Show COAL MINERS TO TOGO GO ON STRIKE April 1st 1 st the Date Set for Be Beginning Beginning Beginning ginning of Desperate Struggle AFFECTS OVER MEN UNABLE TO REACH AGREEMENT ON NEW CONTRACT Indianapolis lad Ind md March CO The union L miners in most of the coal fields of the th country will lay down their picks and an I shovels tomorrow night Almost of them will stop work In Ohio western t Pennsylvania Missouri Iowa Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Texas and probably in Indiana Illinois Michigan West est Vir Virginia Virginia ginia and Kentucky Kentuck The mining contracts under which they thea r rare are arc now working expire at midnight ht to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow morrow night and except in central Penn Pennsylvania sylvania sylv and in the Indiana block dis no nJ contracts have been made nor na r have hal the miners and operators entered red in to district agreements providing ing for tho th Li operation of the mines after April 1 J pend ing agreement This is a possibility in It the Indiana bituminous coal district in ii 1 Illinois Michigan and Vest West Virginia The Tb a Indiana bituminous coal district western 1 Pennsylvania and arid Illinois miners millers and op are in joint session at Terre Haute Pittsburg Pitts burg and Springfield Really a Lockout Technically the miners will go out on oi rt strike but in reality they stop work be cause the operators except in hi Indiana and an 1 Illinois show no r I Intention of or meet Ing and an i treating with them though no ri a question of ot wage or principle is at a t stake John Mitchell returned today and is pre pro paring to step tout l ut of office Congress man W V B Nelson is back from central contra 1 where he hl scored the first firs t big success In ih n the present situation by b I getting Pennsylvania opera tors and nd miners into an agreement That Tha t district will continue to work Vice President T I r Lewis f who will wll i succeed President Mitchell on Wednes edn day will announce his appointments when a he takes office It is understood that Samu editor of the t c United Mine Mm Workers orl rs Journal is to be retired anu ais an LI that possibly Chris Evans the official i statistician may be succeeded bv by a 11 new no V appointee Mr Ir Lewis however has not not no 1 given Iven out any an information concerning concern In I these changes r |