The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-09

The miners are here, but the operators are
not.
The miners will have statement to make
by tonight.
Strikers Cause Much Trouble.
ALLIANCE, O., June 9, 1S94.--At eleven
o'clock last night 800 miners at Salineville
captured coal train that had been released
by the troops near Bellaire, in the after
noon, by soaping the track and making it
impossible for an engine to pull The strlk-
ers then backed the train on the siding and
spiked the switch with old iron and bars.
Every one of the mob seemed to have
shovel and within an hour the coal was
scattered all over the ground and the cars
were empty Train No. SO. the fast freight
from Cleveland reached Salineville shortly
after midnight, and not knowing of the
spiked switch ran upon it, throwing
The engine and eight cars into the
and adding to the general tumult'
The strikers say the wrecking of the freight
was an accident. as they forgot to remove
the iron from the switch. The railroad COM
pany ordered the wreck trains and every
section man on the road to Salineville, and
the work of picking up the wreck,
and reloading coal commenced at
two this morning. Couriers were sent
to New Lisbon by the railroad officials.
after Sheriff Lodge of Columbia county.
The Sheriff responded, and with six depu-
ties reached Salineville at five o'clock this
morning The strikers had disappeared,
however, and nothing was heard from them
until the coal was about Headed at o'clock
when mob of seyenty-five men appeared
and ordered the railroad men to stop, say
ing that no coal from non-union mines
should pass through that place. Sheriff
Lodge told the mob to disperse at once;
that if he and his deputies could not
protect the railroad in its work, he would
call ON Gov. Mckinley for troops. The mob
slowly moved away, but murmurs of ven
geance We're heard.
The railroad company is expecting more
trouble before the day is over The miners
are now holding meeting in the Town
Hall, and many of them declare their lnten-
ton of stopping all trains.
Burning Bridges.
BRIDGEPORT, Ohio, June 9, 1891 The
mob of striking miners were driven from
bridge No 3 on the Cleveland Lorrain &
Wheeling Railway by Ohio militia last night
and retreated to bridge No. f. At four
o'clock tlIis morning the bridge was dis
covered to be on fire Ii was completely
DESTROYED The burning of the bridge will
delay the entrance Of the Ohio State militia
to Flushing where another mob of strikers
are congregated.
Militia HurryIng to the Scene.
BELLAIRE, Ohio, June 9, 1S94.-The Six
teenth Regiment of the Ohio National
Guard arrived in this city from Toledo, on
the way to the Wheeling Greek mines, at
forty-five minutes past one this morning.
There were 700 of them on twelve cars.
The McClainesville miners west of this
city will hold a mass meeting today, and
say that if dispersed by the militia they
will march to this city and hold the meeting
here.
Using Dynamite.
SOMERSET, Pa, June 9, 1S94-Late last
night the residents of Berlin, the terminus
of the Berlin branch of the Baltimore &
Ohio road, were aroused by terrific explo
sion, which at the time could not
be located This morning when the
miners employed in the Burbaker
and Coleman mines, a mile from town,
started to work. they found that the two
tipples had been destroyed by dynamite In
consequence of this. work was abandoned for
the present. The perpetrators of the act are
not known. There are several coal works in
this vicinity and great excitement prevail.
Several operators have called on the Sheriff
for deputies to protect their property against
invasion.
stoned the Soldiers.
WHEELING, w. Va, June 9, 1694.-The
Huntington, Parkersburg, Burton and
Bethany companies Of the West Virginia
State Militia reached Bogg's Run early this
morning and after short brush with the
strikers succeeded in clearing the yards of
the mob that has held them for 24 hours.
The several hundred coal cars were found to
be in a bad condition, having been partly
wrecked by the men and the track badly
damaged A train was made up and cars
are now moving under military escort.
Seven additional companies have been or
dered out, and will reinforce the troops by
noon, forming complete guard for the Bal
timore g. Ohio lines from the FaiImount
coal region to the Ohio River. The Balti-
more q Ohio is now open to move coal at all
points
wood this morning was most disorderly.
The State troops were repeatedly stoned by
panc5 of mere boys and women and had to
make several charges to disperse the people.
One miitiaman was struck on the head and
badly injured.
Forced Shutdowns.
OMAHA, Neb., June 8, 1S94.-For week
the supply of fuel in Omaha and other cities
of the State whsre large supplies of coal are
consumed. has been exceedingly short The
majority of the big manufacturers are be-
coming apprehensive, and many have
already Slut down. The railroad system
of Omaha is seriously threatened. The roads
have only supply for about two weeks in
store Two lines will be abandoned in order
to give more important branches chance
The Missouri Pacific usually consumes l0o
car loads daily. At present its supply Is cut
to sixty and all the freight and passenger
trains throughout the system that
can be spared have been abandoned.
CROKER GONE TO EUROPE.
@uAnASTrNz, s. l., June Q, 1Sa4.-Mr.