The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-06
A COAL WAR.
CAUCAsIANs AND coSrRABASps IN
CONFLICT AT CORNING.
Four Hundred struggling Men Fighting
for Mastery-Fears of BIoodshed
and Riot-AmusinE MIL he.
tween White and Color.
ed Champions.

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CoLuMBus, September 4.-Dispatches re
ceiyed here this afternoon state that there
has been no fighting SO far at Corning to
day. The situation, however, is precari
GUS, and It is believed by those connected
with the mining interest there that blood
shed may ensue at almost any moment.
Passengers who arrived from Corning
to-day state that about one hundred and
tltty white miners marched to the Thorn,
as & Lemert Mine No. 8, yesterday alter
noon, where the.colored miners were EN-.
ployed. The darkies were drawn up in
line and armed, ready to receive the yisi.
tors. The white miners were stopped by
Captain Pifenburg, Of the Ohio Central
Mining Company, who told them they
could come no nearer. The white miners
answered that they would commit no vic.
lence, but only wished 10 talk with the
colOred men. They were told they could
do 80, but that they could not come across
the road that separated the two bands.
A talk ensued between the whites aud
blacks, and, as the result OF 1t, the colored
men all voted to keep on at their work on
the sliding-scale basis, the same as hereto
fore, with the exception Of about twelve,
for whom the white miners promised 10
provide or give them work. During last
night the miners oongregated about the
town, and there was much commotion.
There was considerable talk OF running
the black miners out OF town. This was
not attempted, though 1t is stated that
this morning they had persuaded num-
ber Of blacks TO leave.
A fight took place during the afternoon
between negro and a white miner, In
which the negro came out first best, but
he had shed all his garments save one
pantleg and shred Of his shirt.collar.
The black Hercules came down TO the
store OF the company in that gauEy attire
alter the fight, and 1t had the effect Of
encouraging his colored brethren, At
Rendsyille all is quiet, and the colored
miners are ready 10 go TO work.
There are about two hundred colored
miners and about an equal number OF
whites, and passengers from there say that
that Is one OF the principal things that re.
strains the strikers from attacking them.
1t ia stated that the whites are raising
money to-day TO send whatever negro
miners they can induce TO leave to their
former homes.
Itis thought by many that the crisis was
passed yesterday when 50 large majority
Of the blacks refused to join the whites.
There Ia, however, considerable fear that
the whites will be reinforced from Shaw
nee later this evening, and that the his
tory Of the straitsville operators in at
tempting to get in cheaper labor will be
repeated at Corning.
Governor Foster did not leave for Cleve-
land this morning, as he had intended, but
remained here to watch the progress OF
affairs.
DAYTON, O., September 5.-Latest re.
ports from Coslton, Jackson county, this
evening says: Accounts Of the trouble
there are greatly exaggerated. There has
been no collision between the troops and
miners, and the latter will submit q
proposition tomorrow to return to work at
basis OF 20 cents for September and at
Hooking Valley rates after this month.