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Show ENGINEERS ON STRIKE Less Than One Hundred of Illinois Coal Mines Arc Working Today. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1. Dispatches from Illinois points indicate that less than 100 of the 300 coal mines in that State are hoisting coal today as a result of the strike of engineers, which went into effect at midnight. The total number of operators who deserted their posts of duty is about 800, and nearly 60,000 miners mi-ners are thrown out of work as a result. re-sult. , The engineers do not look for an early settlement of the difficulties, which were brought about by the action of the operators ope-rators in cutting the wages of hoisting engineers. Many of the miners, however, are working hard for an early settlement. |