The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-12
Trouble with the Miners.

COLUMBUS, OHIO, June ia State Jour-
nal special from Jacksonville says about
three hundred aud forty colored men, most
ly from Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee,
arrived at Jacksonville about A. NJ. The
party were accompanied by tv snty-one
special police from Columbus.
They proceeded directly to Langstreth's
mines weere everything was quiet. Tue
party We're immediately placed in military
orfer, fully armed; picket lines were
thrown out, encireling a territory half a
mile in diameter, and entrance was refused
to all not indorse,l by operators or police.
Three negroes who missed the train last
night went to-day, accompanied by James
X. Spencer, who is at the head of the
Columbus police f rec. When the train
stopped at Jacksonville Station. several
miners got aboard, attempted to talk to the
negroes, and run down to the mines. where
Spencer and the negroes got of. As they
got off the train a SHOT was fired at them
from the car step.
The Sheriff, who was near. promptly ar
rested the man who fired the shot. This
is the only patent demonstration.
The President Of the Miners Union. with
twenty or thirty men, approached the lines
to-right. He addressed as many negroes rs
We're within hearing, urging them to lay
down their arms and join the strikers.
This created some colnnotiOn ard one de-
sertion occurred. At the same time there
was "A demonstration at another point, the
women taking part, hut it was not serious.
At : o'clock but few sympathlzers with
the miners were near the works. but crowd
Of probably hundred We're collected about
half way between there and the village.
The Sheriff of Athens county is within the
lines, but he declines to call in the Execu-
tive until actual violence occurs. The
operators are not in accord, saying there is
danger Of bloOdshed before the troops can
arrive.
The miners say they are willing to treat
with other operators, but the latter say they
will have no: hing to do with union miners
on any terms.
Sixty strikers reached Jacksonville in
procession from Carbonate. Four hundred
are expected from Straitsville tonight.
A LATER dispatch says john Putnam, Gov.
Aliens Secretary, reached Jacksonville this
afternoon, clothed with full authority to
act.
He addressed a meeting of miners, cOun-
selling Obeyance of the laws, assuring them
that decisive means will be taken TO sup
press any disorder: that two military com
panles were held in readiness to move at a
moments notice.
A crowd averaging hundred men and
children. in sympathy with the miners. have
been collected just outside the lines, but
are not allowed to cross into the camp.
The town has been quiet all dav. num-
Der of operators are within the lines. Tl.ey
express confidence that the negroes will
stand by them. either for defense or work.
L. ID. PASTOR, one OF the operators, demand
ed Of the miners an increase OF one hundred
inches to the bushel The miners refused
this, but agreed to rece,ie from their basis
of three dollars per hundred to eighty-seven,
which PASTOR accepted.
COLUMBUS, June II. = State Journal
special from Jacksonville, at midnight, says
gickets Oh duty on Longstretho mines have
been fired on several times Tonight and re-
turned the shots without injuriny any one.
Union miners have formed q picket line
near the line of colored forces and no one is
permitted to pass without explanations in
detail