Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-15
IROCBLEAPPREHENDED
4 fbs Narmet Mines, Raymond City,
Putnam County.
!RNED GUARDS ON DUTY
, y.,ro,s From Tennessee Being Brought In 10
- -n,. plssss Of the Striksrs-1hs Governor
,,o,,l,d 10. But BE IS POwsrlssS to.RIps
tho Special Guards
id 7,l.gram to the Register.

-, T,lsgran to the Register.
.,,erEsroY, w. VA, Sept. IA
,rs,, may happen st Raymond City,
,,o-v miles west of here, before to-
-.,row night is impossible to tell. The
-..sr, Of the Marmet Mining Company
,sat place have been on a strike for
,.,,ar wages since January, and in
N that time but little work has
IAN done. A few men have been
d, work, but not over tenth
the usual number. At the
.ns time the strikers have been occu-
-,io, the company's houses, from which,
means of legal technicalities, the
,,nsnv has been unable 10 evict them.
TN, weeks ago $50 men went 10 the
-i,cs demanded to speak with the few
-so m work and endeavored to make
.Is,o stoo. The men have in some In
,.srres been roughly treated, being
,.,rad and once fired upon by an un-
-,oyyn perSonS, and the cOmpanyS
~~occupied houses have been stoned.
TbecomDany has finally decided 10 begin
,oaratlous and sent for lot OF negroes.
The Sheriff of Putnam county had en-
Favored 70 give the company protec-
-on. but the people OF the county sym
,atbized with the miners in their de-
msnd for more pay and refused In
~oDy instances TO assist the company.
roder these circumstances seventy-hve
men were brought from Ohio yesterday,
most of then members OF the FIRST
Rcginent Ohio National Guards, and
were sworn In this morning as special
eopstables. They are armed with revol-
ysrs and Winchester rifles and are
Guarding the cOmpany's property.
The miners counsel and officers called
on the Governor this morning, asking
him 10 order them out OF the State,
claiming they were violating the law in
5rganizing an armed force without his
consent. The Governor sent commit
zee 10 Raymond City to find out the
ruth, and on their reporting tonight
thar the men are under the control or
me civil authorities Of the county, he
promptly declared that he had no
authority in thematter, and refused TO
lct. The men are special constaOleS
..,o-., q. ~ O I,,a.ioa Of tho paare and
This afternoon a carload Of negroes
rom Tennessee passed through here to
work in these mines. On their arrival
they were met by the specials fully
srmed and escorted to the company's
mines. Moro are expected tomorrow
when an attempt will be made to put
them TO work. Whether there will
taen be an outbreak can not be told.
The miners lawyers are couuSellng
moderation, but say that If the specials
whom they characterize as thugs are
not ordered out they will withdraw
their counsel. A big secret miners
meeting was held tonight and
another will be held to-
morrow. The miners are endeavoring
% induce the negroes not to go 10 work,
ald are in some cases successful. What
will be the result Of their meetings is
10, known, but there is imminent dan
ger Of an outbreak should the negroes
30 70 work tomorrow. The strikers
are backed by the United Mine Workers
Of America and the Federation of
Labor, aud the Marmet Coal Company
is already under boycott. IL looks
as IL there might be Seri-
GUS trouble before the mines are
put in successful operation again,
though, so far, there has been no at
iempt at force on either side.
NJ. r. Moran, of Wheeling, President
OF the United Mine WOakers Of Ameri-
ca Tor West Virginia, is at the scene Of
,ae trouble. The company'S property
is pat-O.ed by armed guards and the
miners meetings are also held behind
picket lines.