Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-28
HAIR-PULLING MATCH.
Women Along the YOugh River Have
a Fight Over the Miners Strike.
TWO LARGE MASS MEETINGS HELD
The Miners Association Will Begin Paying
Benefits Friday.
MEN THREATEN TO COME OUT IN OHIO

The striking miners at West Newton are
now growing desperate, and great deal Of
trouble is anticipated before the strike is
declared off The first trouble occurred
yesterday morning at Blythedsle, in the
companv's houses of Scott's mines No. 2,
when a strikers better half accused Hun
garian woman of being scab's wife, as her
husband was a miner in No. 2 The women
soon came to blows, and in a few minutes
over 20 women were engaged in battle with
stones, clubs and fists, but mine
officials interceded before any damage was
done beyond a score of black eyes and sew
eral dresses being torn off the enraged
women. Shortly after this the mine police
made the fighting strikers vacate the COM
panv's houses.
Yesterday mass meetings were held at
Scott Haven aud West Newton by National
President Rae and Secretary McQuade
The result of these meetings was to make
the strikers more firm and lead more men
TO their forces.
THE ACTION INDoRSED.
AT both places, after the situation had
been fully discussed, vote was taken, and
the action taken in Mondays convention
was indorsed. About 1000 members at
Der of these are men who have been working
since the strike. This makes the suspension
complete as far as West Newton, and
miners committees are working in other
parts of the district. 1t is thought by the
leaders that by tomorrow or the next day
the miners mentioned in THE DISPATCH
yesterday will have quit work.
Yesterday President Rae and Secretary
McQuade visited the Youghiogheny slope,
on the Baltimore and Ohio, and succeeded
in bringing the 200 miners employed there
out. This mine has been shipping to the
East, having started up after being out only
one week. Committees of the strikers
have been stationed At Scott's No. for the
past ten days, and the last man took his
tools out last night. Last Friday 100 men
were at work in these mines.
MAY ARREST FOR TREsPAss.
The same course is being pursued at
Scott's No. l, and only so men less went
into work yesterday. The operators have
made no attempt as yet to prevent this mis-
sionary work on the part of the strikers, but
ii is thought arrests for trespass will follow.
At JacOby creek % of the striking Hun
garians returned to work this morning, as
they had only two davs' grace before the
evictions would have commenced. Presi-
dent Rae will address them tomorrow.
About 80 of these families will be turned
out Of their homes in company houses
Thursday unless the men go to work. Os-
borne, Sager & Co have called upon the
Sheriff of Westmoreland county for pro-
lection. and deputies will be sent there to-
morrow, as trouble is expected when the
evictIOns commence. AT Banning the oper-
arors claim TO have so men at work, but the
min RS say only +0
vt Douglas this morning the grocery
men refused to give the miners credit, and
enforced a strict cash rule. All the other
stores in the district Will do the same. The
first payment from the Miners Association
will be made on Friday, and regularly each
week after that time.
At Monongahela City the strike has been
going the strikers way since Mondays con-
vention, and the men are now very hopeful.
All day Yesterday the operators were hurry
ing coal into Pittsburg, as they are trying to
ger their orders out before the men in the
two districts join in the strike.
It Is the general impression that
there viii be a strike of both |
the river and railroad miners as the OPERA |
Tors have lately been making no secret of !
their intentions to fill railroad contracts.
Operators will soon begin evictions
Henry Floresheim. who would lose large |
y on contracts if his men again strike, has |
l'ldNtu cleNSl fuSe IN retaining portion |
of the wages Of the 800 negroes working in |
his mines. This caused a great deal of dis |
content. but so far Nh Floresheim seems to |
have the upper hand.
President Rae said last night that u ap- |
plicationS had been made by miners to be |
sent 10 the Hooking Valley district and |
many more are anticipated TODAY.
dispatch last night from Sandy Creek |
Valley says that strike is imminent owing |
10 the trouble in the Pittsburg district The |
Ohio miners claim that W. p Rend during
the Pittsburg strike has been filling his |
orders from his mines in this State, which |
have been running in full blast. They have
notified the Pennsylvania strikers of their
Willingness to go out to prevent this order
Of things proceeding whenever it is desired.
i looks as if there would be an Ohio strike
ar once unless the Pittsburg troubles are
adjusted.