Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1910 — MINERS DEMAND WARM CARS [ARTICLE]

MINERS DEMAND WARM CARS

Men Employed Near Terre Haute Refuse to Gc to Work. ;( Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 18. Be cause the train on which they ride to work was unheated 1,000 miners, employed at the Wabash, Riverside, Lower Vein and Pittsburg mines, refused to go to work. Fearing the men had gone oh strike when they failed to appear at the usual time the mine operators notified Secretary Fox of District No. 11, United Mine Workers of America. The operators were advised of the reason.’ “Give us warm cars to ride in and we’ll come to work,” Was the ultimatum which the miners issued to their employers. The latter promised to see that the demand was granted and, according to Secretary Fox, the men will return to work. %