The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-17
That N any More Will Go Back to the Mines To.
Day-Operators at Seeleyville, Hancock
and Ayrshire the First to Give In.
Ex-Secretary-Treasurer Turner, of the
Knights OF Labor, Scored by Powderly.
More Light Thrown on the Orders Financial
Scandal-0pening of the Worlds Fair on
Sundays Favored by the Assembly.
CUMNIESKY GAINS A POINT.
Secures Permission for the Men to Accept
the Conditional Advance.


Secures Permission for the Men to Accept
the Conditional Advance.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Nov 16.-The situa-
tion III the miners strike in the State can
be best understood by the statement that
each side asserts that a stampede is immi-
nent in the ranks of the other. The opera
tors. especially those of the bitumlnous
mines, make reports OF lively meetings OF
miners at the different places in the State.
There are said to have been angry discus
sIoEs on the advisabIlty of the strike. and
q preponderance of sentiment was at one
time against 1t on the part of the miners
There is no doubt that this was true before
the strike was ordered, but the miners
officials, who have been in almost
constant session here. declare that the
miners were unanimously in favor
of the strike when the situation had been
properly explained to them. They. there
fore, cast their votes accordingly. Friday
and Saturday John Nugent, of Ohio, q
member of the national executive
board of United Mine-workers, and
Vice. president Penna were in consultation
Win tuO cHu iOauiHe iHCh VI thC
State organization. 1t had been well un-
derstood that President Rea and perhaps
others at the national headquarters at CO.
lumbus o.. were opposed TO the strike in
bituminous mines, as having been ordered,
it is said. without an effort first being
made to reach an agreement with the oper-
atOrs They are also said to have
opposed it on the ground that many
of the mines were being worked
under regularly signed contracts for year
Whatever may have been the advice of
Nugent and Penna it is known to-day
that the State officials have changed their
position In one important respect. When
the strike was inaugurated it was the
agreement that no miners should return to
work at the increased scale unless all the
miners were taken back at the same scale
of wages. This evening President Cum
mesky said that permission had been
granted for all miners who could get work
at IS cents for bituminous and S. cents for
block coal mining to return to work. Ten
bituminOus operators had offered the 20
cents. and 1t was Mr.. Cummeskys lpfOrma-
tion that between three and four hundred
miners went to work to-day. and he thinks
nearly as many more will be at work to-
morrow.
The mines where work was resumed to-
day are located at Seeleyyille, east of here;
at HANCOCK, III SULLIVAN county, Oh tD6 L.
d /. road. south of Washington, Ind, and
at AYRSHIRE. in Dane Ingles's mine. on the
Airline road. These latter mines supply
but little coal for the Chicago market,
however. Some of the smaller block-coal
operators are willing to pay the IS
cents. but the action of the Chicago
x Eastern Illinois and the Chicago IL
Indiana coal roads in raising the freight
rate at this time deters them. The miners
say these roads are under one management;
Vl,f hn a IN hnfh fhn nnIy
of the Brazil BlOck-coal Company. and also
controls nearly all the OUTPUT of the block
coal regions confined to Clay county. is
composed of men who control the railroads.
The raise in freight rates was made for the
purpose of intimidating small operators
who might be inclined to yield to the de-
mands of the men.
The bituminous operators BAY they are
not alarmed by the resumption of work at
a few mines at the scale asked for by the
miners. and assert that none OF the operators
who signed the agreement not to pay 1T has
shown any indication of weakness. They
further declare that the operators who
thus stand together practically control the
output.
A report reached here to-day that there
had been an outbreak at Alum Cave, or
New Pittsburg and several men were re-
ported killed Investigation shows there
is no truth In the report This
mine is owned by Chicago men who
operate the mine. To this the farmers IN
the neighborhood who had been employed
at and about the mine raised objection
They served notice that II the Polanders
were at work after Tuesday noon
they would be driven away by force.
if necessary. Manager Seifert went TO
indianapolis. to have the United States
Judge order United States marshais to the
scene. appealing to a federal court because
the owners of the mine reside in another
State. He was informed that as the COM
pany was an Indiana corporation he would
have to depend on the State authOri-
ties. He passed through here this
evening OH his way to the mine and it is an
nounced that no attempt will be made to
operate the mine before Wednesday.
Sheriff Hawkins of Sullivan county, has
said that he will protect the mine at old
Pittsburg where there was an objection to
the introduction of machinery for mining
by electricity, but he will not protect the
Polanders.