The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-04-01
Union Leaders Predict Men
Will Stand Solid Until Wage
Difficulty Is Definitely
Settled.
Railways Are Affected
By ARTHUR M. EVANS.
Omaha Nee Leased Wis~.

Chicago. March II. - Americas
union coal fields are IN the grip OF
ai,uminous and anthracite strike,
which became effective a, midnight.
Leaders OF the United Mine Work
ers OF America estimate that their
$4,000 members will be "ou, al
most to a man today, ready TO stick
until the difficulty is settled. Many
OF these have already been out OF
work for some time. due TO small
time operations At many pits. Ihe
union has been carrying abou, 7s,OOO
members as exempt from dues.
nearing they have been ont OF Jobs
which reduces the number which
will actually knock oil work. but the
whole s00000 are involved IN the
strike.
The exodus from the pits began
today. Union estimates are that al
the end of the day shift saw over
$4,000 miners stop work. At Pana,
the first sioppage OF work in south
crn Illinois came. when 800 miners
in two collieries packed their toss
at noon and went home.
Illinois Men Quit.
The quitting whistles in the carly
afternoon, at 3. $50 or 4 o'clock, de-
pending on locality, blew in the
strike for the greater part Of Illinois.
Few mines ran night shifts and at
6 Frank harrington, head OF the
Illinois union, announced at Spring
field that nearly all the $4,000 miners
in the state had already walked out
and the tieup was 100 per cent per-
fect. "One hundred per cent per-
feet"
Word from Terre Haute was that
i'll Indiana more than $4,000 miners
quietly walked out at 3 o'clock,
when the day shift went off.
In Ohio about 10000 miners were
out when the afternoon whistles
sounded and in the Pittsburgh area
nightfall saw $4,000 men going home
with their tools. In the anthracite
region. the close OF the day shift
saw the bulk OF 10000 hard coal
miners joining in the suspension OF
work.
Tisup Complete, Lewis Says.
President Lewis declared that re-
ports reaching him at indianapolis
were OF a complete tieup OF the union
fields, with 100000 union workers
out and that 100000 nonunion miners
would join in the walkout. How far
this may prove to be the case will
have to wait for the checkup, but the
operators declare few nonunion men
will lay down their tools.
Already the strike appears to be
involving other industry. Philip
Murray. vice president Of the United
Mine Workers, announced that as a
result of the anthracite strike $4,000
railroad workers in Pennsylvania
will be thrown out of employment.
Officials of the Pennsylvania rail
road, the largest single anthracite
carrier, said crews would be relieved
gradually. The first coal trains will
be taken off tomorrow and others
as fast as the supply of hard coal at
the mines is distributed,
Lakes Region Affected.
Mr.. Murray says this will be
only prelude to q farreaching sus-
pension of industry" He predicts
the Great Lakes region, the indus
trial centers and the ports will be
severely affected in the first weeks
OF the strike. This is the reverse OF
the theory OF trade experts and of
some union officials who point to
the 63,OO0,000 tons OF soft coal in
stock, about an eight weeks supply
tor the country, and the production
that is expected to continue in the
nonunion fields, all as evidence that
the strike will exert little of I fuel
pinch until July or August unless
industry revives rapidly and the call
ior coal increases.
In Canada, about 1900 miners in
the Lethbridge and Crow Nest pass
helds IN Alberta removed their tools
and walked out.