The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-11-01
Ninety Thousand out IN I'LL,
nois, AZ, 600 In Pittsburul
Zone, 40, 900 in Ohio.
OPERATORS SITTING TIGHT
NO Disorder % .Workmen An
swer Call- Mo Effort to
Open Mines,

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duotion ii Illinois was AZ stand
still today Not ! pick IL shovel
Wounded n The nsinss-ths first DAY
Il 0f the strljye. 4,
II Ninety ssand MSnkrs out. union
cffIciaIs declare.
In springfeid. sixteen mines. e,n-
ploying more than 5000 men, were
closed. Outlying districts report
Z similar conditions. From Belleville
and the big southern coal fields in
that district returns are of complete
Shut-downH. Peoria and La SallN
\ are tn like circumstances.
Coal operators continue to sit
tight. No 4ttempts are being made
70 operate the mines. The only work
being done is that by "day men,"
who are permitted by the union to
protect the mines against deteriora-
~ No disturbances are reported from
any Of the state districts at either
union headquarters or the operators
Offices here. &
Time Of Vacations. III
PittSpurgh, Nov. 1.-Approxinatel
42.ooO miners in the Pittsburgh dis
trfct went on strike today in response
20 the order of the United Mine
workers of America. according to Of
ncers OF District No. Of the organ
nation. The number represents prac-
Mcatly 100 per cent. of the coal pro-
ducttCn OF western Pennsylvania.
With the opening Of the hunting
season Today, operators said thou
sands Of miners who would otherwise
report for duty would be off. For this
reason, they say, effectiveness of the
strike would not be known until Mon
days or perhaps until after the gem
eral election as many miners take
their vacations during this period Of
the year.
No Troops Called in Ohio.
Columbus, o., Nov. 1.-Unofficfal
Information received here early today
indicate that practically all of Ohio's
10000 soft coal miners answered the
strike call. At state headquarters
here Cf the United Mine Workers,
1phn Moore. president of the Ohio
xniners mid 1t probably would be
late 1he Day before definite fiEureH
wouIo be &vHffable ais to the number
OF men on strike. No statement from
the operators was available, but re-
ports indicated in most of the dis
tricts the mine owners made no at
tempt to operate.
No disorder was reported from any
of the coal districts in connection
with the walk-out.
No troops, either state or federal,
have been ordered out in Ohio in
connection with the coal strike.
5000 CoIoradoans Idle.
Denver, Colo, Nov. six thou
sand coal miners affected by the ma
tionwide soft coal strike order were
idle, today. Four thousand workers
exempted from the strike continued
at work.
The walkout was orderly in all
sections and the assurances, by the
state executive department to labor
leaders, after lengthy conference
with Gov. Shoup, that the state
troops mobilized at advantageous
points would not be used to patrol
the mines unless disorders occurred
would insure a complete tie-up, union
leaders said.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron COM
pany, largest individual employers in
the state, posted notices that their
workings would be closed until SOL
dier protection was furnished.
From Cheyenne came the statement
that the 5000 union miners in Wyo-
ming had laid down their tools.
10000 virsinians Quit.
Charleston, w. Va, Nov. about
10000 miners obeyed the strike order
in West Virginia, according to best
estimates early today. The morgan
lied districts in the southern part of
the state were unaffected.
The situation was tense today fol-
lowing persistent rumors that the
organized miners were again plan
ming to march on the nonunion Guyan
fields. Eight hundred United States
troops were encamped on the out
skirts of Charleston today. Nearly
5000 soldiers have been sent into this
state.
Out to Stay in Michigan.
Saginaw, Mich, Nov. Goal min
ers of the Twenty-fourth district quit
work at midnight and declare they
will not resume digging coal until the
difficulties are settled between min
ers and operators. The injunction
} proceedings instituted by the govern
ment were ignored. About 2,400 men
are affected in this district.
Indiana Pits Empty.
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 1.-Whis-
ties invited Indiana miners to work
as usual today, but the blasts were
unheeded and miners trains pro-
ceeded empty to the pits, according
to reports from union leaders through
out the mining districts of the state
indicating practically complete cessa-
ton of work. Approximately $4,000
Indiana miners are affected.
Operators in the southern Indiana
district today voiced confidence that
the strike will be of short duration.
Indiana's suffering in event of a
prolonged tie-up of mines may be re-
lieved by coal from the western and
northern Kentucky fields, which are
not affected by the strike.
Kentucky Also Affected.
Madisonville, KY, Nov. AFFECTED
the first time in ten years by strike
of large magnitude, Kentucky today
was within the grasp of a nation
wide strike of soft coal miners which
went into effect last midnight. APP
proSimately 10000 miners of the state
had Joined the walkout early today,
according to union officers, who pre-
dicted that several thousand addi-
tional men would quit before Mon
day.
Although officials of district %
(western Kentucky, United Mine
Workers of America, have repeatedly
asserted that from $4,000 to 10000
workers would answer the strike call
available reports today from the en-
tire state did not show that many
miners we're out.
The largest number of men to walk
out was from points along the
states southern border. where nearly
5000 men are said to have responded