Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-01

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! = Cleveland. That the soft coal Y
y miners will vote almost unani- y
Y nously in favor of the new Y
= wage proposition, April 10, was '
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Kansas City, Mo, April What
ever may be the final outcome of the
efforts of the coal miners and opera
tors of the Southwest to agree on
new contract for the ensuing two
years there will be no suspension of
operations before May |. This is in
accordance with a continuation clause
OF the agreement of two years ago and
representatives of both the operators
and miners said today that it would
be respected. The districts in this
territory and Nos. IA, q, and %, COM
prising Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas,
| Missouri and Kansas, are included.
Fifteen Thousand Idle.
Des MOines, Ia, April 1.-WOrk in
the mines in District No. 13, was sus-
pended today and nearly fifteen thou
sand miners are idle.
President Rogers. who is attending
the Cleveland meeting is expected TO
order the convention to meet again
Thursday. Six weeks will be needed
to complete the work before the con-
ventiOn.
Mine officials stated that enough
men have been detained at the diff.
lferent mines in the district 10 pre-
vent damage during the suspension.
No Strike in Colorado.
! Trinidad, Colo, April l-Fears of
strike in the southern coal fields that
/ have found expression here during the
past two months, were allayed today
! by declarations of operators and rep
/ resentatives of the United Mine
| Workers that there would be no sus-
pension of work in this section regard
less of any action that may be taken
by eastern miners. According u
Robert Ulrich, local secretary of the
union, the men have been advised
that any cessation Of work will NOT
be countenanced by the union, and
if they persist, they may expect no
aid
Given Increase of Three Cents.
st. Louis, Mo-, April Goal min
ers of the Bellevile sub-district are
to-day celebrating prospects of a wage
increase Of three cents a ton. The
increase was provided in the settle
ment Professionally made recently
with the Illinois operators. 1t prob
ably will be month before the new
scale is ratified.
Under series of agreements eX-
tending over several years, the min
ers have received concessions until
under the new arrangement, they
will receive 81 cents a ton.
There are 10000 miners in the
Belleville sub-district which en-
braces a dozen counties near East
st. Louis and virtually supplies the
st. Louis market.
Under the new scale, the eight hour
day will remain in force. The three
, cent wage increase is the only mate
, rial change in conditions.
John McLennan, president of Dis
trict No Is, L. NJ. A., is expected hera
y tomorrow It is said he is coming to
, urge the union men some of whom
are said to be anxious to strike, to
remain at work.
The operators declare that only u
small percentage of the mines of this
district are organized
Indiana Miners Idle.
indianapolis. Ind, April 1.-EXcept
for a few bumpers and other men EN-
ployed to keep the properties in
; shane, the bituminous coal mines OF
Indiana are deserted today, and they
will remain idle until the twenty thou
sand miners receive notice that the
wage contract agreed to in Cleveland
: nas been ratified by referendum
vote
$4,000 Idle in Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio, April 1.-The so,
i. 900 bituminous coal miners in the
, southern and eastern mining districts
o of Ohio, are idle today. The men viii
o not return to work until the compile
. tion of the count in the referendum
vote. Emergency men were left il
, the mines, however, to prevent dam
age by water.
Michigan Joins in Strike.
Detroit, Mich, April 1.-Bituminou'
+. coal miners to the number of abou
= 5000 are idle in Michigan today.
Railroads Must Reduce Service.
Chicago. ILL.,, April 1.-Forty thou
: sand miners in Illinois are idle toda,
It as q result of the expiration of th