The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
KANSAS MINERS
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Wilson to negotiate a new wage scale;
In some states, notably Illinois and
West Virginia, threatened trouble by
radicals or insurgents among the min
ers complicated the situation. Miners
in the Springfield, ILL.,, sub district,
spes king what they said was the po-
sition of the entire Illinois member
ship, said there would not be any coal
mined until after the miners-opera-
tors conference reached an agree
ment. Optimistic statements regard
ing resumption of fuel production
orado. A number of Independent
mines there were reported to have
started operations yesterday.
Pittsburgh, Nov. 14.-Only a few
miners have returned to work in union
mines of the central and western
PENNSYLVANIA fields and the Pittsburgh
district. according to reports received
here early today.
Operators Deny Charge.
BirmIngh ham, Ala, Nov. 14.-Deny-
ing assertions by officers of the United
Mine workers of America that certain
mines in the Alabama district had de-
ciined, on one pretext or another. to
re-employ striking coal miners ordered
to resume work, leading operators de-
clared today the great majority OF
union miners have refused to obey the
instructions of their organization to re-
sumo work.
No Union Mines Run.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 14.-Not a
union coal mine in the western Penn
syIvania field was in operation today
and operators and labor leaders agreed
few, if any, men would return to work
until Monday. Non-union mines were
operating to capacity, it was asserted
by the operators.
In pn Rebellion.
Charleston. w Va, Nov. 14-Three
unauthorized strikes were preventing
miners from returning to work in ten
coal mines in the Kanawha field to-
day.
This statement was made by the
Kanawha Coal Operators association.
More than six hundred miners in the
Little Coal river district were said to
be ''in open rebellion" against their
leaders, closing six mines and, accord
ing to reports, preventing other miners
from working. Milburn and Ramadge
miners voted to stay away from the
mines until a new wage agreement
had been signed. From other districts
reports reached the Kanawha associa-
ton that men were slowly returning
to work and Approximately so per cent
of the union mines were in operation.
Federal troops will probably be sent
out of the state Monday it is said at
Governor Cornwelrs office.
Take Away Maintenance Men.
Joliet, Nov. 14.-Miners in the Will
mingten coal district at meetings last
night voted to ignore the strike recall
and will remain idle until settlement
is made on the demands of the oper-
ators. They also refused to allow
maintenance men in the mines to stay
on duty.
Springfield, Ills, Nov. 14.-Condl-
tions in the Illinois soft coal fields,
where ninety thousand miners are on
strike, were static today. Indications
bore out the assertion of miners in
various sections of the state that the
return of mine workers would wait on
the outcome of the joint scale confer
ences beginning in Washington this
afternoon.
Word received from Lincoln and
Dawson, said miners a these points in
mass meeting had voted to remain on
strike until new agreement was per-
fected, but maintenance men were not
called out of the mines. Abandonment
of mines by maintenance forces at
Wilmington had not come to the at
tention of the miners state headquar-
terS