Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1906 — Indiana Miners at Work. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Miners at Work.

Terre Haute, Ind., June 12.—Fourteen thousand miners went to work in the bituminous fields of Indiana. Within a few days, 200 will be at work in the Clay county block field, as an agreement there Is assured. President O’Connor, of the bituminous district of the United Mine - Workers, says the number in his field la fully 14.000. The district treasury used 1 $75,000 In all for strike benefits. The aggregate from the local lodge treasury was greater than that amount.