| Show MINERS QUIT WAR IS 18 ON FOR INCREASE IN 19 WAGES AND SHUT DOWN MAY LAST throe three hundred thousand Thou tand coal diggers refuse to work until settlement of new wage scale which may soon be effected indianapolis three hundred thousand organized miners of the bituminous coal fields of pennsylvania ohio indiana illinois iowa missouri kan sas oklahoma and arkanas have quit work the last shift going on duty thursday night pending settlement of a new wage scale officers of the united aline workers of north america declared the walkout not a strike but merely a suspension of work because no wage scale has been made to replace the old scale which expired with march the miners demand an Increase of pay in some instances of 5 cents centa a ton and in other instances more with certain change in working conditions confidence Cond dence was expressed by the oper operators acors that there would be no general coal famine largo large supplies of fuel having been stored in anticipation of the walkout while the miners predict the suspension will ile be short by a prompt signing of wage scales some of the operators maintain the mines may be kept closed for a month or longer the first settlement camo caine in an announcement no cement from brazil ind the center of the indiana block coal field where the demand for a 5 cent increase was granted |
