Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-06
ANOTHER BIG STRIKE
On the Monongahela Schedule, but
Mine Operators Will Do It.
THEY WILL NOTPAY THREE CENTS,
Says One of the Fisher Firm, Nor Will
They Dicker With Miners.
OTHER INDUSTRIAL NEWS OF THE DAY

A representative of the firm of J. G.
Risher said yesterday that within a few
weeks another big strike would be in
Rugurated on the Monongagela river. He
stated that by April he expected to see all
the mines along the river idle, and would
remain so for an indefinite period.
The strike to which he referred will not
be strike of the miners, buL strike of the
operators. Quite a number Of the latter
said yesterday that as soon as the
empty craft now up the river is loaded, they
would propose reduction in wages. If it
should not be accepted, the miners can
stand idle. They say the reason they are
paying the Scent rate now, is that they
have to. They do not wish TO have the
miners strike and stay idle during the
winter when there is any chance of keeping
them working until spring.
WHAT IT WILL AMOUNT TO.
The reduction that will be proposed will
be the same as that proposed and withdrawn
about a month ago. When the reduction
was offered the miners, they asked that it
be Withdrawn until after the indianapolis
Convention, when an effort would be made
to advance the wages of the Kanawha
miners to what was being paid on the
Monongahela river, viz: and 215 cents.
The operators agreed to waive the re-
duction until after the convention; but they
afterwards found out, they say, they had
Judged rashly. When thev were snubbed
at the convention they naturally felt sore,
and decided not to try any longer to act
with the Miners Association officials.
When asked yesterday if they would send
any delegates to represent the river oper-
ators to the Columbus convention, quite
number of the latter replied that they would
have nothing whatever to dowith the miners
in the future. As soon as the coal that is
now loaded runs out, and just as soon as the
empty craft up the river is loaded, they Will
shut down the mines. They say that there
is too much coal in the lower markets now,
and there is no use running their works at
a loss. If the men want to go to work they
can do so at
REDUCTION OF oNE-HALF CENT.
per bushel. When the miners lie idle for
8 number of months Gin view of the fact
that they were not working two months this
winter, the operators claim they will be
glad enough to go to work at the reduction.
The operators are determined to reduce the
price of mining, and the determination has
become greater since the Monongahela
Navigation Company decided to advance
the lockage fees on slack.
The adjourned interstate convention of
the miners and operators will be held at
Columbus next Tuesday. The same dele
gates from the Pittsburg Railroad Coal
Association will go to the convention, as
will also the miners delegates. In regard
to the convention, f. L. Robbins, General
Manager OF the Jumbo Coal Company, said
yesterday:
1 will go to the convention as a delegate rep
resenting the railroad operators There will
be meeting of the Railroad Coal Association
tomorrow and something may be done about
the convention. can say now that the oper-
ators to unit will demand a reduction on the
price of mining. The majority of the operators
have been of the opinion that we must have a
reduction in view OF the sharp competition and
excessive railroad rates. The object of the
meeting tomorrow is to take up the matter of
freight rates from the Pittsburg district to
lake points. expect that the rates to be made
at Columbus will stand for one year.