Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-06-19
MINERS RETURN TO WORK.
General Revival of Industry In the
Pittsburg District-AR Impetus
Given to Business.

General Revival of Industry In the
Pittsburg District-An Impetus
Given to Business.
PITTsBURa, June 18.-The settlement of
the great soft coal miners strike and the
return to work to-day of 5000 of the
20, 900 miners in this district, has given
an impetus to all kinds of business, and
the situation is more hopeful than at any
time for many months.
Among the large plants in this city
which resumed to day after a long idle
ness, were the Carbon, Iron and Steel
company's works, divers Twenty sixth
street works, Seug & Co.'S works, Sheen
burgers, and Rowe, Brown & Co. The
latter firm has been shut down for two
years and started up in full, giving en-
ployment to 500 men. The Black Diamond
steel works will also begin operations
this week, and the Edgar Thomson steel
works will start ss soon as a sufficient
supply of coke is received.
At McKeesport everything is quiet, but
1t is thought the tube works will start
up soon, as many of the strikers have
expressed a willingness to return when
ever the firm was ready to resume.
At Scottdale the Scottdale Iron and Steel
company's plant resumed in full, after an
idleness of several weeks.
CLEVELAND, June 1S.-Reports received
from points along the Cleveland, Lorraine
and Wheeling rail1o DAD this morning show
that work was resumed at only two mines
on the entire length of the road. These
were at Rock Hill. The miners in the New
Lisbon district returned to work to-day on
the basis adopted by the Columbus confer
ence.
ALTOONA, Pa, June 19-A portion of
miners in the Blair and Cambria district
went to work this morning. All others, 1t
Is thought, will go in to morrow. Long
trains of coal which had been side tracked
during the strike are now passing through
this city.
PHILLIPsBURG, N. J.. June 1S.-In the
Gallitzin, or mountain district, orders were
given for work to be resumed this morning
at all the mines except those of Scott &
Co. and Leidy's. In the Clearfield and
Beech Creek regions there was no resump-
ton of work at any of the mines this morn
ing. The operators had not reached an
agreement to give an advance.
PH1LADHIPHrA, juno 1s.-An the BIZ
luminous coal operators of central Penn
sylvanis with the exception of few, who
have offered their miners forty-fve cents
psr ton, gross, were represented to-day at
secret conference here. Edward j. Ber-
wind, president of the BerwindWhite
company and chairman of the committee
of seven appointed recently to confer
with the miners at Altoona, presided. At
ter receiving the report of the committee
of seven those present at the conference
unanimously decided to maintain their
former position-to not pay more than
forty cents per gross ton. They will go
ahead with their work of putting new men
in the mines as soon as possible.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June lS.-It appears
that the conference of miners which has
been ON here for two days will come to
naught. Several of the leading operators
said this morning that the scale prepared
would not be accepted by them.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, June 1S.-A party
of striking miners drove the Waterman
from the bridge of the Georgia Pacific rail
road near Coalburg st o'clock this morn
ing. They placed dynamite underneath
and exploded 1t. A posse was sent to the
scene, but the depredators had fed.