Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-05-05
STILL RIOTOUS.
Striking Miners Determined to Com
pei All the Coal Mines to Close
DOwn-A Convention Called
to Settle the Trouble.

Scottdale, Pa, May 5.-The situation
in the coke region to-day is quiet, al.
though an outbreak is expected at any
moment. At the Meyer works there are
1000 strikers camped with the determine.
tion to bring all men at work ont. There
are but ten men in the yard and twenty
in the pit, which leaves work in Grip.
pied condition.
| The strikers are jubilant over the fact
that they have succeeded ALREADY in keep
ing away the larger part of the working
force from the works and should the other
thirty Join the strikers the victory
claimed will be won and the operators
will have to give in to the scale adopted
by the national committee. Other works
which are only partly in operation, such
as the Valley plant and Frick x Co., will
also be visited by the strikers to-day and
trouble is feared. The Frick people are
determined that the strikers shall not
trespass upon their property and depu-
ties are on the ground with Winchesters.
A few works are running to-day in this
region.
Supt. Sanford White, one of the unfor-
tunates in yesterdays battle, is still in
critical condition. DR.. Rogers says that
should erysipelas set in he may lot recover
Book-keeper Roddy, the other wounded
man, is at his home. His I'M juries are not
so bad as at first reported and he will be
out in few days. Four Hungarians
were seriously injured but all will re-
cover.
The mob has sworn vengeance upon the
company and say that they will never allow
the Painter works to start up, unless the
demanded scale of prices is issued. A
mob of 1000 miners marched to the Paul
plant to-day frightening the workingmen
and many dropped their tools and fed at
the appearance of so large number.
Armed deputies this time had the desired
effect and the mob was dispersed. Large
bodies of strikers are reported marching
through the region and serious trouble
may result at any time.
GLASS WORKS CLOSET.
Alton, Ill-The Illinois Glass company
has closed its works on account of the
coal miners strike. The company con-
sumo twenty cars of coal daily and en-
ploys 1000 men.
BETTER REMAIN AT WORK.
Louisville, Colo.-The miners at this
place are holding mass meeting to con-
slider strike in sympathy with the gem
eral strike of coal miners.
NEW MEXICO IN IT.
Ration, N. MA committee of Stark
vile miners is at Blossburg to induce the
miners there to quit work, but have not
succeeded yet
WEST VIRGINIA MINERS.
Wellsburg, W.Va.-The miners have all
decided to go out tonight and Join the
strikers. This means the closing of fac
tories employing over 1900 men.
A CONVENTION CALLED.
Columbus, Ohio.-John Mcbride, presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, has issued a call to his organization
and those affiliated with it to send a dele
gate for every 500 members to the ma
tional convention to be held in Cleveland,
Ohio, at 10 o'clock Mouday, May II,
preparatory to meeting in joint session
with the coal operators of all the states
interested the following day.
PRICE OF COAL ADVANCED.
Chicago.-Soft coal has advanced from
$2.75 to 81, per ton as a result of the
coal miners strike.