The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-21
The Strikers in the Coke Region Attack
Wsrkmen at Number of Places, and Are,
in Turn, Worsted by the Police.
Two Regiments of Pittsburg Militia
Ready for Action On Short Notice.
Progress of the Strike of New York Cigar
Makers-The Manufacturers Propose to
Submit the Differences to Arbitration.
INDIANA COAL OPERATORS.

Selection of Delegates to the Columbus Con-
vention--The Question of Wages.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Jan. 20-Seventeen coal
operators, representing ffty-seven mines in
western Indiana, assembled in the parlors of the
Terre Haute House to-day, discussed the mining
situation. and appointed delegates to the conven-
tion of miners and operators to be held at Colum-
bus, O., on the 23d Of next month. The follow
ing delegates were elected: Mr.. D. J. Jenne.
representing the Brazil Block Coal Company;
Mr.. John S. Tolley. the Coal Bluff Mining Com
pany Colonel Youmans, the Island City or the
l., B. e w. mines; Mr.. j. R. Kendall the Parke
County Coal Company; Mr.. Joshua Ingle, the
Gibson county mines; Mr.. A. j. Crawford, rep
resenting the mines in Clay county in which he
is interested, and Mr.. M. A. johnson, of the
Clay county mines in which he is intereeted.
A Aresolution was passed that the same scale be
paid for mining Indiana bituminous coal that is
paid in the Hooking valley. The amount paid
in the Hooking valley is 60 cents. This amount
was agreed upon short time ago by
the Hon. Allen G.. Thurman, who was
appointed arbitrator to settle the diff
ferences between the operators ard
miners in that district. Sixty five cents is the
amount paid in this district as general rule
although the Clinton mines have been paying 60
cents for the last eighteen months The price
agreed upon at the Columbus convention will be
paid for one year, beginning the 1st of next May.
There are about eight thousand miners in the
mines represented at the meeting to day. Dele
gates from the miners are being selected at mine
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separate coal companies in the State, and the
endeavor is to get them all to agree to act in
concert, so that better wages can be paid and
better prices commanded. The convention will
meet here again on the second Tuesday in March
to hear reports from the delegates to Columbus
and to effect permanent State organization.
The scale of prices submitted by the miners
convention at Pittsburg viz: so cents for block,
from May /, 1886. to May l, 1887, and 65
cents for bitumnous for the same pc
riod. was discussed. There seems to
be rdispositio,, to do away with
two scales, a summer and winter rate, as tend
ing to cause trouble and to substitute uniform
price for the year around. There was decided
feeling with the operators that the Indiana block
and bituminous mines should not be compelled
to pay more than is being paid for mining in the
Hooking valley, which coal is nearer like the In
diana article than any mined west OF Pittsburg
The two Goals enter the same markets.
A committee Of three Lafayette gentlemen
waited on the meeting and presented a complaint
from seventeen manufacturing institutions of
that city It was claimed that Lafayette manu-
facturers were compelled to pay too high price
for their coal, which amounts to about eight hun
dred cars year, and is obtained from the Min
shall mines, in Parke county. The manufactur-
ers also complain that they are compelled to buy
their coal from Lafayette dealers. instead of get
ting it direct from the mines Some concessions
were offered them, but they were not salts
factory, and the Lafayette gentlemen say they
will buy their coal from the Danville, ILL.,, mines.