People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1896 — Indiana Mines to Be Closed. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Mines to Be Closed.

Indianapolis, Ind., April 29.—The bituminous coal operators have Issued a statement in effect that the mines would close on the first of May, as- the miners were firm in demanding the Ohio scale, which the operators could not pay save where Indiana coal came in competition with Ohio coal.. The shut-down is to be general in the bituminous regton. The miners regard the new situation with much apprehension.