Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1902 — FIGURES STRIKE COST. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIGURES STRIKE COST.

President Mitchell Makes the Total $500,000. President Mitchell has made the following estimate of the number of strikers and dependents in each district and weekly revenues to be derived from each district under the decision of the mine workers’ convention, together with amounts of weekly assessments by districts: District No. 1, Pennsylvania—Anthracite miners on strike, 79,500; number of dependents, 397,000. District No. 7, Pennsylvania—Anthracite miners on strike, 18,(KW; number of dependents. 90,000. District No. 9, Pennsylvania—Anthracite miners on strike, 52,500; number of dependents, 262,500. Total number strikers In anthracite field, 150,000. Total number dependents In anthracite field, 750,000. Estimated weekly expense In anthracite field, $500,000. District No. 17, West Virginia, bituminous

—Numtier of strikers, 25,000; number of dependents, estimated, 75,000. Estimated contributions fr*m district*, $100,000; estimated contributions from subdistricts, $100,000; estimated contribution* from locals, s2oo,ooo—totals, $400,000. Estimated revenue from weekly assessments by districts: No. 2, Pennsylvania $ 30,000 No. 5, Pennsylvania 30.000 No. a, Ohio 40,000 No. 8, Indiana block 4,000 No. 12, Illinois 50,000 No. 11, Indiana bituminous 10.000 No. 13, lowa 15,000 No. 14, Kansas 10,000 No. 15, Colorado 7,000 No. Id, Maryland 5,000 No. 19, Tennessee 8.000 No. 20, Alabama 10,000 No. 21, Arkansas and Indiana Territory 7,000 No. 23, Kentucky 10,000 No. 24, Missouri 8,000 Total $244,000 Estimated public contributions (weekly) 250,000 Grand total weekly Incomes494,ooo

PRESIDENT JOHN ’MITCHELL.