Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-03
A COKE REGION CRISIS.
THE SUPPLY ONLY SUFFICIENT
TO LAST TEN DAYS.

A Refusal to DIE Coal for Engines Fol-
lowed by the Closing of the Bins
Against the Workmen-A Large Per
Centage of the Hungarians Expected
to Return Home.
PITTsBURG, PA, Feb. 2-The xreae
strike In the coke regions is likely to-
cause coke famine. IL has been esti-
mated that the supply on hand to-day
Doth by operator and consumer will not
last at the most over ten days, and at the
expiration Of that time unless the strike
Is broken and the men resume work, fur~
nacee willhave 10 bebanked, rolling mills
stopped and thousands of men all over the
country will be thrown out OF employs
ment. The magnitude OF the strike, of
the number Of men whom it affects and
the hundreds OF thousands OF dollars tha1
VIII be lost to workingmen cannot be esJ
Iilnated. IN the region there are between
0,uOO and 5000 OF the class OF people who
are termed Siavs (Slayoniansj This em-
braces both men, women and children, all
though two-thirds OF them are men and a.
very large portion of them are single. Ii
ls not thought they realize what they aroa
going to do when put out Of their houses
MANY WILL RETURN HoME.
Very few Of them have begun to make
any plans for the future. Probably SO
per cent. will 60 back to their native
country. About thirty bought tickets to-
hungary yesterday. To an interpreter
one Of the leaders said they were disgusS
ted with this country and would never
come back. A few are talking OF going
TO the South and West, where there are
coal works, and the remainder will proba-
Dly go to the Overcrowded Hooking Valley.
The action of the strickers in refusing
10 dig coal for the engines is acting as a.
boomerang, the operators having retali-l
ated by refusing TO allow the strikers to,
take coal from the bins, and in a few days
there Will not be 100 families in the whole
region who will have coal enough TO keep
one fire burning. Coke cannot be burned
and there is no wood TO speak Of in this
region; so, with millions of tons Of COAL
waiting 10 be dug, the operatives Will
have to freeze and 20 without food or give
In and break the strike.
At the delegate convention Of the coal
miners of Western Pennsylvania today
the scale OF wages presented TO the ope-
rators at the recent national conferences
here was unanimously adopted. Dele-
gates TO the national convention of Ope-
rators and miners, which is to be held at
Columbus, o., on Feb. %, were also
elected.
THE CLARIssA WORKS RUNNING.
The Clarissa coke works at the Dawson
and Nellie works, below Broad Ford, are
reported running full to-day at the old
prices. These works are owned by James
Cochran. Up to the present time no evic-
tiOns have taken place, but 1t is bard to
till what may be done tomorrow. A late
dispatch from Scottdale says one family
was evicted today, but no trouble re-
suited.
THROWN OUT INTO THE SNOW.
MT. PLEASANT, PA, Feb. 2.-Hun-
garians are still In possession of the Coke
Company's houses at ScOttdale. The
goods OF one family were thrown out into
the snow during the absence OF the occu-
pants. Late tonight it was learned that
train load of foreign laborers would
arrive tonight consigned to the Standard.
works.
EvICTIOEs BEGUN.
CoNNELLsvILLE, PA. Feb. 2.-Seven
families were evicted from the cOmpany's
houses to- night, aud their household goods
are now lying along the public roads.
The tenants we're taken by surprise. The
work will now be vigorously continued
until all of the houses are vacant.
WAGES ADVANCED.
JoHNsTowN. PA, Feb. ALI the EN-.
ployes of the Cambria works, except the
tonnage men aud miners, have received;
an advance 10 wages Of from TO 8 per
cent. They wanted 10 per cent.
THE STRIKING CIGARMAKERs.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-The second week
of the cigarmakers strike closed today
The amount paid out.by thednternationa
Union Is $l0,776. The amount paid out
by the Progressive Union IL not footed nm