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Show BIG MINES ARE CLOSED BY STRIKE OF MINERS. 1 SAN FRANCISCO. April 14. A strike, brought about by the Western Federation Federa-tion of Miners, was begun on the mother lode by which operations In all the large mines in Amador county are interfered inter-fered with seriously. As producers they are practically shut down. The working of the pumps keeps the mines clear of water. Among the mines affected In Amador county are the well-known Bunker Hill, Kennedv, Wlldman-Mahoney. South Eureka. Eu-reka. Central Eureka and the Zeile. At the Kennedy mine there were about 200 men before the strike, and forty old and twenty new stamps were dropping ore. The South Eureka mine had possibly fifty men employed. The Central Eureka was using about 100 men. In the Zeile from -J") to 130 men were employed. The strikers demand that the Federation Federa-tion be recognized, that miners who have been discharged should be reinstated, that no miner shall be discharged without referring re-ferring the matter to the arbitration committee com-mittee of the Western Federation of Miners, Mi-ners, and that the same pay be given for eight hours of work that Is now the rate for ten hours. |