The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-10
THE BITTER STRUGGLE.
between the Coke Strikers and
Operators.

CoSSELLsyILLE, Pa, February 5.
Twenty Of the striking miners Of
the cuke region and their families
are homeless tonight amid the fury
ola snow, They were eyicted TO.
day by the strong arm Of the law
invoked by itonclad leases, under
which they held uncertain tenure
of their rude and cheerlesa habita.
tion'. Last night and all day The
work If eviction went on until, as
stated above, twenty families we're
without shelter They did not re,
main out in the cold long, however,
as the more fortunate ones who
have not been forced out took them
in and kindly cared for them. The
condition Of few Of the evicted
families il pitiful, but in the main
they are we'll provided with this
worlds goods, having been thrifty
and laid by considerable money.
81 fur the Sheriffs Of Newfoundland
and Fayetle counties, and their
hurdles Of deputies, have met with
no resistance. The evictinns thus
far have been confined to the lead.
ers in the strike, but q few being
singled ont from several different
works. The evictinns will become
general work. The operators
claim that tho backbone Of the
strike is broken and before the
eviction becomes general the men
will submit and return to work
qgietly. A few hours more and
the result will be known. The
miners and cnke drawers nccupying
houses owned by operators have a.
DIFFERENT STORY
to tell. They say the greatest
trunble the Conceivable coke re.
gion ever witnessed has only com.
menced, az beIore'they will submit
blood will flow. No attempts have
been made to evict any families at
The larger works where the greatest
resistance and most violence have
been enacted. AT such works az
the Standard and Moorewmd a,
Mt. Pleasant, where several thous.
and Hungarians are employed, the
houses are castles containing reso
lutte men, we'll armed. The sher.
il and deputies will not take them
by surprise as they did the uthers
whose goods tonight are along the
sides Of, the public road half bntied
beneath the drifting snow. A few
of the fresh importation Of Hunga
rians that were brought into the
region last night we're put to work
today, but the countrymeu claim
they will have them on the side Of
the strikers before morning. After
evictiHg the families 10 this end Of
the region to day Sheriff Sterling
and the deputies proceeded to
TREvALLEY WORKS,
near scottdale, 10 night, where they
will commence the work Of eviction
in the morning, IL the men at these
works do not resume. II is not
probable that they will, and the
trouble will commence. The sGrik.
ers are now CenLering their whole
fight on the works operated by the
syndicate which has control Of over
half Of all the coke ovens in the re.
gion. A few individual operators
.andall the furnace operators have
granted the advance. The syndi
cate has not one hundred men al
work. There ia considerable dcsti.
tuition among the strikers, mostly
on account Of fuel as the operators
in many instances will not allow
them to mine coal enough to keep
them from freezing, thinking By
this means to force the men 10
work, In some cases men have
torn down hog pens aud COW hou!6s