Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
MORE MEN COME OUT.
Seven Additional Coal Mines Join
the List of Local Strikers.
OPERATORS SECURE LEGAL AID.
FThe Central Trades Council Indorses the
Printers Strike.
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL ITEMS

The striking miners increased their forces
yesterday to the extent of nearly ], 500 men.
An immense mass meeting was held at Scott
| Haven. Secretary McQuaide attended it,
and said last night, after he returned, that
seven of the eight mines that had been at
work along the Baltimore and Ohio road
! had decided to come out. This only leaves
one mine at work along that line, and the
men employed there are expected out to-
| morrow.
The miners employed by the Youghio-
gheny Company, of which the late w. L.
Scott was president are included in this
number, and they are unorganized. The
company had been paying 80 cents, or
cent in advance of the district price.
THE OTHER MINES AFFECTED.
Other mines affected by yesterdays
movement are the Osceola, operated by J.
w. Shields, who has contract to supply
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The
men have agreed to mine enough to supply
the railroad engines only, but will not
allow any coal to be shipped away to
fill other contracts. The Big Chief
mines of John Blythe are also
idle, as are Stones mines The
two mines employ about 200 men. The
Coffee mines OF w. II. Dilworth, and the
Slope, owned by the Shaner Gas Coal
Company, employing jointly 800 men, COM
plete the list of mines that struck yester-
day.
Some trouble is looked for at the Scott
Mine No 1, as the men there refused to
cone out. The committee gave them until
Monday to come out. There was some talk
of bloodshed last night, but an effort
will be made on the part of
the officials to keep down strife.
Mr.. McQuaide said last night that the
miners are making an admirable fight.
Work has been plenty all summer, and the
men are in a good condition to stand an
idleness for several weeks. He said the
number of men organized and unorganized
will now reach about 1880, leaving not
more than !, 400 at work in the entire dis
trict.
BIG OPERATORS IN THE WAY.
The greatest obstacle in the way of the
miners winning Immediately are the big
operators. Many of the small ones have
signified their willingness to grant the de-
mands, but the larger ones are willing to
carry the smaller ones along, even if it costs
them a few thousand dollars, just as the
large contractors carried the smaller ones in
the recent building trades strike.
j. Morton Hall had nothing new to re-
port yesterday, but it was learned from
another source that the operators have taken
steps to ward off any legal proceedings that
might be commenced to compel them to fill
pressing contracts. An attorney has been
retained in Chicago to look after their in
terests in that end of the country and legal
service will also be engaged here. The COM
mittee that is to help Mr. Floersheim will
meet tomorrow. He said yestesday that
his contracts in the Wheeling district
must be filled, and if the other operators
cannot keep their agreement with him, he
will be compelled to grant the advance.
SOME TROUBLE YET EXPECTED.
There is likely to be some trouble vet
over the Floersheim case, as Mr.. Hall
claims that Mr.. Floersheim has signed an
agreement with the operators unconditIon-
ally not to grant the advance, while the
latter claims they have agreed to see that
his contracts are filled.
+, MIR. McQuaid thinks it will be impossi-
BILE for them to do this now that there are
only few small mines working, and those
that are working in the CHARTERS district |
have been granted the advance. The miners |
are anxious for pressing demand in the |
Pittsburg district so that the river operators |
can get o chance to show their hand by |
dumping coal into the local market.