Wichita eagle., 1888-02-07
LITTLE CHANGE IN THE SHENAN.
DOAH SITUATION.
The Strikers Respected the Armed
Presence Of the Coal and
Iron Policemen.
But One Colliery in Operation, the William
Penn. and the Strikers Threaten
to Close it.
Everything is Quiet at the Solar Iron
Works-The Scale Committee in Con-
yentiOn-0ther Labor Notes.

PITTsBURG, Feb. 6-There has been no
further trouble at the Solar Iron works,
the scene of the serious outbreak of Satur-
day The mill was closed yesterday but
started up this morning with an increas-
ing force of non-union men. Over 100
men, all colored, are now at work and the
firm expect to see every department in
operation within the next few days The
mills and yards are closely guarded by
sentinels and policemen and no person is
allowed upon the premises unless he can
prove he has business there. The strikers
are very bitter and another collision is
feared when the non-union men leave the
mill this evening. Those in authority
and those who have the coolest heads,
advise the workingmen to not modest nor
interfere with the colored men, but others
cry for revenge. They threaten death to
the non-unionists and hint of firing the
mill.
Young kenna who was shot on Saturday
is believed to be out danger.
In compliance with request from the
proprietors of the Solar Iron works for
protection, Sheriff McCandless issued a
proclamation today ordering the rioters to
disperse and keep the peace under penalty
of arrest and imprisonment. The strikers,
however, continued to loiter about the
mill till noon, when they were ordered
away by a squad of police.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 1.-THE scale commit
tee of the coal operators and miners inter
state convention is in session here today.
From the present outlook it would seem
AS if no difficulty will be found in arrang-
ing the scale, as the operators do not eX-
press any intention of reducing wages in
any part of the country and the miners
don't ask an advance. If the matter is not
settled today, however, it will be left for
the general convention, which opens here to-
morrow. The joint scale which the present
convention is to renew. This year is
known AS the Columbus agreement be-
cause at that city, i'll Ohio, two years ago,
the information was preached of a uni
form system of wages and rules for all
bituminous mines shipping into the west
ern and northern markets. Previous to
there had been numberless qllarrels be-
tween operators in the Pittsburg and in
the Hooking valley, owing to the charges
of the Pittsburg operators that they paid
higher wages and larger freight tariffs
than was done in Ohio and could not we'll
operate in the same market. Both these
districts complained against the Indian
apolis and Southern Illinois miners work
ing for less money. At the same time
there was a rumpus between the fedora
ton of miners and mine laborers and the
Knights of Labor. Prior to the Columbus
meeting wages varied from 50 cents in QUE
district to SO in the Pittsburg, while
on agreements. The beneficial
effects of this agreement was
such that at the last convention wages
were advanced to "A cents in this district
and 90 in the Hickory Valley and again in
November last to 40 cents and a. A uni
farm scale for dead work was projected
and is now being put into use. Important
sanitary regulations and rules promoting
better government of mines and the en-
ployes were introduced. The agreement
affects in the neighborhood of $4,000 mines
and 200 to 800 pits.
READING, Pa, Feb. 6-Not colliery
either belonging to Reading company or
individual is running in the Shenandoah
district today except the William Penn.
The miners who wanted TO go to work at
Kelley run today concluded not to venture
from home for fear of their lives The
colliery was ready TO start, but no work
men put in appearance. The riotous ele-
ment seem to be i'll complete control. The
labor leaders, while claiming to be against
ing all the collieries except the William
Penn are shut down.
At that colliery there are about three.
fourths of the regular number of men at
work. When the men were told the Penn
was the only colliery running. they became
lubliant and noisv and again took to
drinking. All are reported to be heavily
armed, having bought up all the fire arms
in town. The rioters claim that they will
stop the William Penn by tomorrow. but
as very few of their element are employed
IN that colliery they may decide not to at
tempt any disturbance there. If they do
there will be some dead men left behind
as the coal and iron police are determined
to do no more firing over the heads of the
rioters.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, Feb. 6.-The procla-
nations of the sheriff and burgess has been
hoped for effect in keeping these citizens
out of the salvonic races at their places of
business or at their homes. The best of
the salyoncs also took sober second
thought during the afternoon and re
manned away from the William Penn col
liery and took no part in any unlawful
assemblage. Toward ; o'clock the bolder
and more unruly spirits walked down to
the colliery and gathered there in little
knots along the hillside and
the roads. Captain Christian
on hand, however, with their Winchesters
under their arms and when they disem-
harked from their train aud deployed along
the roads leading from the coliery to the
place where the colliery employees either
p took the regular miners train or the down
road, the would-be rioters realized that
they were destined TO wage losing fight il
they attempted violence. When Sheriff
Duffy and his posse also appeared along the
pike and ordered the Poles,to dispense, they
gave up the contest and yielded. The work
men passed them on their way home I'M
molested and the battle of law and order
was won without the striking of blow.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 6.-The first regular
session of the general executive board of
b the Knights of Labor held this year was
begun here today Only Mr.. Powderly
and Ira Ayles were absent The board en-
dorsed the strike of the Reading railroad
employees. both railroaders and miners, and
the moral if not the financial aid of the
ordert will he brought to bear in favor Of
the strikers