People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1893 — TWENTY THOUSAND MEN IDLE. [ARTICLE]

TWENTY THOUSAND MEN IDLE.

Ohio Miners Out on a Strike for an Increase of Wages. Columbus, 0., May 3.—Twenty thousand miners in Ohio are idle, the men having struck for an advance of five cents per ton in price of mining. No trouble is reported and none is anticipated at this time. A friendly feeling existe. President John Nugent, of the Ohio miners, says two operators in the Hocking valley employing 250 men will sign the new scale. The operators reaffirm their position and say they will not consent to arbitration as there is nothing to arbitrate,

“There are times when a man can display altogether too much originality in his writings?’ said the merchant who was looking over some suspicious entries by the new bookkeeper.—Washington Star. Although the Scriptures tell us that all flesh is grass, some people know so much more than the Scriptures that they feel justified in calling themselves daisies.—Buffalo Courier.