Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1898 — Big Strike Expected. [ARTICLE]

Big Strike Expected.

Pittsburgh, Pa., April 5.—A1l indications point to a general suspension of coal mining along the Monongahela river, WednesdaJ' it is expected 10,000 diggers will be on strike. The operators have been requested by tire miners to acknowledge the interstate agreement and comply with its terras. Thus far only a portion of tlie firms have acceded to,the demands, and the others propose to fight it out with their employes and the United Mine Workers* association. Nothing short of the operators complying with the conditions of the Chicago agreement can avert a general strike.