Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-27
ABIG STRIKE
Rumorsd to be on the Tapls in the
KanaWha Valley.
The Miners in That Section to Go
Out on Saturday.
ATsrribIs State of Affairs to Pre-
vail If the Men Strike.
Little Known Of the Trouble in
Charleston.
The Chicago Mon Union Swltehmen
Will MOI Do hSmOfou'
The Sugar Rsiinsriss Strike Con-
tinuss Unchanged.
The Situation Of the Street Car
Strike the Same.
Strikers Place Stones Ia the 0abls
Groove.
General Labor News From All Over
Strikers Place Stones Ia the Gable
Groove.
General Labor News From All Over
the Country.

There are rumors brought on the WINGS
Of the wind from the great coal mining
Sistrict along the KAnswha Valley that
next Saturday will usher 10 another great
a,riks of the miners tor al advance to 24
cents per busbel. Mr.. J. II. jarrett, Of
Coal Valley, Fayette county, in an inter
view with q Piltsburg Dispatch reporter, is
quoted aS saying:
Il expect to see every miner in the
EsnawhaYallsy 90 out on the h'st OF Msy.
Tbs strike will De i'll advised, but II Is
coming lust the same. | say i'll advised
because the operators cannot stand any
additional burden 81 present. Tbs coal
interests Of the KsnswhaNaliey are under
yoing the worst depression IN their history.
fhere have been three failures this year
slresdy among the Operstors, and while ]
5o,|t look tor suy further disasiess as seri-
80 a.. that, there are few If any OF them
SS;oL o. s,aElug their expenses. There
y. IN NOo Vuias-s Ia the valley, aud about
Soo ., ,be,, SsS working These are
,,a,I;nS 800 = oDIv u esais, aud know OF min
srS vsIkin9 FIVE suS siy miles to and from
their work every ds.7 fSaSe' 'uau pay 'ue''
fare OF - cents. v-rt:
Times are hard amGug The valley nun
era al tho will bs hacder, am SISlu'
from tue Drrs "a .,uJiHoS. our !OuousA
hsls operators ars siniug the trade i9r us
-soueeziug US out Of the market. they
cls,m to b. selling for 81 cents at CinciG-
not; WHEN in truth they are selling much
lover. The fact is they have mined tsiee
as much coal as they can m'rset nan
of this they have put on the market st coSt
of production to squeeze out hansWas
operators, and then tney can dispose OF the
remainder at profit.
The trouble on the kansWhs ID brought
ont by the natural gas in PIttsourg, which
forcas all the coal 70 the lower markets
and TO this talk Of tras navigation on the
Nonoposhsla. SaO1ld the latter be once
eFsc,ed, the eutirs coal Industry OF the
Kanaghs distric. woa|d bs killed, notwlth
standing cur free navigation There ls one
good feature soou; the situation, and thar
.isthe increase Of. coke uauu;sc ures up IN
the New River dlst'Ir'.
There are nov 6O) oVen5 on the New
River aud 200 on the kans~hs IN opera
-. Thi, pum5er will ae doubled by the
So So HQgast a-x'. aud sllin active opera
aIS,0' .on IT, T eoks produced from the soft
coal s ssct,on on M 80" ard hsnaWhs
,;Ss,. rT ;s CI Of = yar, -oot qpS;;'y and seems
TO command v-ry Ssd$ - = - go a" 10y
save the trade from ro',. sHnia, >N''-- :. \.
The above ia'orma,oa ';sns ~
pretty reliable. bu' very 1t, = Is SnoHn
Of the impanjioz ,rsuole in c. %iSstou 1?ui
as will be geel hg the following S. ]e'H'
telegram, receig last aIght:
CHARLESTON, W. Va April 26.-So lar
as your correspondent can learn the oper-
stors along the KanaRhs have not been
notified by the miuers of an intention to
demand an increase The gas coal oper-
stors sa7 thsy are row PayiOg more than
the Putsburg rate. VIZ, two cents over
half inch screen. This is about q cent
more per bushel than Pittsburg rate. 80
far as is known the men are satisfied. The
Campbelrs Creek miners have been on,
some time against a reduction from q
cents
Il is reported here that the mirers on
New river will 90 out May lst So tar as
s known the operators on the river have
not been notified Of an intended demand
for An advance.