New-York tribune., 1885-01-15
rROrBLE IN TIE EOCKING yILLEr
MINERS FORM MILITARY COMPANIES.
GOVERNOR UOAULYs 1NNFsTiGA1ioN-i -itFHt
SENTATIVE wELDY's BILL To PREVENT mimi
DATION.
fey TELEGRAPH To THE rRrBuSE.l


CotrurUs. Jan. IA force of Pinllcrton
guards Is now performing guard duty In the easter por-
tion Of Ncsonvc where the syndicate owns real estate
including mine which they have leased 10 George liH
The idle miners syndicate houses at that point entered
complant Lcfoe tho Mayor ani offered 10 guard that
locality gratis, II hc would remove the guards MAJ or
Buckley informed these ineu be had authority 10
remove them long is they did nothing unlawful hr
Hall says that he Is compelled to guard his houses. A.
threats 10 burn them made by o the strkers
lie operating his miue. and wants the houses Tor some
OF his new miners and has brought suit for fore e de-
taner against all the idle miners who live Ia MS houses
40 sia Of intimidation OF the working miners has been
observed few days. ana the niustrious forces
are gradually increasing Not few OF the miners now
AT work 20 10 labor their best clothes cirrying
their dinner IN their coat pockets, aud Change suits ~
the mines. After the days work Is doue thcJ wash and
change their clothes again. returning 10 their homes III
roundabout way unnocod and undctectei This plan j.
adopted 10y who liy" surrounded by The idle
whose hatred aud ~ will they DO not wish 10 incur The
following wa, to-day posted the headquarters Of tAo
Miners Relief Committee ai shawnee, IN the building
owned by the knight, OF Labor:
Having received an invitation from straitsyillc aud
other parts Of the Hooking Valley to take part n grand
military Lr and cNerci,c exhibition to take iie h lh'
near future. "c de'it 10 enro, 'D men w tAd,e con-
Tor enrolment shall he 10 cool s'gnd lj 'l'' e'Iui
ton. a'l" ~ stand day nticIm- u n''r''''' i''
further information apply Ia Sell NcIAcAc"n
II + supposed that the eight ten miner. who
brought repeating rifles from New-stuisyic on Mon.
DAY night VIII ue tie nucleus ab"nt which this organi1a-
ton will formed 81 their number II an active
member aud an official 81 the Relief Committee. Mc-
Eachcon has been travelling the country soliciting
aid and not long ago delivered address 20 assem-
baee In Chicago. Matters look ugy. and contest the
extent OF which no tell j. imminent. The fol
lowing special from Sew strl,tsyie appears In he
Ecc,iHg Disp0ch:
Assistant AdIuant General Dill has Inst arrived from
Ne .DnvIc to examine the situation at this point. Mnc
Iu.uect,r Bancroft yeHrrI and has circulate
freely among the miners Both nr" IN tie valley at the
rruuett Governor OldlF aud VII, visit all The min
Ing villages this district. Mr.. Bancroft was asked
whether lie hsd formed definite opinion about the
present. state Of affairs 10 which he replied, No yet
Mr. Bancroft stated that he had met miner who
claimed to have the original notice wIch was posted by
Neil McachrOn at shawnee OF which several ic had
been distributed.
The Troy mine is stll burning and the prospects
that II Will not soon bc eNtnsushed
T. Longsreet has Just returned from the valley, where
he ha. been for several weeks lie states that unless
something II done Immediately. there Will be boodshed
In the valley The miners he says. partially armed
with rifles The Strlsvle mine il burning nrrccly and
the fire cannot be cXtingnisBed until all ventilation Is
stopped.
There was an exciting time I'm the House Of Repre-
sentitives this afternoon. when Colonel Wedy intro
duccd bis bill % prevent the intimidation OF labDrcrs
This bill Withdrawn Oh Friday. the author was
absent The hill which Is intended 10 provide for the
protection Of the working mYcrs. fixes the penalty for
interference at nprlsOnneBt1n the penitcntiay for not
than three years nor lcss than
The trouble In the valley viewed by Representa-
tiyes Mcbride Wedy Love. Cole and others The House
finally ordered II To the second reading tomorrow.