FEBRUARY 8, 1906
Nobraoka. Independent
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NATIONAL STRIKE NEAR
COAL MINERS FAIL TO MAKE
TERMS WITH OPERATORS.
More Than a Half-Million Men-to
Quit Work in Anthracite and Bitu
minous Regions on March 31, Un
less Compromise is Effected.
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Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 2. During
an interview this afternoon President
John Mitfhnll rlieriic:oH crmo nf the
H phases of the strike situation.
, "Never in the history of this coun
try has a strike of such far reaching
effect been threatened," said Mr.
Mitchell. "It means a national sus
pension of mining if the strike comes
on at the expiration of our mining
contracts, March 31, and it includes
the anthracite districts."
Anthracite Situation
"Will this action of the miners, in
cluding the anthracite districts, in or
der that no contracts shall be signed
until all obtain agreements, have any
effect on the meeting of the anthracite
miners and operators on February
15?"
"I don't know at this time," he said.
"Will you meet the anthracite oper
ators at that tjme?"
"Yes,". he replied, "that is the plan
at this time and no changes have
been made in the plans."
According to the figures given out
by Hie national officers of the miners
organization they expect this strike to
H Drmg out over buu.uuu men. about
150,000 non-union miners in West Vir
ginia and Pennsylvania with .the 450,
000 union miners. Of this number
about 150,000 will be out of the an
thracite districts, 85,000 in" the Penn-I
sylvania bituminous districts,,, 38,000 j
in Ohio, 17,000 in Indiana, 50,000 in 111-1
inois, 16,000 in Iowa, 37,000 in West
Virginia, 7,000 in Michigan and ap
proximately sixty thousand in Kansas,
Missouri, Texas, Indian Territory and
Arkansas. The states enumerated
will be the scene of the greater part
of the battle.
Mr. Mitchell said that never in the
history of this country was there an
organization that could call "out so
many men in one strike, having such
widespread effect.
"I have said," he declared, "that the
responsibility of bringing on such a
strike was a grave responsibility for
any people. We have been slow to
assume any such responsibility, and
the responsibility rests, as any one
can see, on the operators.
Entitled to an Increase
"The prosperous condition of the
country warrants an increase for the
miners. We accepted a decrease by
our own votes two years ago. when
at the time we were convinced that
the conditions demanded it. We have
ever been ready to stand right and
we stand right now.
When questioned about the cost of
the anthracite strike, he said that its
cost had been estimated by the anthra
cite strike commission to be a loss of
$25,000,000 of wages to the miners,
$50,000,000 of profits to the operators,
and $26,000,000 loss in freight rates.
"There were other items of loss
that raised the total figures much
over $100,000,000 for the strike. It
lasted a little over twenty-six weeks."
President Mitchell estimated that
four people are dependent on every
miner. On this estimate a national
strike as planned will effect 2,000,000
people dependent on the. mining indus
try for their daily bread.
The dollar assessment would raise
approximately $2,500,000 national treas
ury funds by April 1. This organiza
tion now has in cash in its national
district, sub-district and local treas
uries $2,679,134.42. The two funds
on April 1, will probably 'place '$5,
000.000 cash available for -strike pur
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