Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-02
THE COOKERS STRIKE.
Over 0ne-F0urth of the Miners in the
Region Are Now Out.
THEN.P. o. DENOUECE THE STRIKE
A Complete List of the Ovens That Have
Been Thrown Idle.

Been Thrown Idle.
AS SCHEME TO PREVENT LABORTROUBLEs
| The beginning of the cokers' strike in the
Connellsville region materialized yesterday,
as per programme, and at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon about $500 men were out. Over
1000 of these were Frick men, who, it is
claimed. had signed scale with their en-
ployer, to run until January 81, 1890.
The strike was not as extensive as some Of
the labor leaders expected. The mass meet
ing at ConnelIsville, however. drew an en-
thusiastic crowd. This had the effect of
getting quite q number of men to lay down
their tools. At several works committees of
strikers tried to get men to join them; but,
in the majority of cases, were unsuccessful.
The operators were jubilant last evening,
seeing the majority of their men refused to
60 out. They claimed the strike was a fz-
zle, the total number of men out was less
than one-6fth of those in the region.
LIST OF THOSE IDLE AND BUSY.
The following are the names Of the mines
where the men struck. Thisreport was fur
nished by the operators, who received their
information from their superintendents on
the ground:
At the works of the Frick Company in the
Bradford district about 1000 men struck. This
will throw idle about the same number of
ovens. The 200 men at the Buckeye Works.
owned by the ConneIlsville Company, also went
out The same number were employed at the
Central Connellsville w orks, which Is jointly
owned by Messrs. Frick, Schoonmaker and
Mcclure. They were am ong the first to go out
The following works were reported to be
running full time:
The Standard, owned by Frick & Co., 1000
men; the works Of Mcclure & Co., $500 men,
and Schoonmaker. 15O0; the Mammoth, owned
by ]. W. Moore, $50 men; United, owned by the
Hecla, at Hecla station, 800 men; Mutual. 200
men; Calumet, 200 men. All of the mines on
the Sewickley branch road are also reported to
be running without break.
At number of the works where the men
were on strike it was reported that the su-
perintendents tried to secure number of
Hungarians to take the places of the strikers,
but that they refused.
Mr.. FRIcK IS AsroUNDED.
n. G. Frick, when seen by DISPATCH
reporter yesterday, said: 'I am utterly
surprised that our men should 90 on a strike
in the face of the agreement we made with
them. The contract binds them to work at
the price agreed to-85 cents-until the
scale expires This is the first time ever
knew an agreement of this kind to be vio-
lated by any class of workingmep. So tar
the strike has not been a success, and do
not anticipate that any more men will 60
out"
"Will the number of men out have any
effect on the market? Will there be enough
men working to supply the demand for
coke?" Mr.. Frick was asked.
"There certainly will be enough to easily
meet the demand for the product. The
number of meu out represents little more
than one-sixth of those in the region. At
present there is a large surplus stock of
coke on the market, and even if we did not
have enough men to make enough to fill
orders, this stock would last US quite
WHILE"
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
The following special telegram from Scott
dale last evening brought additional details
of the strike:
The strike in this region Is now an assured
fact and while not as many Of the works are
idle as was expected, there are enough to
in the end. The following works are reported
out:
Charlotte. Clinton. Davidson, Eagle Foundry,
Tae1 vfe Mepyy Whe me f. kPGtSD GU
PSny: Buckeye Of A. z. Cochrnh I;,A, Coke Company;
q oSB B. r. Kester & Co.; Home, Of Sts1ffer Wiley:
Of Robert HOFse Sounyss Of the
the rSI Re5 % IN
nhrfa sfo Of II M
Schoonmaker Coke Company.
Reports have been received to the effect that
Donnelly, Mayfeld and Enterprise works, of the
row or SATURDAY.. @ f i also Claimed T ed that the
men at the Jimtown works of the Schoon-
maker Coke Company will come out to-mor.
row.
One of the most peculiar features of the
strike is that while all the employees of the
Frick Company, except those at the Standard
works, came cut without paying any attention
to the provision of the Frick scale, a Standard
man said to-day that at a meeting of the men
at that place last night it was decided to give
the company the notice required. prOmi-
nent striker said that the reason for this was
that nearly all the men at Standard were mem
bers of the National Progressive Union. and
that they had been advised by President Davis
to give the notice.
MORE OF THEM OUT.
The following was recaived at 1 o'clock
this morning from Connellsville:
The strike returns received at late hour
tonight show that OF the n coke plants in the
region % are idle by the strike. They are as
follows:
Buckeye, 1so ovens: Charlotte 81, Clinton "A,
Central 2o4, Davidson, 296, Dexter 40 Eagle 50,
Foundray 81, Franklin 50. Frick l50 Henry Clay
12o Home 20 Lenont 1884, Leith 2s4, Morgan l65,
Overton t10 Stewart 40. Summit l42, Tip Top III
@ total Ge
a little over one-fourth of the total number Of
ovens in the region.
The men at Bessemer, Cora, Donnelly, May
No. are expected to come out in the morning.
If the last named works are included in the
idle ovens the number of ovens will be in
creased to 4,S72 The men at alarge number of
the works, notably those Of Mcclure q Co., are
hesitating whether to come out or not.
A big meeting was held at New Haven this
afternoon. 1t was addressed by Secretary
Watchorn, John Costello and others. Julius
Sydow addressed the Slavonic element
Tonight the .s,a~ speakers zo,.aa. addressed
a meeting Of the National Progres.
sive Union held at these works on Tuesday
evening, the action Of the Knights Of Labor in
declaring the strike was vigorously con-
demned, and they unanimously declined to
continue work. The meeting tonight has had
q reactionary effect, and It Is probable that
they will Join the force of strikers in the MORN
ing. Meetings were also held at Southwest
No. /, Mayfeld and Donnely tonight. These
works are in the douDle-full column, and 1t is
expected they too will come out in the morn
ing. The labor organizations are divided un
the point at issue. The opposition the Ma
tional Progressive Union has developed against
the efforts of the Knights, not only preclude
but will doubtless bring it to an early termi-
nation.
PRESIDENT RODINE'S REPORT