The Daily Star-Mirror
VOLUME XI.
THE DAILY STAR-MIRROR, MOSCOW, IDAHO. SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1922
NUMBER 158
COAL MINERS IDEA
FOR FIRST TINE
Striking Miners Number 600,000—
Borah Suggests Government
Operation of Mines
For the first time in the history of
the coal industry, both the bituminous
and anthracite coal fields are virtually idle today, the result of the
solution of work by 600,000 miners, effective at midnight last night. Union officials assert that 100,000 non-union
miners are included in the walkout
and that 6000 of the 7,500 of the country's mines are closed.
The administration at Washington
continues to observe the hands-off
policy. In some fields, railroads
which have been serving the miners,
laid off large forces.
Spasmodic Shooting Reported
Benton, Ill.—(A.
shooting occurred today in various
sections of southern Illinois, where
the miners' strike is reported one
hundred percent complete. Jesse
Henson, night chief of police at Du
quoin, was shot and wounded seriously and Policeman Walter Sconce was
wounded slightly by Harry Reid,
miner, early today.
No Strike of Railroad Men
Chicago—JA. P.—Persons in close
touch with the railroad labor unions
today denied any action in connection
with the strike.
P.)—Spasmodic
a
miners' was contemplated at the conference of leaders of
•16 railway unions here tomorrow, as
announced in Cincinnati, by E. H.
Fitzgerald. The meeting is to discuss
recommendations.  For the successor to Albert Phillips, labor member of the labor railway board, who recently resigned, it is said. 