The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-14
COKE REGION DANGERS.
GEN. WILEY FEARS A RIOT WHEN
TIE TROOPS LEAVE.

The Present Quiet Attributed Wholly
20 the Presence of the Troops
thousands of Men Anxious to Re
turn to Work but Afraid to do so.
MOUNT pleasant, PA, April l3.-Ahairs
continue quiet in the coke regions. A num-
Der of works are now in operation, but the
men are not returning 70 work as rapidly as
the operators hoped. On the other hand,
more men are working than the strikers
expected. Rumors Of proposed raids on
the Jimtown, Alice and other plants were
in circulation last night. but they proved
groundless.
At Bessemer to-day there was a 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 Nugent Of Ohio was
the orator OF the day. He told the strikers
to respect the national guards as they pro-
tected the strikers as well as the operators.
TENTS FOR THE STRIKERS.
"Thank God, ;" said he, there are 10000
tents in Ohio, and we have governor VINO
will send them here the same as he did to
che sufferers ersm the Johnstown flood.
[Cheers. You can live in these tents, get
what you want to eat and tell Tommy
Lynch that he does not own the Ohio tents
and can't put you out Of them" During
Nugents speech an excited SlaV saw
three men drawing coke at the
ovens, and he wanted the crowd 70 go down
and stop them. He was quoted after
awhile, but the affair created considerable
excitement a Scottdale special says there
was bad break in the strikers ranks at
the Painter works this morning. eighty
men resumiDg work.
WILEY FEARS TROUBLE.
PITTsBURG, PA. April lS-Brig. Gen.
Wiley is by no means confident that all tn 9
trouble in the coke region is at an end.
Bloodshed and violence. he is quite sure,
will result in the event of the troops with
drawal. Therefore he thinks the soldiers
may expect long siege in the mountains
Gen. Wiley came down from Mount
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.
CowED BY THE SOLDIERS.
1.-THE strikers are cowed by the uniforms
and arms of the soldiers, and will offer no
violence 50 long as they remain. The press
ence of the troops is essential to peace up
there The governor is anxious TO maintain
this order, and as he is kept advised of the
situation | am sure he will not endanger life
and property by recalling the troops, for as
soon as they are withdrawn there will be an
outbreak OF that am confident
THOUSANDS ANXIOUS TO WORK.
There are several thousand men in the
coke regions who are anxious to 60 to work,
but who fear to do so. They are not afraid
OF personal violence while under the protec-
ton of the guard, but fear that their homes
will not be safe. Therefore they remain
idle, though hunger and want cause great
suffering among them. They are assured
protect on, but they know what they would
be subjected to besides actual violence. They
would be annoyed until their lives became
q burden. Wherever they turned they
would find an obstacle that caused them
annoyance, though they were not injured.
THOUSANDS HELD OUT BY HELP.
''Besides these men who are anxious to
work there are thousands of others who
would be compelled to work, despite every
thing, if they were not under the especial
care aud protection of the strikers AS
long as they are fed and looked out for they
do not care about toiling. But how long can
the strikers continue their work Of support
ing these mens is the question. AS soon as
thew fail they will fad 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 loss of life and great de-
struction Of property, / think. l truly
hope the day is far off when such will occur.
but to my mind it will surely come unless
the labor trouble is amicably settled"
UNUSUAL ACTIVITY.
SCoTTDALE, PA, April 13.-There was
an unusual activity all along the line to-
day, owing to the fact that the Prick and
Mcclure companies had decided to begin
operations at all the plants possible. The
Mcclure company concentrated its efforts
on its Painter plant, and eighty men went
20 work there to-day. The other
Mcclure plants at Lemonte, Donally, Dia-
mond. Buckeye, Rising sun, Bessemer and
Mayfield are still totally idle, however.
The Frick Company state that their ship
ments 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, it is thought trouble will come wher
the warrants are carried out, as the strik
ers will certainly not go peaceably. Great
mass meetings have been held at Bessemel
and other points, to-day and at each resolu
tons were adopted to remain out until thu
end. Another enormous meeting is being