The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-27
WARM THE COKEREGION
THE COMPANIE POST A SLIDING
SCALE AND RESUME.

| Desperate Efforts Being Made by the
Strikers to Prevent Hands From
Going TO Work-The Men Who Are
ResuminE E tier Desperate Foreign
ers or Men On the Point Of starvs-
ton.
PITTsBURs, PA, March pa special
from Scottdale, Pa, says: THE coke re-
gions have been in an uproar all day over
the result of the posting Of the sliding scale
last night by the Frick company, Mcclure
company and other concerns The Frick
company is an enormous concern,
controlling over two-thirds Of the
entire number Of ovens in the dis
trict, while the Mcclure company
owns some 2 600 ovens General Manager
Lynch Of the Prick company says that Of
the seventeen works in which they posted
notices yesterday ten are working to-day.
Notwithstanding the shortness Of the notice
to their employees.
WORKS IN OPERATION.
Among the works in partial operation
are the Morewood, West Redstone and Jim
town. three of the largest plants of tae
Frick company. The Mutual works Of the
United Coal and Coke Company started in
full. as did the Coalbroke works of the Nc
Clure company. Mr.. Lynch says they did
not post resumption notices and the
sliding scale in eight of their
works because they had not suffi-
cient orders. It will be remembered
that but so per cent. of the ovens were in
blast WHEN the strike occurred. 1t is claimed
by the operators that they are paying 20
per cent. more wages than any other coke
region In the country; that they viii run
their works, and Will brook no Interference
from strikers
A SHIPMENT OF COKE.
1.-THE first shipment of coke made by these
companies since the strike left the region to-
day. The labor leaders are dismayed at the
reports OF the unexpected desertion of so
many men, but roundly deny their truth
They say up on the hill this evening that
they have received no ice of but one works
In operation at Jimtown, AID a mass meet
ing is in progress there tonight to induce
the men TO quit work. Later reports indi-
cate that the labor officials are poorly in
formed as to their disavowals.
RIOT.
IA riot occurred at the Liesening works,
owing to the resumption there, and the
strikers held a mass meeting, at which reso-
lutlons were passed TO force reluctant
employees to quit and rejoin the strikers.
Accordingly between rs and 100 strikers,
armed with clubs and carrying stones,
raided the yard, putting the workmen to
flight. Several of them were slightly in
jured. General Manager Lynch immedi-
ately wired Sheriff Mccormack for officers
to protect his property, and an ample force
OF armed deputies il now on the grounds to
guard against any further outbreak.
DANGEROUS STATE OF AFFAIRS.
"To>night the region Is filed with Apr E.
hension as to the result OF this most deter
mined and unexpected attempt at resump-
ton. The operators are firm and confident,
and will command a regiment of deputies
if necessary. The strikers are determined
and the great majority ars united, while
the men who are going back to work are
either desperate foreigners who have no
fear of the strikers, or men who are actually
driven to work by poverty, and perhaps
hunger These three forces control the
region Tonight, and the most dangerous
crisis of the long fight is fully ON