The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-10
THE GREAT STRIKE.
THE sYNpIoArE's pEoIsroN
To Order a Total suspension of Work he.
Usiysd by the Strikers with IudIusr.
snos-Ths Women Taka HAad iu
tbs strusylS-sltuatIup Yesterday.

PnTsBuRGH, Pa, Feb. 0-The Pitta.
burgh coke syndicate held an important
meeting to-day, ut which it was decided to
order Il total suspension OF work in the
Connellsyllle district on account OF the
riot and incsnjiarism prevalent there.
The membara OF the syndicate do not
know to what extent the laWlessness may
reach, and do not intend to ieopaTdiss the
lives OF their men and their property, A
general order to this effect was ihneL this
afternoon and sent to all the mines under
the control oi the syndicate,
STRIKERS IUBlLANT.
A BroRdIord, Pa, special reports the
Sterling and Stdwart works, which have
been running half full closed to-day, and
only five men ut work at the Laughlin
mines. At Raasrty's mines ten men
started to work loading coke, but were
driven of by mob oil iorty women, wives
Of the strikers, Last night Frank Gard.
nor, q deputy sheriff, was caught by a
small delegation Of strikers near Mount
Pleasant, and severely beaten bat not
fatally injured.
The bnrning Of the englne.house and
lpple at the Henry CLAY works yesterday,
has disabled the boilers used for furnish.
ing steam for pumping the engines, and
II the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad OOmpa-
ny does not furnish steam the pits will
be flooded, The strikers are jubiIant over
the events Of the past twenty.four hours,
but are not tdisposed tocommit any further
laWlessness.
Mr.. PLEASANT, Pa Feb. 0.AThe inCen-
liariam and rioting yesterday had de-
pressing influence upon the men over ut
Alice, which Is the only plant north OF
Scottdal0 making any atlempttorun. Many
Of the men absolutely refused 10 20 to
work this afternoon. One Of them, John
Hubert by name, brought suit against
John NJ. White, the superintendent, for
trying 10 force hiih to work ut the muzGle
u u revolver. While the men are resting
rom their Rrduous labors the women have
lonned the war harness.
THE WOMEN TAKE A HAND.
AT Bridgeport a mob Of females chased
1 workman to the shaft house aud forced
the engineer to hoist him to the surface
after he had been lowered into the pit in
The cage. The angry females made the
poor fellow on bended knee swear alleg.
lance to the cause OF labor and pledge
himself to refrain from working until such
time as his brethren could join him.
Over at lisBsemer, where q policeman
attempted to arrest Steve Swatch for rob.
biug the pit, hundred angry females
armed with kettles and buckets OF sCald-
ing water compelled the minlon OF the
law to devote his energies to his personal
safety, while Steve was escorted by q beVy
II Hungarian beauties.
The coke syndicate order to shut down
the ovens Ia received with the utmost un-
concern by the strikers. They say that II
will save them considerable. trouble In
looking after the blaCkless, while all over
the country the calls for CokG>wi
become so urgent that the syndicate
will be compelled to resume and the re-
sumption will be at the advance. About
shis Immediate vicinity affairs have been
quiet to-day, the foreigners coming to
Mount Pleasant In numbers To replenish
their stock Of revolver ammunition, pre-.
pairing In peace for war.