Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-29
The strike Of che Miuerx


PREPARATIONS or THE coMPANIEs-rNpoRTArTox on
SEw LABoR-A LARGE POLICE FoRcE no PROTECT
TIE NKw MKS-USFoRTUSArR STATE oF AFFAIRS.
Special Correspondence Of HE EVENING STAR.
CUMBERLAND, Mn. May ., isSa
The hurried but extensive preparation being
made by the Consultation coal company 70 receive
and accommodate thousand workmen at Eek
hart has startled the miners somewhat and made
them trining more demonstrative In their den-
ance OF the companies Nevertheless they now
realize the fact that the companies are In dead
earnest and that the Introduction or one thousand
new employees by one company means that q
very large number OF the old miners must lose
their places II they maintain the strike until the
new men are brought in and put 90 work. The
three structures being erected are situated about
one hundred yards from the mouth OF the Bckhart
mine, and stand on the property OF the Consoli-
uatlon coal company, which, indeed, owns all the
property In the vicinity, although much OF &c has
peeh rented or leased. The one-hundred-foot
police force or one hundred ana forty men ,sho
Will DE commanded by Captain Hancock, formerly
weE-known member OF the Baltimore police
force private bedroom and ONCE for the latter
will be built at one end OF the structure and every
accommodation for the officers and miners will be
The police force is organized under authority or
the act or the legislature granting railroad and
coal companies the right 10 take this step for the
protection or their property on condition that they
pay the salaries and all expenses OF the or,oers
The men Will be uniformed In blue, with brass
being almost similar 10 that OF the winter dress OF
the Baltimore police force The police will be
armed with Colts revolvers and espantoons, and
an ample supply OF ammunition VIII he brought
from BaltimOrefor use should circumstances re.
quire IT. There is little probability OF the strikers
however, making any combined attack, at first ac
all events, as they now express a dpterminStion
10 wholly ignore the invasion. should any arrests
oe made, the prisoners viii be taken inside tho
enclosure, and then transported over the Eckhart
oranch railroad TO this city, where they VIII be
lodged In the county jail, which is new and SUP.
The strikers contend that the new labor win
prove failure because OF the ignorance OF the
iers Dnat the character OF our coal and over.
sufncient 10 save the coal and protect the miners
and which novices viii be long time acquiring
me great point OF interest centers I'm the exact
time at which the new miners are 10 appear ON
tuesday night next detachment OF one hundred
ana forty police VIII arrive and be quartered at
Eckhart On Thursday, June I, at least four hun.
dred workmen will arrive, and on the MONDAY fol.
lowing they will enter the mines and commence
operations. As all the mines OF the Consolidation
coal company are connected under ground, the
men can reach their working places without ex.
RosSure and as they VIII not be able TO speak Eng
lish IL VIII be difficult for the striking miners to
obtain communication with tbem. Tie introduce.
ton OF other labor will, il is understood, follow as
IL IS needed, or as the experiment succeeds
All the local papers sympathise with the miners
The Frostburg Mining Journal OF yesterday says:
In. line state, presumably the protector OF It's cit-
zens, Is engaged TO become accessory 20 a scheme
which takes from class OF its people their veli-
hood and confers the rewards due to residence
or enforcement admitted, the question becomes
deDatable only In its moral aspects . /. The
introduction OF new labor will be most unfortu-
nate expedlent In every conceivable view OF the
case employment is given 20 unworthy people:
olu ana lifelong citizens are thus despoiled and
tne gloomy chapter thus goes on. Is il too much
10 nope mat some way or escape from an endless
train or calamities may yet be found?r
Inc company officials say the new men will
learn 10 get out the coal In short time. They
propose TO amply protect the new men, as some
thing more than merely getting out their coal
is at isSue-the right TO control their property and
10 regulate Its working. Tie general feeling In
this city, which has seriously suffered from the
strike, is one OF relief that something Is about TO
De done toward ending the extreme dullness which
mas prevailed In this section for over two months
Tyler Post, q. A. r., OF this city attended SER
vices at kingsley chapel to-day. There were
ABOUT nifty members In uniform The sermon ap-
proprlate 10 the occasion was preached by Rev.
DurDln Miller the pastor. on Tuesday the post
VIII DE escorted 10 Rose Hill cemetery by three
military companies, viz: the Notlgeurs, and the
Hamilton Light Infantry OF this city, and the Gar.
rett Guards or Oakland, with music by the Queen
CITY band, and the Tyler Post drum CORPS OF
THIS city, and the Oakland band. on arrival
at Rose Hill cemetery the progam observed
VIII include an address by Cons gresham r. b. r.
Fierce, OF Indiana. The ceremonies VIII be unu-
Sually interesting, and the presence OF the second
battalion Maryland Light Infantry viii add much
10 the parade, which Will be under the command
OF BreVet Lieut. Col Henry j. johnson.