The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-12
THE COKE STRIKE.
Furnace Men Offering High Prices for Coke
lncendiary Speeches by Leading Strikers.

PlTTsBuRe, Feb 1.-THE restriction in the
production of coke, the result of the great strike,
it is said, is causing furnace men to offer almost
any price for that much wanted article. The
supply has been almost exhausted, and
iron men are willing to pay more, from
the fact that many furnaces canno,
be banked at the present time without
serious loss. Some furnaces, il banked, would
be ruined and could not be put in blast again in
less than four months. and the expense would be
considerable. n. P. Hindman, Western agent of
the ConnellSvllle Coke and Iron Company, of the
coke syndicate, in an interview, said that he had
an unusually large number of inquiries for coke.
"a MAD wrote to-day for several carloads of
coke, Offering to pay any price / wanted to put
on it. / have other inquiries for COKE with
prices ranging from ST. 30 to 81 so per ton 1t is
impossible to supply any of our customers.
because we have not got pound of coke"
Another member of the syndicate, hearing the
statement of MIR. Hindman, admitted that they
also had many inquiries for coke at prices above
the $l.20 mark, but said it was useless to talk
about that, as there was no coke to supply the
demand. IF the iron men, said he, had signi-
fed thefT wifingnessto pay more for fuel month
or two Ego. we would probably have put the price
up andSall this trouble would have been averted.
Under ahe present condition of affairs it WILL be
impossible to resume operations at higher rate
of wages than was paid before the strike. We
are willing to pay more wages, but cannot do so
with coke selling at ST. 90"
Saggi the man shot at Broadford in Mondays
riot, is reported dead. Kaise, the mau who shot
him, has been permitted to escape
Several meetings were held in the coke regions
to-day, two of which were Socialistic gatherings
AT Morgan's Station nearly !, 600 strikers assem-
bled, this afternoon, to determine on a course to
effect the release of the men arrested yesterday
for participating in the Broadford riot. The
strikers say that none of the parties arrested
were there, and they protest against the men
being committed to Jail without a hearing.
A large meeting was held at Mount Pleasant
this morning, composed mostly of Hungarians
from Moorewood They have been unable to
obtain their share of the donations, and there
fore appointed committee of their own and es-
tablished a commissary. The presiding officer
made an incendlary speech in the Hungarian
language, which was loudly cheered and caused
several fanatics to display their weapons.
Superintendent Vanduzen, of the Beeson
works, an independent company has offered his
miners the advance of 10 per cent, and it is ex-
pected that the men will return to work on
Monday.
An evening paper publishes sensational story
from Mount Pleasant, to the effect that Social
istic agitators from Chicago and New York have
been successful in inducing nearly all of the
Slavonians in the region to join secret organi-
cation similar to the Molly Maguires, and that
recently, especially during the past week, large
quantities of firearms and ammunition had been
shipped into the coke regions.