There nro no fish in Crater lake,
Ore., tho deopest fresh-water lako in
tho world, and tho government has decided
to stock it with trout Tho natives
used to say that tho lako was
bottomless, but soundings have shown
its greatest dopth to bo 2,000. feet
MINERS' STRIKE.
The Step Taken After a Conference nf
Mine UmdnU The Order Imiurtt for
n Quarterof a Million Men to Quit Work.
Columbus, O, July 3. A general
strike of tho United Mino Workers of
America has been ordered for July 4
by tho national oxccutlvo board, whoso
headquarters aro in tilts' city, and also
by tho district presidents, as tho result
of a meeting hold hero Juno 24, 25 and
20.
'Io tho Mino Workors of tho Country,
Greeting:
Fellow Miners: At tho last annual
convention of tho United Mino Workers
of America, held in tho city of Columbus,
O., January 12-10, 1897, it was
determined that the scale of prices
should be advanced to tho following
rates:
Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh district),
pick mining, 03 cents per tori; Ohio, CO
cents per ton; Indiana (bituminous), CO
cents per ton; Illinois (Grapo Croek),
55 cents per ton. Machine mining to
bo paid throe-fifths per ton of tho
prlco for pick mining, except in Indiana
(bituminous) whero tho price shall
bo four-fifths per ton of tho prlco paid
for pick mining; other mining sections
a corresponding increase in prico that
will place them on a relative basis.
