Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-07
THE COKE REGION QUIET.
Works Starting Up--Arrests OF Strikers
and Deputies-Graye Approximations.

and Deputies-Grave Approximations.
[By telegraph TO the Dispatch.l
PfrTsBuReH, Pa, April 6.-Though quiet
affairs to-day in the coke region were de-
cidedly interesting to both sides. The
operators made most determined effort
70 start several Of their plants. but with
doubtful success. The strikers, on the
other hand, simply. ignored the works,
and up to late TO. night no outbreak or raid
standing the general alarm felt even at the
unexpected lighting of match in the
vicinity of the plants. The large Frick and
Mcclure companies, following their policy
of resumption, made an effort to start their
plants to-day, while other smaller compa-
nies seemed eontented to await the result.
MEN AT WORK.
At the Frick general Offices it is reported
that 100 men are at work at Adelaide and
forty more at Morewood. and that coke is
being shipped from the Jimtown and Ster-
ling works The Coalbrook plant of TIE
Mcclure company IL still being operated
without much trouble. On the other hand
Master Work kman Wise saws but four men
are working at Morewood and that a cor
poral's guard would cover the remainder,
and that the entire region presents the ap-
pearance of total idieneSs, except at plants
where an amicable adjustment has been
made.
That this movement to-day is simply q
starter is shown by the action OF several
companies who have notified the Sheriff OF
Fayette county that they intend to start
up tomorrow or later in the week, and
that ne will be held responsible for all
damage II their works are not guarded,
ARRESTS.
Many arrests have been made to-day,
or,Cnf, fhapn haipn NJ MrDonOnph md
William Coleman, two prominent leaders
of the Morewood affair, who were released
on 81 900. The military companies are still
stationed at Scottdale and at Mt. Pleasant.
Their presence is a guarantee of peace.
The real struggle that began to-day re-
quires their presence, and the only fear is
that they may be needed when the Leith,
Cochran, Leisenring, and other former
backgrounds start up tomorrow, as has
been decided by the operators. The men
still hope for a compromise. and are salts
fed the companies will yet make conces-
sions after the conference in Pittsburgh.
Up to tonight several Morewood rioters
have been arrested and eight deputies who
did the shooting. The squire before whom
the hearings were held found precedent
somewhere and held those charged with
riot and carrying concealed weapons in
$1,000 bail, while the deputies charged
said that the wounded strikers previously
reported as having died Saturday will be
privately buried tomorrow.
FIGHT TO THE FINISH.
General Manager Lynch, of the Frick
Company, has just issued reply to the
appeal of Rev. Father Lambling, who has
got power over the strikers. Mr.. Lynch
says it is no longer O question of wages,
but of personal liberty, the rights of pro-
perty, and the potency of law. Regarding
the general impression that an amicable
conference will settle the difficulty. the
General Manager of the Huge Frick inte-
rests says it will be time enough TO confer
with the leaders of the strike when the
military Of the State cannot enforce the
law. This means q fight TO the finish no
matter what the result. as MIR. Lynch is
empowered to voice not only the senti-
ments of the Frick people, but of three
fourths of the operators.