Show COAL DIGGERS IDLE indianapolis ind march 31 two hur hundred dred and fifty thousand picks dropped from the h hands of as many bituminous coal miners of the united states thia this not to be used agun 9 until a wage settlement has been reachel and a scale adopted between the members of the united mine workers pf america an and J the coal operators of the various fields tomorrow morning two hundred and fifty thousand men will be idle and thou thousand sanda of coal mines of the country will be deserted the situation however does not indicate a prolonged strike an open winter and industrial depression have left a large stock of coal on 01 hand and the d differences I 1 between minera miners and opera operators are very slight it is practically agreed that the present wage scale will ivill be continued but some policies in connection with the change in the national nal officers of the miners miners organizations and local differences feren ces between er s and miners minera have resulted co 1 in temporary ter suspension fro from in work until a new wage scale is agreed to cither either by districts or individual |