Show MIN ERS QUIT WORK WAR wan 15 8 ON FOR INCREASE IN WAGES AND SHUT DOWN MAY LAST FOR MONTHS three hundred thousand coal dig ger gers refuse to work until settlement of new wage scale which may soon be effected indianapolis three hundred thau thou sand organized miners of the bituminous coal fields of ohio Ir dlana illinois iowa missouri Allas ourt kan nan BBS mas 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 mine aline workers of north america declared the walkout not a strike but a BUS sus pension ot at work bi A ise no wage scale has been mate to replace the old ecale scale which expired with march the miners demand an increase of pay la in gome some instances of 5 cents a ton and in other instances more with certain change in working conditions condl tlona confidence was expressed by tho the operators that there would be no general coal fam famine lne large supplies of fue fuel having been stored in tion of the walkout Vh llo the miners predict the su sua 9 pension wilt will be short by a prompt signing of wage scales some of at the operators maintain tho the mines may bo be kept closed for a month or longer the first settlement came in an ail an no from brazil ind the cen ter of the indiana block fal field where tho the demand for a 5 cent in crease was as granted |