO
will have signed this agreement. Then
the sub-districts will make their own
aRreements on local questions involving
ltrgelv methods Of work. which have the |
eject oG increasing Or decreasing the
miners earniN= capacity.-
FTrTSErR0. March 3i.-At e O'Clock to-
night practically every miner Of the 49, 90 /
n the Pittsburs d's'rict walked out and I
az midn ght not = wheel was turning. The |
scsle expired AZ midnight. While labor !
IeaderS declare that IL will bs a matter Of 4
only a few DAYS until the -SRlo granting l
"A advsnce is signed. there IL disGppoint-
racnt over It's having been necessary to /
close the min~s. Now that they have
lssn clOsoc operEtors say they will not |
10 IN = hurry to reopen. Nins bix opera
'ors OF the P.ttshurg district have signihod
heir willingness to gr&nt tho rAiss. but
hey have also decided not to put tia ad-
vsRos INTO effect until I'll other operators
gree with than 30 their mines have been
closed With the resi-
CHICAGO. March 81 The rtrilSr "
. 0nO Illinois coal miners. which 10 sched-
led to begin tonight will cause lttle
suffering tn Chicago. That the differ
'nces bstwssn the mine owners and their
employees will he settled within a month
the relief Of those IN touch with the
situation.
President T. L. Lewis of the miners b.
aue ~ Chicago newt Monday tO confer
with the mine owners on the situation
MoBERLT. Mo. March 81 Secretary
George Manuel Of District IS. United
Mine Workers, returned this morning
from Cincinnati. Secretary Manuel said:
Eight thousand miners in District rs
which includes all the mines IN Missouri
md Leavenworth County. Kansas. are
Gaming up their places to-day and will
rot 90 TO work tomorrow morning
.rrangsments are being made for a con
t'rence IN Districts II, u and %. composed
- the states Of Missouri, Kansas. Ar
KANSAS. Oklahoma and Texas. ] believe
compromise viii le effected and that
= shutdown y III last only few days.
Bar CITY. Micn.. March ~ -NichiRan
miners numbering > 40 viii aus WORK
tonight pending settlement % the
SIsle The Michigan miners have de-
'.ded 20 await Developments in other
districts before asking the operators 20
conference. The Michigan operators
nav" az yet eytnced no desire 70 discuss
DESVFE. March 81 While no formal
cal for walkout has beel issued. Il il
nov certain that the miners 81 the north
EN- Colorado coal fields. 5000 strong.
Vii strike
me Colorado mine operators take the
sand that they are paying higher wages
r1v than anywhere else in the country
-Ld they declare they might AZ well fight
- matter 90 a finish now a. "a have
further demands made later IN
The operators plan to open their mines
am nOn-union labor.
DALLAS. Tex. March u More than
re thousand coal miners In the Palo-
mo district struck to-day. The Texas
-liners win meet In Fort Worth next
Monday 20 discuss the situation The
!eEas mines have a large supply u coal
~ hand