Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-14
AL QUIET IN TAe COKE REGION.
A Number of Works in operatIon-Mass-
Meeting of Strikers.
TBy telegraph 70 the Dispatch.


TBy telegraph 70 the Dispatch.l
MI. PLEASANT, Pa. April 13.-Affairs con.
tinue quiet in the coke region. A humber
OF works are now in operation. bnt Tho
men are not returning TO work as RAPIDLY
as the operators hoped. On the other
hand, more men are working than the
strikers expected. Rumors OF propoeed
raids on the Jimtown, Alice. and other
plants were in circulation last night. but
they proved groundless.
AT Bessemor to-day there was mass
meeting attended by 1000 strikers The
speakers ADVISED the men TO stand firm
and assured them that if they did victory
would soon be theirs John Nugeut. OF
Ohio, was the orator Of the day. He told
the strikers 90 respect the National Guards.
Is they protected the strikers as well az
the operators.
Thank, God" said he, "there are 10. OOO
tents in Ohio, and we have a Governor
who will send them here the same as he
did to the sufferers from the Johnstown
Hood. lCheers.l You can live in these
tents, gel, what you want 20 eat and tell
Tommy Lynch that he does not own the
Ohio tents and he can't put you out OF
them"
During Nugent's speech an excited Slav
saw three men drawing coke at the ovens
and he wanted the crowd to 60 down and
stop them. He was quoted after awhile,
but the affair created considerable ex-
citement.
A Scottdale special says there was bad
break IN the strikers ranks at the Painter
works this morning. Eighty men were at
work.
GENERAL WILEY AGAINST WITHDRAWAL OF
THE TROOPS.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, April 13.-Brieadier.
General Wiley is by no means confident
that all trouble in the coke regions IS Mt an
eud. Bloodshed and violence. he is quite
sure will result If the troops are with.
drawn. Therefore he thinks the soldiers
may expect long siege in the mountains.
General Wiley came down from Mt.
Pleasant yesterday and spent the day in
town. In an interview he said Every
thing is quiet at present in the coke regions.
but that is due wholly to the presence OF
the troops. The strikers are cowed by the
uniforms and arms of the soldiers and
will offer no violence so long as
they remain. The presence of the troops
Is essential to peace up there. The Gov
ernor Is anxious to'maintain this order. and
as he Is kept advised of the situation | am
sure he will not endanger life and proper
ty by recalling the troops. For as soon as
they are withdrawn there will be an out
break. OF that | am confident. There are
several thousand men in the coke regions
who are anxious TO 90 to work but who
fear to do so. They are nc afraid of per-
sonal violence while under protection of
tho guard, but fear that their homes would
not be safe. Therefore they remain idle,
though hunger and want cause great suf-
tering among them. They are assured
protection, but they know what they would
be subjected to besides actual violence.
They would be annoyed until their
lives became burden. Wherever they
turned they would find an obstacle that
caused them annoyance, though they were
not injured. Besides these men who are
ANXIOUS to work there are thousands of
Others who would be compelled to work
despite everything if they were not under
the especial protection of the strikers. As
long as they are fed and cared for they do
not care about tOlling. But how long the
strikers can continue their work of sup
porting these men Is q question. As soon
as they fail they will find the men drifting
back TO work in such numbers that the
strike will seem TO be broken, at least.
That is the time dread. 1t will occasion
strife that will result in the loss of life and
great destruction of property, think. |
truly hope the day is far off when such
will occur, but 10 my mind 1t will surely
come unless the labor trouble Is amicably
settled"
GETTING TO woBK-GREAT MAss-MEETNGs.
SCorTDLE, PA, April 13.-There was I'M
usual activity all along the line to-day,
owing TO the fact that the Frick and Nc
Clure companies had decided to begin ope-
rations at all plants possible, The Nc
Clure Company concentrated their efforts
on their Painter plant, and eighty men
went 30 work there to-day. The other
Mcclure plants at LemOnte, Donnely,
Diamond, Buckeye, Rising Sun, Bessemer,
and .Mayfeld are still totally idle, however.
The Frick Company state that their ship
monts to day will reach 100 cars OF coke,
but the strikers deny this AS usual.
Some twenty eviction notices have been
served at the Trotter plant alone, and IN
view of the fact that fully 200 notices have
been served throughout the region 1t Is
thought that trouble will come, when the
warrants are carried out, as the strikers
will certainly not go peaceably.
Great mass-meetings have been held at
Bessemer and other points to-day, and at
each resolutions We're adopted 10 remain
ont until the end. Another enormous
meeting is being held at Fairs tonight.