The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-24
The Cumberland Coal strike.
MEETING or The LABOREEs-lHEN RESOLVE
TO RESUME WORK THURSDAY.

NEElING or lNE lAnViNFi'' 4ii'ti -----' d
TO RESUME WORK THURSDAY.
FRo,1puRG. Nh. August 23.-The strike
i. declared overon the 2ith instant. Tnur'-
dav next. The District Assembly. KNIGHTS
Of Labor. was in session again IN + ro>t-
bur- Yesterday. The session WIS yer. long,
waiting an answer to a telegram -rnt 10
StcUhrn :. Lee. chairman ol tac com -hle>
executive committee. asking g. mf,. tht
companic, again. An answer Na- received
from Mr.. Lee declining To hold any further
conference. a, the companies had nolhins
To oder beyond what they named al the
Cumberland conference. The following
notice was then ordered to be- posted:
40 Az Whom II Nay Concern: The
34th OF August. IsS2. we. the und, r>igncd,
have decided 10 resume work. All parties
are hereby notified to apply at their r.
,peciive places Of working at A. VI. Ior
tbcir tools" Signed by the knights OF
Labor. and dated August I'D.
- far rs the companies on George
creek are concerned, nearly all the old men
will find work, but with the. Consolidation
Comnanv the new labor VIII necessarily
di.nlace between three and four hundred
men. The understanding i believed 10
be that the Consolidation miners VINO are
diSpllced by the new labor III tcA,
hort and Hoffman will be looked
after bv the more fortunate one'. Inc
Consolidation Company have areld! an
nounced that they will not SEND ava! any
Of the new labor a. long as they wish 70
remain. but a. many OF them VIII OS
( having from time TO time, II 1, expected
that nearly all the old men will get back IN
tbe course Of time. 1t j said thAt upon
/ resnmntiou all the miner, viii have 70 con,
form IN the rule, II the companies instead
! nj those Of their organization. l ne dctloH
/ ~ the meeting to-day l. known To buI
limifed few outside II those present. nus
ends the greatest strike the Cunlt riahu IT,
>,;o,, has ever known. Il embraced The great
IT nvtent u coal territory, involved the
LARGEST amount Of capital and The ialSe,'
number OF men 81 any similar strike KNOW u
Of. The next largest IN this region WIS III
1874 when the miners struck against IT,
duetjon OF from thirty live 10 thirty cents
and after remaining out some weeks t.
turned to work at twenty-eight cents pei
TON. This present strike was brought a"ou,
hy n manifesto OF the coal companies issued
on March lst. The companies gave notice
hot an and after the 18th day OF March
1sSl they would pay the following
nrices-yiZ. For digging coal, iity eent'
per ton; and Sl.6j per day iol
driving in the mines. and all otnei
labor in proportion, and that twg e.,
homrs would constitute a days work. Tn
knights OF Labor gave notice through IN
nress that they would not accept the one
II the companies, and consequently on IN
evening Of the 18th Of March brought on
; their tools. which they gave up TO Ia
companies. and the great strike was IN
The history Of the Baltimore ana cum
berland conferences between the miner
and their employees is well-known. J.,
IL l. estimated that the stFiSe has ~
VOWED a money loss TO the miners ana pee
pie Of 81, 100000.