New-York tribune., 1886-02-02
THREATENED WITH EVICTION.
STRIKING COKE DRAWERS ORDERED TO LEAVE
THEIR HOUsEs-LABOR NOTES.

STRIKING COKE DRAWERS ORDERED TO LEAVE
THEIR HOUsEs-LABOR NOTES.
PITTsBURG, Feb. (SpecjdO. Judge Hunter,
OF the wastmoreland County courts has been re luoted
by Max Shamherg the AusrO liurga CONSUL to in.
struct the Grand Jury OF that county to make personal
Investigation OF the condition OF the coke drawers and
their legal grievance before the OF the rptrs are
acted u7ou Judge Hunter will give his decision to-
morrow A COnnollsville dispatch says:
Last week the at tue Meyer Coke Works were
granted the per increase and returned to work
It now apr ears OBJECT til, the price of goods at
the companys store was advanced 10 per cent The
men discovered this to-day and alain went on strike
Tomorrow f. the day set for the eiectment OF the
employes OF H. c. Frick Company at the shaIt near
Unontowu say that there will he troable IL
there is any attempt throw them of the houses in
is cold weather At the BeesOn works tue miners arc
burning the pig pens and SINAI! D0lngs Tor fue Ihe
scarcity Is felt at poHts west OF Iittsbnrg Tue
fnruac. OF Andrews Hitchcock, at Hubbard, OGo. mas
been closed Wing to the scarcity Of Iue Otner furnace
companies must In few days FOLLOW their example AS
a result advance In the price OF lS IRON ana drop
in iron Ors Is predicted" A.,
MI. PLEASANT Penn. Feb. !. The coal and iron
police accom- anied ty intcrpreters visited tue com
pauy houses at standard aud MOrcwood this morning
aud warned tenants to leave the tenements Not an
occupant has moved an inch and they say they VIII
resist force rather tan go out nto the snow
vim the tenn TO- brlUg II i understood
tuat will be given until morrow 10 consider
the matter ani the work o. eNict"n MAI theh Oe N;
r cIci1t snncrntIudgnt slater OF Fr!ck. standard
iess the men resumed work hey would all be evictsd
before the last OF the week
PHI ADELPuIA. Feb l. tNpecidl.-Ihc handloom car
net Vtavrrs nov stTidr gained additional ground to-
d.y the firms of ID. {. Weber and julius huuL acccd
x 10 the Of the strikers. ms increases tie
pumher Of firms who have given the advance u twelve
The large mill pro rIctOrs, however. SIM hod Out. -
Inc str ke ia David Leyy's tailor shop is over Inc
men resumed work. the DOu-unlOn employees being dis
charged =. -oo
The shoemaker4 ia Gbbon Bros. shoe factory, No 700
Arcn-, who refused reduction OF wages, nave been
o.t red back by executive board OF the knights or
Labor at the Old waEes.
LANCASTER, Penn. Feb. 1.-The Lancaster Watch Fac
tory $ ared To- day after "a suspension OF over one year.
II "a reported that after snort time the factory wl
give employment 10 200 hands
PTTsRUEC, Feb. 1.-The keepers and !abOrcrs at tho
Clinton rOu WorGs. Oi Graf. Bennett Co., to-day de-
maUded an advance Oi 10 per cent In WAGES. The urn
refused to gr ant AMI the WORKS are cusci
throwing out OF employment loo men
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Feb. 1.-ioyeruOr Proctor Knott
tea IN the Legislature to-day that haSon
Ford & Co. would abandon ther contract for PRISON
b,r on March l. that this wOuit return 1000 ua-
employed couvicts TO the penltentlAry when was m
aIcauate 10 shelter than halt tat number III a,'
ttlop to those who were already there. Tie message
snys: Al this time the Commonwealth does not even
own the clothing which they wear or The beIs upon
which they sleep pound OF meat or an ounce OF UOur
TO feed tbon, or dollars worth OF material upon
which they may be employed"