Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1908 — Indiana Coal Mines To Be Idle. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Coal Mines To Be Idle.

lerre Haute, ind.. May 13.—Following the report of the scale committee of failure to agree with the operators the mineworkers of district No. 11 voted to suspend work. The convention adjourned. Sixteen thousand miners in Indiana will lay down their picks tomorrow. The action was the result of a deadlock on certain points in the wage scale. Until this is settled the miners will be Idle.