Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-03
LABOR DEMANDS LIGHT.
A Refusal of Mine Owners to Furnish
OH Ends in y Strike.

HAZLETON, PA, Sept. 2.-Ihree hun
bred and fifty hands, employed by j. c..
Hayden & Co., who operate Spring Noun
tain c|olliery at GAINESVILLE, refused to go
to work to-day on account OF an order
issued in the nam of the company to the
effect that on and after Sept. l miners
would have to furnish their own oil and
cotton. AT the same time the order ad-
vanced their pay &c. per day, but they
claim that this meagre allowance is
equivalent to a reduction. The men saw
that Mr.. Hayden. who is absent in Eu-
rope. Is unaware of the present
trouble and that it originated with
some Of the minor officials. The
latter have requested the men TO go to
work until Mr.. Hayden shall return, but
they refuse to do so while the new order
remains in force. The strikers are very
indignant, and assert that the custom Of
furnishing employees with light at the
company's expense has been in vogue
ever since the first coal mine was opened
at that place forty-tive years ago.
DELIVERY OF IMBER
SHAMOKIN, PA, Sept. 2.-The new mine
law which weut into effect June 80, says
that the operator shall cut and oliver
timber TO the most convenient part Of the
mine, free OF charge. Miners were previ-
Ously compelled to cut and deliver timber
at the mouth Of the mine themselves. This
morning Manager Denty, OF the Garfield
cOlliery informed the men that If they re-
quired him to cut and deliver timber he
would reduce their wages 25c. per yard,
whereupon the men refused to work.
Mine Inspector Ryan has arrived here
and will Investigate the matter. 1t is I'M
derstood that this will he a test case. 1t
affects the mining interests of the whole
State.
PEACE DECLARED AT Y WEST.
KEY WEST, FLA, Sept. 2.-The strike
Of the c~igsrmakers terminated to-day.
The strikers yielded the Objectionable
points. MIR. Cato, wner Of the street
railway and the largest manufacturer,
has opened his cars for free use, and there
is general rejoicing throughout the city.
Both parties were suffering, one from in
ability to fill large orders, and the other
for the necessaries of life.
HOOKING VALLEY TROUBLES.
COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 2.-The Ohio Coal
Exchange has agreed to the 50-cent rate
demanded by the miners in the Hooking
valley, and work will be resumed to-
morrow morning. The Columbus and
Hooking Valley Coal and Iron Company
refused to accede to the demand, and will
close the mines at Newstraitsville.
DISMISSAL DEMANDED.
LONDON, Sept. 2.-Fiye thousand work
men, employed in Sir William George
Armstrong; machine and gun works at
Elswick, near Newcastle, struck work
to-day because their employers refused to
dismiss two men who haQ made them
selves obnoxious to the employees.
COLLIER DRIVERS TO RETURN TO WORK.
MT. CARMEL, PA, Sept. 2.-Tne drivers
strike at the Mt. Carmel cOlliery ended
to-day, and tomorrow morning 400 en-
plOyes will work. The drivers did
not gain their point, and Will return to
work on the conditions against which
they struck.
$50 MEN GO OUT.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2.-The Little Rolling
Mills, situated in East St. Louis, were
closed to-day by 800 OF it's hands striking.
The men rebelled at an order announcing
the same pay as that Of other mills,
claiming it 10 be an attempt to force upon
them the reduced PIttsburg scale.
CHINESE MINERS DRIvEN OUT.
Rock SPRINGS, w. T., Sept. 2.-The
white miners in the Union Pacific Rail-
road COmpany's coal pits rose to-day and
with pistols and guns drove the Chinese,
to the number of 800, from the camp into
the mountains. Twenty-Five houses in
Chinatown were burned TO the ground.
Troops have been sent for. The mine is
the largest in the West.