Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1910 — PITTSBURG MINES SHUT DOWN [ARTICLE]

PITTSBURG MINES SHUT DOWN

Operators State, It Is Alleged, They Will Not Hurry to Reopen Them.

Pittsburg, April I.—As 6 o’clock last night, practically every miner of the 46,000 in the Pittsburg district walked out of the mines and at midnight not a wheel was turning. The scale expired at midnight and owing to its not being renewed, the strike is on. Now that the mines have been closed, operators say they will not to in a hurry to reopen them. Nine big operators of the Pittsburg district have signified their willingnets t<- grant the raise asked by the miners, but they have also decided not to put the advance into effect until al! other operators agree with them