Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-01

wealth simply stupendous, and now acceler-
ated by the present prosperity OF traue,
while we continue to accept q pittance-
just enough to make life miserable.
Your delegates have by this time informed
you as to the demand, namely, one-halI cent
per bushel' We ask you to be men. STAND
for right and justice. Don't be traitors.
Stand together and success is yours. we
have determined to stay with you Ill TINS
crisis to the last. Be faithful and prove to
the world that the Pittsburg miners are men
enough to stand for their rights.
JOHN COSTELLO, NJ. McQUAID,
President Secretary.
PRESIDENT REA REFUSED TO TALK.
An effort was made last night to secure an
expression from President Rae or Vice
President Penna on the matter, but they
very positively declined to have much to
say except that the management of the
strike will be left entirely in the hands of
the local Executive Board, Of which Mr..
Costello is Chairman 1--WE have all conf
dence in Mr. CosteIlo's ability and good
judgment of right and wrong" said Mr.
Rae, land we very confidently place the
reins in his hands. -
The general officers. together with the
Executive Board, left for Columbus last
night, where an important meeting Will be
held to-day. 1--WE NAV be able in a day or
so TO send you some interesting news from
Columbus" said Mr.. Rae. 1t was inferred
from his remarks that there is to be an I'M
portant move of some kind made by the
miners in Ohio.
j. Morton Hall was seen at his home last
night. He. like many of the other operat-
ors, is completely 'knocked OUT by the
action of the miners. 1--WE are in an awful
predicament, said he. "Here we are just
at the opening of the season,
with all our contracts made under
the present agreement. If we should
be forced to concede the demands, we will
lose all the business we have on hands now.
The miners certainly did not take this into
consideration when they prepared their de-
mands. If they had asked for an advance OF
) cents it wouldn't have been so bad, and
they could not have done that without
breaking their agreement; but think OF
it: IS cents more than New York
32 cents more than is paid for mining thick
coal and coal is selling at the lake at 81 10,
the same price as last year.
HALL CALLS IT SNAP JUDGMENT.
''Well, they claim the reason the New
York and Cleveland Company is allowed
lower rate is because they have no company
stores" was suggested.
"Ah, there are plenty of our companies
llldl nave Ip SlOIcS- IL Is slIlpll
a case of snap judgment on the part of the
miners They think they have a chance to
win, and they have taken as an excuse for
their violating the agreement that some one
or two operators have not lived up to the
dead work scale Suppose they didn't
This is no way to settle the grievance
That was all provided for when the Arbitra-
tion Committee was appointed.
''How long can the operators stand a
strike?"
''Oh, it all depends If they are all as
rich as the miners try to make them appear,
they ought to stand it all winter. 1t is the
people who will suffer the most. While
the strike continues our competitors will
come in here and run up the price of coal.
If we lose coal will advance. The operators
cannot afford to lose the difference. So it
stands in the hands of the public to give its
sympathy to the operators this time
''Was there any proposition for a compro-
mise by the operators"
''None whatever. We felt that we were
entitled to whatever benefits were in the
agreement and we had no assurance that if
we offered an advance of cents and it was
accepted that in three months from now
they would not come at us again; so we con-
cluded to hold ott for our own."
The headquarter: of the miners officials
during the strike will be at d. A. 8 hall,
corner Market street and Third avenue.