Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-03
THE GREAT COKE STRIKE
A Coke Famine Assured IN len
More Deys.
MAGNITUDE OF THE PRESENT sTRIKI
Hundreds of Thousands OfMen Affected
The Terrible Strait Of the
Strikers.

flTfSBURG, FEBRUARY E'-1Ao S
strike in the coke regions is likely to cause
coke famine. 1t has been estimated that
the aupply on hand to-day, both BY opera
tor and consumer will not last at the most
over ten days, sad at the expiration Of that
time, unless the strike is broken and the
men resume work, furnaces will have to
be banked, rolling mills stopped and thou
sands of men sll over the country be
thrown oct Of employment. The magui'
'tude Of the strike, of the number of men
whom it affects and of the hundreds OF
thousands of dollars that will be lost to
workingmen cannot be estimated. In the
region there are between 5000 aud 5000
of the class Of people who are termed
Slaves by Il. C. Frick. This embraces
both men, women and children, although
twothirds of them are men and a very
large proportion of them singls. It is not
thought that they realize what they are
going to do when put out Of their houses
Very few of them have begun TO make any
plans for the future. Probably five per
cent of them will GO back to their native
country. About thirty bought tickets to
Hungary yesterday. To an interpreter
one OF the leaders ssid that they were
DIsGUSTED WITH THIS COUNTRY,
and would never come back again. A few
are talking Of going to the South and
West where there are coal works, and the
remainder will probably 90 to the already
overcrowded Hooking Valley. The action
of the strikers in refusing to dig coal for
the engines ia actiug as boomerang, the
operators having retaliated by refusing to
allow the strikers to take any coal from
the bins, and in few days
there will not be hundred families in the
whole region Who will have coal enough
to keep one Rre buriug Coke cannot be
burned and there is no wood to speak otin
this region. So With millions Of tons Of
coal in the pits waiting to be dug, the op-
erstives will have to freeze and 60 without
food or give in and break the strike.
The CIarisss Coke Works at Dawson,
and the Nellie Works below Bradford, are
reported running full to-day at the old
urices. These works ore owned by James
Cochran. uptc the present time no evic-
tions have taken place, but il 10 hard to
tel! what may take place tomorrow. 4
late dispatch from Scottdale says one fam
lily was eVicted TO day, but no trouble re-
suited.
Ths strike in the ccke regions has caused
al railroad companies to have a number
of empty ears On hand. Between 5000
and 1000 of them are scattered along lie
side tracks at various places. An opera
tor said to-day there was enough coke
drewn with which to make large ship
meuts il tie strikers would but permit the
lQadipg. "a ha5&aa&--y''-''~'-
THE OPERATORS DETERMINED.
NJ. PLEASANT, Pa, February 2.-The
Huugsrians ere still in possession Of the
compauy's honses, aud are es strong Ss
ever in their determination to resist eVic.
ticn. At Scottdnle to-day the goods OF
one family were thrown out in the snow, in
the absence of the occupants Of the house.
No other attempts at eviction were made.
The operators, however, are only wait
ing for favorable opportu-
nity to carry out their plans
A nu.aba. Of works were in operation to.
day. Those of bliss : Marshall, Martin,
Oliphant, Redstoue and Clarissa were Eup'
ming full. At the Jimtown, jackson, Mel
lie LeisenniUg, Tro!ter and Alice works,
small forces were working, At a late
hour to night it was iearned from an au-
lucrative source that 9 train load Of for.
eigu labor would arrive tonight consigned
to the Standard Works.
SEVEN FAMILIES EyITED.
CoxHELLsvILLE, Pa, February D.
Seven families were evicted from the com.
rsny's houses to night, and their household
goods a4s now lying along side of the pub
lie roads. The tenaptc gere taken BY sur
prise and no trouble followed the ev;Gtioa.
rhe work will now be prosecuted vigorous
" Grd continued until all Of the houses are
vacant.
Fsrrsting Out the h uOch Tragedy:
DErRoir, February Am important
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