The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-18
THE LONG STRIKE
OF THE HOOKING Valley MINERS
Ended at Last, After Nearly a Years s.rug.
gle-The nIg Fight The Operatives
Made for Their Cause.-The Labor
Assembly Admits the Inevitable.

CoLuMpus, O., Feb. 17.-The reports sen
out from this city that the great Hooking
Valley strike had broken up have beer
verified to-day. 1t seems now to bc be
yond doubt that the backbone Of the strikt
is broken. For some time past suppliel
have been coming to the miners yer,
slowly. On Saturday the commissary de
partment failed to give anything to the
strikers, and general tumult ensued
The leaders were aware OF the scarcity o.
supplies. During last week they worked
hard to secure aid, but failed.
After the Bristol tunnel was fired tho
strikers seem to have had.
FEw OUTSIDE SUPPORTERS.
On Sunday it was reported that the
Ohio Central men had gone out to seek
work, and to-day there is general stams
pede. AtNew Straitsyille the men offer
to 20 to work at 40 cents, as they thought
they they were blacklisted.
miners in this State and the sudden ter
mination Of the struggle, after such Q long
continuance, Is extremely disappointing ID
those who have aided the strikers.
The conflict commenced on last April
23d. It has been remarkable for many
things. The dogged determination mani-
tested by both employers and workmen
throughout the struggle has never been
surpassed. Some OF the most dastardly
outrages on life and property have been
perpetrated without any clear evidence
against anybody. Thousands Of dollars
have been expended by operators in find.
ing the valley with colored, Hungarian
and Polish labor to supplant the strikers.
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
have forwarded an enormous amount OF
money and clothing to the workmen and
the Legislature has made Intellectual at
tempts to settle the dispute. All these
characteristics will make the strike re-
markable one in subsequent history.
E The miners have, from the beginning,
contended that they were fighting against
huge and wealthy corporations. This fact
has encouraged thousands OF people to
support the strikers. On the other hand
the operators have declared that their
forces have been leveled ut trades union
isns and now>that they arc victorious the
future OF trades organizations in the Hock-
ing Valley would seem very poor indeed.
LABOR ASSEMBLY vRRptcT.
The State Trades and Labor Assembly
to-day appointed committees and pre-,
sented resolutions 'condcmning the bill
for the piece price plan at the psniten-
tiary and several other measures pro-
posed in the interest OF labor, including
the committee appointed TO investigate
the cause OF the strike in the Hooking
Valley.
A meeting OF the miners held at Straits.
vile to-day resolved to go to work at the
fifty cent rate and requests all operators
to withdraw the contract binding tho
miders TO discard the union. Reports
from the valley arc that all old miners
who can got work are going In, though all
cannot be accommodated, owing ID
foreign labor, which has been brought in
during the strike,
Tho property OF the Ohio Central Com
pany, eonsisting Of 1900 aeres, vas sold
to-day by order ofthe United States Court,
and the purchase was made by the first
mortgage bondholders OF New York. The
price paid was $4,000. The sale was
made on suit OF the Central Trust Compa-
ny, Of New York, trustee for the bond
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