, 1874-11-17
They'll Take Bread with Work, Il
They CAM Without It, if
They Must.
Tho Disturbances in Madison and St.
ClAir Counties Exaggerated.
Full Statement of the Miners Grievances
by Ono Of Them.
A Defiant Letter Addressed to
Mayor StOl1cly, OF pliila-
delpllia.

tclpllia.
Tho Strike OF tho Miners In st. Clair
County, Illinois.
!spec,ai DtspatcI to The Chtcano Tribune
IE1trvfLLE, ILL.,, Nov. 10.-Tho condition OF
atruirs iu this, the contro Of tho mining district Of
st. Clair md h1ndsoa countios, is
NOT 80 ALARMING
"a tl1oroports CONCERNING tho rtorous proceedings
Of Tho miners who arc now gu
styiko Indicated. IN fact, 1t is aafo
to say tint tho published reports have
bccn exaggerated. Tlloro III just enough OF
truth IN them to aavo tho authors from tfao con-
domuat,ou in tho future stato rcsorYod, to uao q
mild term, for tho fa1siflcr. Tint tl'oro IL
strike among tho minors in this (tho f1rat) dtH-
trict Of tho Mnors' Union Of Illinois, thoro is no
doubt, but that
Eir,tEn PERSONS or PROPERTY
aro now unsafe, resulting from tho etriko, IN
tho acnso that liycB arc thrcatonea OF property
monacod with destruction, 10 ono conversant
with tho facts hclioves or assorts. It Is truo
tint ono coal mino oithor caught or was
sot OH fire, and somo little property
was destroyed. Tho proprietor Of tho mino
bcevoa that Home Of tho strikers sos
It OH fro. Tho representative mon Of tho Union,
Mr.. Kiughatl, tho President OF tho State Aaso~
cution, and N1r. Morgan, tho President Of this
deny tho charge. Tho
isa,lo thus mato is III 80 much doubt that it will
tn]so judicial investigation, which will aoon bo
had, to determine tho right. Tho striko begun
about tcn days ago and
HAD 1rs on1o1s
in tho fact TINT alr. RoInecko, tho proprietor Of
mine noar tbis city, last Juno entered Into
contract Tith thirty or forty non union men to
work for linn ono ycar at tho ratio Of cents per
bushel. somo fow other propriotors had &C.
cnfoo equa4'S tasorapo 1othl0, 1ae.ut, i..,3 asss
tho numbcr OF tho'r men soMo "no po!o'seu
to tho Union. Somo OF tho proprlotors VINO nao
not becn 80 fortunate in eGuriuE contracts,
nr1 ,yho woro nay;nr i cents per bushcl for
"no "No "olu 70 .,,..a.1 .vo., san,o,r,,ot
mnln6' aho "no' ~ ~ a"eSeo' "e.o 'o"o"Ae'
ouvlouB u thor moro fortunate neie oosau
to threaten reduction Of wages to cents, aud
| rnyo aa n reason for their action that nelnccle
| on1 o,lora ,vorc ccttinc their mining done for
TINT price, and they could aiford 60 pay no nlo1o'
| for should they do 30 they could not compete
! with then, in tho market. This
"'S'' >'''''' p, rnrc1p1T.Trn r,rT ] THE sru,rr
| ,,4 ~ ooI ,-,o,, Win rora onooccd IN min.
an" o"s ~ t'o'o non NV "o-. Sus6 '.a. 49,.
ing In this county ton days ago. not moro tnah
100 are 10 engaged to-day, anu these aro ~ non
/
| lora Il n Tern, sirnIfyinr TINT they work under
nr}co. The plau alIopted by tho strikers was to
yisit yi each ml,lo and cause tic miuors to como
omt ihey nxuerieucea no difficulty il causing
1,o,, hcionrnt tn tho II,1ion to desist from work.
hut wero not 20 fortunate with tho uon-Union
r,t,es IN anmc insto,,nes thny usod violent
r,casurca' nounlinr with clubs and otherwise
| maltroatinE tl,oBo who refused to submit to
'> ~ WOW OVER NJ 1srla,1DArzox
MI orcont i'm. a. before Stated, About this
lima Tin s~ thp ilrst iustaIln,ont Of arms wus re-
colycd from tho State, nnl militia
comnnrv waa nt once orcanixcd. But for
this Il VIVA EXPECTED flint etill moro
v;nieot ,nooamrcs w5u1d hayo boon rcsortcI to
to t compel oil mon to cease work. II this was
thc ] n,rnoso it did not reveal itaolf as tlo
;tation to the mines was Ut ol,co discontinued.
n.n onrd;t;nn f thinos now aro that tho minas ara
guarded at night by arnou seutinele. In the
3aytinlo lie militia arc subject to DO called To-
reihor by the riuoipg of tho bells in tho city
1,"d n,v f}or,nnat ratinn be mnf)o on tho mines
Tho proprictora assert thoir ability and purpose
| 10 at1nn
WORK THEIR MINES
! n tl,,r f,1,oat conncitv With mon nnt ho1oncinr
" tt'o i1inu rnoss ti'c iInion mou viii acroo to
worl. for cents d b1,sheI. On tito part Of the
terriers with persons or property, and to-
day they aro. perfectly quiet, but determined
not to submit to reduction OF wages. Tho.
hod mass meeting tomorrow Mt point apo's
hulf-wny bctwcen hero aud s.; Louis. and haye
hStea tho ~ ~" np sar " M on
~ the stritc' Xii tic miners iu lie district arc
oynoctoj to bo Dresopt. lily conclusions arc
that ....
THE sTn1KE MlLh NOT END .r;u T.,
lo 'U p,as1i .i'n uronr;etors rof,sa IL r;va tie
u9ae' ~ c"no . ~ n',o ~ at,;i,o m6ro cnn
oral, aud it is not iuposalble that IT VII
extend NIL oycr the 6tato. u Is onlfs