The morning call., 1894-06-14
GOING TO WORK.
Miners Are Giving Up the
Strike.
MANY ACCEPT THE TERMS
Of the Big Conference Held at
Columbus.
MEN IN IRON MINES RESTLESS.
They Demand an Increase in Pay and
= Are Backed by the American
=. Federation.
VEN IN IRON MINES RESTLESS.

: ST. LOUIS, June 25.-The coal operators
of Southern Illinois, including the Big
Muddy, Consolidated, Mattison and Mount
Olive, are apparently we'll pleased with
the result of the Columbus conference be-
tween operators and miners. While the
miners of these companies are aware that
the schedule was only agreed on for mines
in pennsylvania, Ohio and Northern Hi
nois, they are quite positive that the scale
adopted means that in less than a week all
the mines will again be open. The Con-
solid sted, Madison, Big Muddy and Mount
Olive managers are so confident the strike
has ended that they are now making prep
RratlOns to resume the operation of their
mines When operations will be resumed
none of the operators care to say. but it is
understood that the Consolidated will
make an attempt TO resume work at Stan
ton on Saturday. Ii this be the case. on
Monday morning work will be resumed at
all of the Southern Illinois mines.
:. IRoNwooD. Mich. June 13-Tbe iron
miners have demanded an increase of pay
to the rate before the depression. Thirty
thousand men are interested. Tie miners
are backed by the American Federation
and will strike if the demand is refused.
g. MAssILON, Ohio, June 13.-The entire
disturbed district along the Cleveland.
Lorraine and Wheeling and Cleveland,
Canton and Southern railroads is quiet.
At the main camp the small guard was
stoned shortly before midnight, but n one
was injured. Three more companies of
the Fifth Regiment arrived this morning
from Cleveland. making the total force
about 500. Trains were stoned at several
points. but no damage was done.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, June I3.-No trouble
is: reported in this region to-day. Five
carloads Of negroes have been distributed
among Frick's works at Mount Pleasant.
The railway company placed a Gatling
gun af Vanderbilt for the protection of the
Fort Hull works. Fifty strikers charged
with riot and unlawful as assemblage at
Sickle Hollow are on trial to-day. A
strong effort will be made by some of the
coke 1trikers to have the scale committee
adopt the Frick scale.
CHARLESTON. w. Va, June 13-Last
.niEdt party of strikers on the mountain
top above the ST. Clair mines fred on the
guards. The latter retained the fire,
Keeping up hot fight until the firing from
the strikers ceased.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. June 13.-John Nc
Bride says the miners will accept the sit
uatiou and go to work in reasonable time.
The national officers of the United Mine
workers have Issued a circular announcing
the terms of the settlement of the strike
and advising miners to return to work
june 18.
=. PUNXsUTAwNEY, Pa, June 13.-A mass
meeting of miners in this district is In
progress. They denounce the Columbus
N ind
sent to Governor Pattison in reply to his
proclamation.
LEXINGTON, KY, June 13.-Three hun
dred miners in the Beattie district re-
sumed work to-day. They had been out
about two weeks.
PITTsBURG, Pa, June 14.-Miners'
President Calrnes of the Pittsburg district
arrived at home and called delegation
conference TO be held in this city when the
terms of the Columbus agreement and the
reasons for accepting it will be considered.
=. DANVILLE, ILL.,. June 13-At a meeting
Of coal operators and miners to-day an ex-
haustive discussion of the matters in dis
pute was had. Most of the companies ex-
cepting the Consolidated Coal Company
miners were represented. The miners re-
fused to make any sort of proposition for
settlement until they hear from the Clin-
ton Ind.) miners. They agreed to accept
8 cents less per ton for mining than the
Clinton miners agreed to. This blocks the
settlement in this district until the In
diana miners agree TO a settlement
WASHINGTON, Ind, June 13.-The min
ers of this section say they will not 90 to
work at the scale fixed by the Columbus
conference.