The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-12-06

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rufsntHaH, -, December / :
Speaking 0i the situation IN ibe Hooking
'alley, o correspondent " The Tbass,
flio is IN TIE ground investigating The
irike, says During my brief stay IN
,ow stnlisyIIle, ! have clearly ascef.
nlned that The reports " the situation
ere, as wired throughout The coun-
W, have generally been sent from
Columbus, Ohio. These reports have,
a rule, been exaggerated, or alto.
;cther false, and are furnished 10 the
arious correspondents who have never
,een outside Of Columbus, by the
rlends Of the operators, and that Il Is
ust a. unfair 10 the miners and tho
pading public as one.sIded report In fa'
'or Of tho miners would he 10 the pub.
Ic and the operators Some of the CO.
umbus papers daily publish statements
bitterly unfair 10 the miners, In that
Utmost every little thing transprng,
h being magnlacd into ridiculous Inn
oortancc
ftcrcitngnumcrous instances Of gross
.xaggcration, the correspondent con-
Times. "1herc is no cause for great
harm. While do not say there has been
10 occasion whatever for alarm, ! am
confident that there Is not such an alarm
ng state OF anarchy prevailing In this
great coal.bcaring region Us has been re-
ported. There Is hunger and suffering
intense enough TO create fearful and
savage revolt, but deny that any general
plan Of revolt has been foreshadowcd by
The strikers, and most certainly few
words OF intelligent and gentlcmanly adj
vice would have u better effect than the
presence Of The whole Of Pinkerton's
torce, which, underprcscnt circumstances,
Is but an lncltcment TO rebellion"
In Straltsyille, town OF about 5000
inhabitants, there are six Of these detect
Ives, and it is but foolshncss to suppose
That were there any desire 70 Kill one, or
% engage in riot, the presence OF but six
men among 50 great a number OF strikers
would cause hesitation.
A more bitter fight between capltal'and
labor never took place. This strike
means the almost certain death OF mon-
led coal and iron syndicate, or the death
of trades unionism In the Hooking Val
ley"
After giving a history of the syndicate,
the correspondent says; at is the off.
spring Of gigantic, but comparatively
untrled body, now deceased, viz; The
well-known Standard Coal and Iron Com
pany. The pretcnsions Of this body, with
Its s75, 900, 600 capital, were enormous,
and during the depression Ia the coal
trade In lSSl-S2 II secured control OF the
entire system Of mines In the Hooking
Valley by perforced consolidation with
the various corporations then struggling
for existence In that district.
The present syndicate was formed In
March, 1883, the principal members OF
which are: General Thomas j. X. Buch-
tel, Walter Craft, L. Longstrcth, II. ID
Twincy and Messrs. Moss and Marshall
w ftditLt tAtttAhtoho
securing control Of the entire lake mar
ket, and denied similar power over othel
places. prices went down, aud the only
hope they had OF continuing operations
was to reduce the wages of the miners
which went Into effect on the 2lst o
June last.
A special dispatch from Nelsonyllle say
that about thirty Of the striking miners
at a meeting Saturday night, resolved 4
resume work to-day at the employers
terms. A large mass meeting OF striker
will be held to-day to discuss the situa
tion. Several strikers at Sand Run
mine have also threatened TO RESUME
work. Citizens Of Jacksonville have issuet
circular guaranteeing protection TO al
desiring TO return 10 work, no matter a
wnat terms. Their circular also pledge
protection to all miners who may COM
here to work at the reduced price. Thl
has also given great offense TO tn
strikers, but there Is no sign whatever o
a general break. light among the "col
ored blacklcgs," at Buchtel Saturda.
night, resulted In the fatal shooting In th
head OF one Of their number. The row
which promised TO be n large one, wa
subdued by the Plnktiton guards