Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-17
OPERATORS SHUT OUT.
Miners Prevent the Local Coal Trade
Being Supplied by River Men.
A POINT FAVORING THE STRIKERS.
Contracts Let For the Erection of New
Tin Plate Plant.
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL ITEMS

This strike is only beginning" said
President Rea, of the United Mine Work
ers. last night after returning from a mass
meeting at Midway. The Developments of
Yesterday indicate that he spoke truth
fully. For some days it was feared the
river operators would dump their supply
onto the local market, but the miners have
taken a sudden notion not to allow them to
do so. T. NJ jenkins & Co have for some
days been supplying the Sawmii Run con-
tracts This included one or two large
mills in the West End and also a large
amount of Allegheny trade. President
Costello sent Mr.. Jenkins word yesterday
that this must stop.
The two had a conference in the after
noon. Mr. jenkins could not understand
how the miners could object 10 him filling
any contracts he might choose, as he was
not interested in the railroad fight. Mr..
Costello assured him the contracts must not
he filled under penalty of having his miners
brought out on a strike. The matter was
settled satisfactorily, and hereafter all river
operators who are known TO supply rail-
road contracts will render themselves liable
10 a strike of their men.
COSTELLO CUTS OFF THE RIVER CoAL.
As an indication of this, Presiden. Cos
tello issued the following last nigh:
TO the Miners of the ATonongahela River:
GREETING--You are hereby requested not
TO load aUy flats unless the operators agree
not to supply any of the railroad operators
contracts. 1t is earnestly urged that you
|IlI cOrlply with this appeal from your fel-
low miners of the railroad district. Pit COM
mitteCs and check weighmen will please see
that this matter is promptly attended to, as
We have only few addresses at hand.
JOHN COSTELLO,
NJ MCQCAIDE, President.
Secretary PittSburg District.
OCTOBER 1t. 1891.
President Rae last night addressed 500
miners at Midway He spoke for an hour
and nalf. and at the end of his speech a
vote was taken whether or not to continue
the strike. All but five men voted to stay
out This is in Mr. Robbins territory
Mr.. Rae said: This is the last place in
tie entire district where there should have
been any men at work Mr. Robbins paid
but SO cents instead of 70 to portion of his
Iuen. He refused 10 pay for room turning,
and there were many other little items in
the dead work scale that he ignored Two
Of the men in his mines came in to-day and
call and explain the situation. / went
with the result as stated.
This gives us the most complete strike
that ever was In this district. There are no
men working along the Panhandle except
10 at Mcdonald. On the CHARTERS road
there are but II men in out of total of 900
miners employed There are none at work
on the SawmilI Run road, or the Wheeling
division of the Baltimore and Ohio, except
those receiving the advance.
ONLY \ FEW MINERS AT WORK.
There are 65 Italians working at Lucy |
vile, but that is all employed on the Pitts !
burg, Virginia and Charleston. Two mines |
are paving the price on the PittSburg, Me /!
keesporI and Bellevernon, and none others |
are at work. FoUr-fifths Of the men on the |
PittsbUrg, McKeespOrt and GOughiogheny |
and the Baltimore and Ohio are idle |
There are a few men at work at LatimerS /
mines This strike is only beginning !
to take hold The sentiment in favor /
Of the men is becoming more emphatic. |
We have tried TO deal as easily as possible |
with the operators. We invited confer
ences with them, but they are unwilling to
confer They have courted fight and we
VIII give l. II them. l shall give the district
ny Whole attention until the fight is won.
l. viii not he long. We haG communications
lN-''hN --phG from lte nOGklHS NdlieN, an
other from Reynoldsville and the third
from Mercer county, requesting us to notify
them III case any OF their coal was shipped
into this market. This means that even
outside operators are with us, for they don't
want TO see their coal coming in, if il does
10 our Getriment"
Tie action of the miners here in relation
20 the railroad operators will be welcome
news il Southern markets. The 20,000,0 900
bushels layin" in the pools ready to go
down or the first rise can go without fear of
being stopped to supply Pittsburg trade,
and the lower markets will not be deprived
Of coal already badly needed.
!. Morton Hall was seen yesterday, but
he said there was nothing new on the opera
tors side. He replied in the negative to
question as to whether the operators were
bringing in any more foreign miners