Show I BIG MINERS STRIKE It Will Involve Not Less Than 100 I 000 People Columbus 0 July 2A general strike of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica has been ordered on July 4 by the national executive board and also bv the district Presidents Probably 100000 I Terre Haute Ind July 2President Knight of district No 11 United Mine Workers of Amelica officially con I firmed the news of a miners strike His estimate however of the number of men who will be involved is about 100 000 Mr Knight says the object of the strike is to clear out the markets and enable the operators to nay living wages to their men He declares it Is not a war on operators and the miners do not so regard it They admit according to Mr Knight + hn L j < vu ii t upcrutors are not responsible for the present aggravated condition of affairs but are like the men they em ploy the victims of over production and under consumption Knight savs that while the miners may not be es pecially hopeful as to the outcome of the strike they feel sure they have nothing to lose and trust they may gain something It is believed the block coal miners will also join the strike They Will Obey Spring Valley Ill July 2The miners min-ers of this city have voted to obey the order of the national executive board of the United Mine Workers to mine no more coal after July 4 1 The miners of this city are very determined They have had their wages reduced nearly 50 per cent in the past four years and 75 cents a day is above the average I |