Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-16
COMING CRISIS.
Tho Critical ceai aad lroa SItalb.
tioa.
The Coal stike-Ths 0persss5 Say Thsy
win Not ccmproMiss, Boz wM impot
hines-Ihe ison Tscsttss-SesIs
SAD 10 Be Reslltme&
LATE NEWS FROM AL POINTS

PrrTssuHG, May H.-rhe eventv >f tAs
week which opens ina business ssryss to-
| day will be watched With the most iuo,o.,
interest by persons in this vicinity Who
have eapitsl invested in iron or coal, "a
not alone by those, but By every person ~
terested in settlement a the Differences
which have been agitatfus the minds q
iron manufacturers and workers over .
month, and have caused the railroad coal
operators and their miners 10 waes aAeros
war for nearly double that time. In Besk
cases the crisis is near at hand.-is, osseaiR
"a nAIe pasaoa ~ ne elose c. Sna vVoR@~
and white even tns oppesiAg .fslsesst.lslS
with outsiders in the hope that, whom ths.
spot where determined stands must be.
made is reached, means will pc prcsentSit
which will enable both sides to retire hen.
orably. there is an undisguised feaY tAa-
this will notbe the case.
:At the Csal Mines.
There was No change worthy OF note in
the situation ut the Panhandle minea.
where the strike is in progress, on Hatur.
day. The colored men brought up from.
Ohio were still working, and no aocessions.
to the list Of deserters were either claimed
VI hSpoteu. ~ WeS CuTTSut yC1bEI~
day that in some quarters negotiations.
were In progress looking TO compromise,
but nothing Of q definite character could b.
obtained on this point On Saturday q cir.
cular was sent TO all the pits from the gem
eral Office in this city calling delesate
meeting for 10 o'clock in the morning Of,
May IL at knights Of Labor Hall, ito take
measures to avoid or meet the coming in
portation OF moro colored labor into the
NiSfrint En0h nil urill ha papra snl ~
one delegate.
No Ceaproaise.
Mr.. Crickart, Of the Fort Pitt mine said
il is folly to talk OF q compromise. The
day for that passed long ago, and any oper-
ator who consented 10 compromics would
be the bascst kind OF t. traitor to the intee-
ests Of the others. \ ,ther will Il do the
miners much good " acknowledge thst
they are defeated. No more colored nieu
will arrive before Wednesday. but that II
not because We are waiting for the result
week IN force, no matter what may 10 ths
result. The Fort Pitt Coal Company has
decided not to take back any OF It's old meu
We don't say that We will fill up entirely
with colored miners, but they will be In
the majority, and under no circumstances
will any man who has worked on the Pan
handle railroad recently he given employ
ment. In several other pits the same rule
will be observed. The miners day Of srane
is passed.
The lrsn Sitaattsu.
A. we'll known miner stated, yesterday.
that nearly all the sub. lodges have voted on
the scales, he said. "and fully three e-fourths
their delegates TO insist on the
original scales. We believe our labor In
worth what We ask, and believe the manu-
facturers can afford TO pay US. Further
than this, on every hand manufacturers arc
taking suap judgment on their men. and
We feel that Il will be right TO retsliate."
Martin, OF the Amalgamaied As
could not see how Il was possible
Tor the statement TO he correct unless The
had canvassed every lodge In the
district, and this he did not believe had
been done. The result. he said. might be
if-rrr,-v ..-<-~v..Se. A--h ---,,----s "a st..a -
crisis would be reached on Saturday.