The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-16
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT.
NEITHER STRIKERS NOR OPERATORS
ADMIT THEIR CAUSE is WEAKENED.

Majority of the Works in Operation
Both Operators and strikers Begin the
Week with Their Forces in Good
Order.
Mt. PLEASANT, April 19.--The situa-
ton in the coke region is practically un-
changed. Neither the operators nor
strikers will admit that their cause is
weakened and from outside appearance,
both are about correct. The majority
of the works in the region are making
an attempt to run, but very few men are
Mt work. The Central is about the only
plant that is running full, and other
plants have very meagre forces. The
majority of them are Offering the old
scale. This is the case at Cochran's
works the Nellie and Clarisse; Rainey's
works, the America, Fl. Hill and Paul;
Pennsylvania, Mt Braddocl, Percy and
Fairchance. The plants now running
on the sliding scale are Adelaid, jim
town. Morewood. Central andCo Brook
None of the operators have all the men
they want, though the majority claim
they can get them. Secretary Parker
said that Superintendent Rosser. of jim
town, is Offering $l.i0 per 100 bushels for
miners. II is claimed by the men that
he is working scheme to secure
the men at that rate, and after he
breaks up their organization he can do
about as he likes regarding reduction.
Both sides Make Statements.
It is very difficult to get at the num-
Der of men working, rs everybody in the
region is interested one way or the
other. The operators and their clerks
exaggerate the number and the strik-
ers are careful to make it as small as
possible. The operators say that twice
as many are working now as begun last
week and the strikers declare the num-
Der has fallen off two-thirds. The best
calculations put the number between
the two statements. An effort will be
made to put the majority OF the works
in the region in operation as soon as pos
sible. General Manager Brennan, of
the Mcclure company, will send out no.
tices to his men to report for duty, and
he will try to get his plants going. Gen
eral Manager Lynch, of the II. c. Frick
Coke company, was seen at Scottdale.
He says that his company is getting all
the coke necessary,
who Shall Rule?
He SAYS it is no longer a question as TO
wages, but whether labor organizations
shall have full control of the business Of
the region. Coke operators say they can
no longer have discipline in their works
because the labor leaders have such COM
plete control. For instance, the Standard
mines are considered the most dangerous
in the country, yet not long ago a
man burst open his safety lamp in order
to get a light for his pipe. He was dis
charged for endangering the lives of
hundreds Of companions, but the COM
pany was compelled TO reinstate him to
prevent strike. While they say such
extreme cases are rare other matters are
constantly coming mp. OF course the
labor men deny such charges, but to
some extent they are doubtless true, and
"whitewashing" by committees is COM
mon.
The situation at Morewood.
At Morewood it is reported that about
seventy men were at work. Some were
reported as laying off and others are
sick. A number Of men say they don't
intend to go back again, but that may
only be to make them solid with their
old friends. The strikers report that
there are not over a dozen men beside
the bosses at work at Morewood. This
is very low. There were probably fifty
men at work there at the close of the
day. The removal of the Eighteenth
regiment may have a bad effect, as some
of the men will get the idea the Tenth
will soon follow suit. This may have
some influence on the number of men at
work. The strikers claim to have in
hnencel mAnN of the men To staN ont.