Show IL i I t h Impending Strike I 1 11 I Pittsburg 16A general strike I i 11 t of railroad coal miners against a ret re-t i II duction of half a cent is looked for 1 shortly The ruling late is 33f cents 1 but in a number of instances operators 3 i opera-tors have refused to pay more than I 3 cents and claim they are unable 4 to run pits at a profit and pay the f t former rates Half a cent reduction i i was ordered at eJcottdale yesterday and President Costello of the Miners I I j i ners Association left for there tbis f morning to endeavor to settle the h trouble Producers offer to sign a 111 yearly contract to pay 3 cents but the men refuse to entertain the proposition I t t pro-position and a strike seems inevitable E i inevita-ble At Shaners Station none of i f the pits are in operation today i i The men who went in at the red UC < r tion are out again Buena Vista J miners also refuse to return to work 11 Ill J at leas than the arbitration award |