The bituminous coal miners ' strike was an unsuccessful national eight-week strike by miners of bituminous coal in the United States , which began Process_start on April 21 , 1894 .

The bituminous coal miners ' strike was an unsuccessful national eight-week strike by miners of bituminous coal in the United States , which began Process_start on April 21 , 1894 .

By the late spring of 1894 , the United Mine Workers , which had a mere $ 2,600 in its treasury and a paid membership of 13,000 , called Causation a general strike in the bituminous coal mining industry .