The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-18

CoAn MfxER's SfRfHT. change q re.
ported 10 the coal mining troubles, the
status olWhieh We gave yesterday morn.
log. The minets who came out several
days ago from the banks Of KAsley,
Brooks 4 %, and from MEG finley 4 Nc.
Cormicks banks, and one or two lea i'm.
portant banks are still out and express
determination 10 remain out until new
order Of things Is arranged. They held a
meeting Ia the Eighth ward on Thursday
evening and discussed the matter very
iully, yet adjourned without action, bnt
with 4 well understood idea Of holding
out.
Yesterday, the most Of them were col.
lected all day In the nOlghbOEhOod oil
Wood and Seventeenth street, aud In tho
afternoon they went 10 Manchester for
the purpose Oie0nsulting with kimbeFly's
miners aud pefSuAdlng them 10 come out.
In this, however, they were not success
fol, q RimbeFlYs men are still at work.
We met Mr.. Kimberly at Council last
night, and asked him what was the silua.
toni
"well, do not know that there Is any.
thing new In the matter. No new strikes
have come 70 my ears. My men met last
night, but they have not quit yet. have
received notice from them that e not to
be made public until tomorrow (Satur.
day. morning. This afternoon quite q
number Of thestriking miners came to my
works about the time my men came out,
for the purpose, suppose, Of inteTcepting
and demonstrating with them because they
did not come out with them; but seeing
them, started my men In another dlroC.
ton, and also sent for police 70 protect
my property, Is had received iniorma'
ton thatmY propertYwAsu nSaietn the pre-.
entconditlon tthings. TwopolIceman came
out and remained awhile. This made the
strikers very angry, and they asked me
why l had sent for police, knowing that
neither l nor my property was In any
danger from them. l replied that l had
been informed that my bank wagons and
mining tools were TO be destroyed by them.
They said u was not true. Nothing fur.
Their was said, and one Of the policemen
went home 10 his supper, tho other taking
supper with mel but while we were away
two placards were put up with "blAck.
sheep on them, and "bah" underneath
each one, l discovered these and took
them down, as my minerS w0nld have 70.
fused TO 60 10 work tomorrow II they had
seen those sheep"
"DO you think this strike will be gen.
eral, we asked.
II do not. The TACT that no other min.
ers have come out this week, appears To
me to DO conclusive evidence thai 1t will
not be general"
"Are your men going to work tomorrow
mornlngT
"They Are."
Thomas Mccormick said that until all
the miners came out they did not propose
raising wages, but II there was q general
strike he was ready to adapt himself TO
circumstances, lie was OF the opinion
that the miners were notreceiying enough
wages.
Mr.. Mckinley thought the advance
asked Tor was too great. lie was opposed
10 advancing the prices 10 their 1.-THE
miner'sl figures.
John Nolan, Of Denwood, a large dealer
said his men had come out several days
ago but that they were now at work "al
J two cents bushel for everything black
that comes out Of the bank, IIew moi
50 sure OF the propriety Of accedlng to
their demand, but he was constrained to
; submit on account Of contracts he had on
hand.
Another meeting OF miners was held
last night, but we did not Learn the pro
ceedings, Several dealers are oil the opin
ion that coal will 60 up, and say that they
are refusing oil orders for coal Just now
and propose to continue to do 50 for the
, present