Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-09

The Strike Now On In the Con-
nellSyille Coke Region.
Drawers and Miners Out Over
100000 In Wages.


Large - The Weekly Output of the
| Region Reduced from ZOO to Between
200 and 800 Cars-OperatOrs Claim the
Strike is Virtually Broken.
PITTsBURG, April Reports from
| different sections of the coke country
how slight gain for the operators on
the second day of the resumption after
the paralysis that followed the More
wood fatality. The citizens of the ro-
gion are preparing to hold meetings
and demand some sort of settlement.
as the business of the region is ruined,
out over SI 900, 900 in Wages.
Tables have been prepared showing
the miner have lost in wages, during
the eight weeks strike, 81, POO, ,0O0, while
the operators loss by diversion of bust
ness to other reg Ons and continued id e.
ness and neglect is incal ulable. 1t is Il
fact, also, that be ore the strike some
5000 cars of coke er week We're shi,Ied
from the Connelsville dist j t, while
during the trouble they have averaged
between 200 and :00 cars per week
Still the operators seem determined to
resume at their terms, while the miners
say they Will not go ba unless starve
out, then they will break their agree
ment at tie first opportunity,
Claim or thc Operators.
Op rators say the strike was vi tually
broken at number of plants TIE day.
J ere was unusual activity at y ore
wood, Jimt wn, Sterling Leisenrng
No. 3, while at the jackson plant. near
Dawson, fifty men are working, and
some little work is being done at the
Nellie and Clarissa plants, while o IL
cials say their different companies are
receiving applications for worl daiv.
in contradiction to tIi the lalor lead
crs say the entire region is practically
idle, and that their position is stronger
than ever. There is a &c lcral impress
sion, however, that a settlement #
some sore will soon lie made / eaders
say they a e willing to effect II fair com.
promise, though operators are still
fighting shy Of conf renee.
Special Convention Called.
Tuesday evening Master Workman
Peter Wise and Secretary Parker issue
call for special convention of the
entire coke system, including organi ed
and nOn-nnion miners, to e held in
Byrnes hall here ON Friday, Ap'il 10.
1he oh, eCt Of the convention as ey-
planned in the cal is for the purpose of
considering the present situation and to
devise ways and means to bring the
strike to a sucCe sful termination. The
unorgani2eil men will have voice and
vote in the meeting The convention is
exceedingly significant at this stage of
the strike. Mr.. Parker SAYS that tIere
will be fully seventy delegates present
who will come prepared to voice the
sentiments of all the strikers in the re-
gion.
MorewOod viii Decide the Fight
A special from Mt Pleasan saws 1t
is at MorewoDd the strikers will either
stand OF fall, as smaller operators are
awaiting the issue there before starting.
At Molewood Tuesday eighteen men
We're at work out of $50 i'll the mines
and thirty-one were drawing coke.
About 100 ovens are now burning out of
a total of $50. No more arles,s e
strikers We're made Tuesday, although
large number of warrants were in the |
hands of a constable At 2:20 o'cloC
the SOuthwest Coke company notified |
Capt. Laird that the strikers were as
in the vicinity of their works.
Col. Hawkins of the Tenth regiment. |
sent additional Teinforcemants to the |
scene with extra ammunition. He in |
the men to fire upon any one |
the lines. 1t turned out, how |
ever, that lhe little commOtion was
caused by circulation of petition for
the recall of the mill ia The petition |
was circulated by a citizen who is glea
ly prejudcel against the soldiers, on ac-
count of personal encounter with the /