The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-04-01
100000 men
STOP WORK
IN Mines
Anthracite and Bituminous Coal
Workers Wait for Setfle-
ment of Wage Scales
MEN WILL LOSE ST, 900, 900
EVERY DAY WHILE IDLE
Suspension Decreases PrOduc.
ton by About 42,OO0,00O
Tons a Month
VOTE TO BE TAKEN ON
CLEVELAND AGREEMENT
MEN WILL LOSE SI,OO0,000
EVERY DAY WHILE IDLE
VOTE TO BE TAKEN ON
CLEVELAND AGREEMENT

- INDIANAPOLIS, April mo
anthracite or bituminous coal will
be taken from the mines today by
union miners as a result OF the
suspension that went into effect at
midnight, due to wage troubles.
More than 100000 miners, about
10000 in the anthracite field, will
take vacation which probably will
last only few weeks. Different from
a strike, the miners will leave pump
men and others at work to protect
the rsines from flooding or other
trouble due to a shutdown of the
plants.
The bituninous miners will be out
only long enough for the wage agree
ment. reached in Cleveland, to be rati-
fed by the miners by a referendum
vote, and it is believed that the agree
ment win be sanctioned by large
majority of the men.
Hard Coal Men to Treat
The suspension in the anthracite
mines will last longer, as no agree
n1ent has been reached. Negotiations
will be resumed April 10.
Ballots for the referendum vote by
tie 5itun1inous miners, it is said, will
/ be sent from the national miners
headquarters here. As it will require
more than two weeks to take the vote
,.,I 70 1,1
bituninous miners are not expected
to resume work for a month
1t is believed that the anthracite
controversy soon will be settled when
the miners and operators get together
in Philadelphia 1t is thought that the
anthracite forces will compromise on
practically the same terms as have been
agreed to by the bituminous industry
The suspension does not affect all the
mines in the south, as the union is not
The mines of Wyom4ng, Washington
Colorado and Montana will not be af-
fected because the union contracts in
| those districts do not expire April /.
Tt is said that the miners will lose
81 100000 every day they remain out
and that the suspension will cause
loss in coal production to the country
of nearly $4,000, 900 tons month.
| No formal order was issued by Presi-
dent White for the miners to leave
work as the suspension was automatic,
since the miners had no agreement for
work after midnight, when the contract
made two years ago expired. No
trouble is expected at any OF the mines
Anthracite Situation
PHILADELPHIA. March s1--Reports
from all sections of the anthracite re-
gion indicate that there will be no
arrangement to resume operations at
the principal mines pending the nego-
tiations for new working agreement.
| which will be resumed April 10.
| Meetings of all the locals of the
United Mine Workers in the region
were held today, at which the officers
| instructed the men to remain away
from the collieries and warned them
of the danger of congragting in
| groups.
| The operators of the principal col
lieries in the Lackawanna region de-
clared emphatically that they would
make no effort to operate their mines
until after the conference. No dis
order has been reported and none is cx.
pected
Reports from WiIkssbarre say that
some of the companies have guards at