The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-03-12
LABOR TR0E BLES.
The Situation in the Pittsburgh
Coal-Mining District.
The strikers Determined, and One Coma
pany Gives In-rrogress Of the strike
of the Wabash Employes-Troops
Ordered 10 sedalla, Mo,
THE MINERS STRIKE,

PIIIANulidll, IN, MWfcn lU'-"lNp cohl
miners strike II In q generally unchanged
condition, About four thousand men are
out on the strike and two thousand are at
work, Three hundred men gol the Nd-
vance from the Birmingham Coal Company
aud went 10 worl, to-day Tho river and
railroad mines are nearly all idle All the
mon are out In the fourth pool except at
Nell's which Is the largest nine In the
pool, The operators declare they Will not
pay the ady0uc',
The mIu,r, calm that the strike viii be-
general and believe that the operators Will
0ccrdc 10 their demands "lhcy must lmye
coal, - sad Secretary llnnnory, "oud 50 far
as have been abe 10 garn none OF the
miners Of this district want 10 dig for 2A
cents
The operators declare that they have
enough coal on hand 10 lill all their con-
tracts, Joseph Walton, one OF the largest
operators issued orders yesterday morning
10 have his min ~ closed. llO has over two
million i've hundred thousand bushels Of
c0al-enOugh To hold all his cOntractS-and
says II the miners don't want TO work for
~ cents they can srlkc.
The miners have tho sympathy OF tho
public. They left tho pits In body last
July and stuck II out until December, when
thoy were starved into submission. Since
then they have not worked on full time,
their treasury N depleted, and whero they
expect 10 gct the money 10 support the
thousands OF mon aud their families Is q
puZZng question, They have absolutely
nothing TO stand on except the hope that
the operators must 0cCede TO their demand
10 fulfill their contracts.
THE RAILROAD STRIKE.
ST. Louls, March i0,-ln response 10 q
call for troops from Governor Mar
madukH, Lieutenant Colonel WalbHdgo
lett with two hundred and lifty millda
and Gatlmg gun for Sodala, Mo-
at eleven o'clock to-day. A riot Is
very seriously feared at SedNlla, where
one thousand striking railroad en-
p,oycs of tho Gould system are said
TO menace property and tho public peace
The soldiers left on the special train, and
will make the run 10 Sedalla, 1870 miles, by
four o'clock this evening, Tho 81, Louis
militia found considerable difficulty IN get
ting ammunition, but II was finally ar.
ranged, however, and the boys left with TO-
900 ball-cartrdgcs,
AUSTIN, Tex, March lO.-rhc Senate
Committee on Internal improvements has
fayOmbly considered bill providing that
railroads shall give employees thirty days
notice before reducing wages; also making
II q mlsdemGan0r, punishable by a fine OF
$500 and imprisonment for six months, for
any person TO molcst or obstruct tho move
ments OF trains or by words or otherwise In
tlmldOto or prevent persons from working
on railroad,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, March 10, judge
Kcrkel, Of tho United States Court, has
ordered Marshall McGeo 10 proceed 10 Mo-
borly and protect the property Of the Wa
bash Railroad, The Wabash, being In the
hands Of receivers appointed by this court,
Ia under It's jurisdiction. General Manager
lloXle, of the Missouri Pacific, has asked
Governor MarmNduko 20 call out the militia
20 suppress the strike at Sednlla,
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, March l0,-The mo-
chOnlcOl employees of the Missouri Pacific
aud Wabash roads struck yesterday fore.
noon TO the number Of 175. only one freight
train over the Missouri Pacific was sent out
yesterday, and the officials say they viii mot
attempt 10 run passenger trains further
than Lcayonworth. Trains arc running
cast as usual The Missouri PaCi yard
men also quit work yesterday
Sr, LOUIS, Mo-, March l0,-lt was ex'
pcctcd the men ut the Missouri Pacific
shops would strike nt noon yesterday but
they had not received an answer from
Hewitt, Superintendent Of shops, and ac-
tIon was postponed. The striking Wabash
yardmen thIrty-four In number, were paid
OIL and discharged yesterday
ATcIusoN, Kan, March i0-SundOy
night the Missouri Pacific strikers took pos
session Of sevc,al passenger trains and re-
fused TO let more than the engine and mall
car 20 through This programme was
continued until noon yesterday, when
Superintendent FNgm declared that
tho company was not required
under the Federal law 10 carry
mails on other than regular passenger
trains with full complement OF coaches,
Major John NJ. Crowol, Postollco In
spoctor, then warned the strikers that under
such construction OF tho law tho strikers
would bo liable for stopping mall matter.
The miners finally agreed TO let oil passen-
gor trains 20 through hereafter and they
are now running regularly.
ESpoRlA, Kan, March l0.-No freight
trains have passed through on the Missouri
Pacific since Saturday. All their employees
at the depot here have been discharged OK
copt the operator and ono other man.