Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-07
THEY CALL IT A TRAP.
Labor Leaders in the Coke Region
Oppose ANY Compromise.
COURIERs TO STOP RESUMPTION.
An Idle Sheriff Indicates That There is No
War as Yet.
RUMoRS SET FILING THICK AND FAST

The following special kilograms to THE
DISPATCH last evening show the situation
rs it appeared from various standpoints in
the coke region at nightfall:
Couriers were sent to all the works (the Nc
Clure and Schoonmaker Companies) to-day to
induce them to reject the companies offer OF
90 per cent advance. The leaders say that this
offer is simply q trap. set to catch the unwary.
From all that can be learned at this writing the
employees OF the Mcclure Company will not ac-
cept the firms offer but will remain out until
the wage question is finally settled.
In the face of this it is reported on the best
authority that all the works of the Schoon-
maker Company have accepted the offered ad-
vance; but the company claim that their men
are afraid to go to work for fear the strikers
will do them bodily injury. Sheriff Miller, of
Fayette county, was in this vicinity to-day
looking up the condition of affairs. So far as
can be learned NO officers have been placed on
duty, which is evidence thar the Sheriff does
anticipate any serious outbreak on the part OF
the strikers 1t is the general belief among the
people IN this section that the placing of armed
guards at the works would be injudicious, and
st would very likely precipitate trouble.
THE FRIcK SIDE OF IT.
General Superintendent Lynch, of the Frick
Coke Company, when asked about the situa-
zion to-day, said that his company intend to live
MP to the agreement made with their men last
February, and would pay the average price OF
TIE region, whatever it might be. When asked
about the reported advance offered by the
Mcclure and SchoonmaKer Companies. he
stated that, in his judgment, it would be best
for the men TO accept the offer, and
as far as the Frick Company was con-
cerned, their agreement would obIige them 70
he nfh
trouble about the deficiency in the pay at the
Standard Works, Mr.. Lynch said, was purely
imaginary, and he showed your correspondent,
by the company's books, that the men had
been paid all that the agreement called for,
and in some cases more. Mr.. Lynch also
showed that, Notwithstanding their agreement
70 pay the average price in the region his firm
were in many cases paying more than any other
operator for the same kind Of work.
He also stated that he was ready to 60 into
sentatives of the working men and
FORMULATE A SCHEDULE
of prices for the entire region, and that if such
a conference was called the smaller operators
should be made to sign the agreement as well
as the larger ones, as in many cases the smaller
concerns could mako coke cheaper than the
larger companies.
All the works of the Frick Company are idle,
and, from what could be learned to-day, the
firm will make no offer to the men until a final
settlement is decided on.
The men at Meyer were given an advance
this morning and went to work, but in a short
time came out again and will remain out until
the strike is settled The Charlotte Furnace
1T this place has been compelled TO shut down
indefinitely on account of lack Of coke. Sew
eral trains on the Southwest branch of the
Pennsylvania Railroad have been suspended
on account of lack of freight
It is reported here tonight that the offer OF
the Mcclure Coke Company OF an advance to
their men has been recalled. But the report
cannot be verified.
Word reached Uniontown tonight from the
region south of there that the men at the Fair
chance and Kyle quit work this evening, and
that the men at Redstone had agreed not to 90
TO work in the morning They all declare that
the men at Reds O.. e will not accept the 81 per
cent advance offered therl. A big mass meet
ing is being held near oliphant tonight.
AFFECTING WESTERN RAILROADS.
The decreased shipments of coke have
already begun to affec: the railroads west OF
this city. On Monday there was hauled
west only 14O cars These were consigned
TO the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys,
Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, St.
Louis and all western points. 1t also
includes what was shipped east via Buffalo.
Monday is generally a dull coke day, but
on the same day of the preceding week
there was shipped COS cars over the different
lines. On other days during the week there
have been as high as 800 and l. 900 cars sent
out The decreased shipments have cut
down the number of trains and laid of con-
siderable men. The furnaces will not feel
the scarcity for several months, probably,
as they generally have enough stock on
hand to run them that length of time.