St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-20

ROCHESTER. N. Y, April I9.-The
coal miners strike In the mines of B ell,
Lewis and Yates has, spread to til g
other mines OF the company aud also to
those of the Rochester and Pittsburg
Coal aud Iron company. The strike
promises to be one of the. greatest tina,
has occurred in many years east of the
Mississippi river.
The men employed in the Big Soldier
mine at Reynoldsvilie, Pa, owned by
Bell. Lewis d Yates, numbering about
1000, walked out at noon today, and at
the same hour those employed i'll the
Adrian IL Waleston mines, owned bv
the Rochester & Pittsburg company.
quit work. The men at the Elnora,
Beach Tree and Helyetia mines ut G
O'Clock tonight announced their inten-
ton of not working tomorrow. This
puts at least 1000 out of work as fore
runner of the big strike which goes into
effect Saturday noon, when it is esti-
mated that fully 100000 men will quit
work. 1t is claimed that when the
100000 men 20 out double that number
will be affected in associated Industries.
The organization controls all the BIZ
luminous miners in the West. AT the
convention of the miners resolution
was adopted stating that they regretted
the circumstances which led to a sus-
pension being necessary, but they were
ready to meet the owners and operators
OF the mines of each district
fer the purpose of adjust
ing mining rates upon living basis aud
entering into the agreements which will
give stability to their trade and assure
peace between employees and employers
in all mining communities. The strike
will especially affect the Buffalo.
Rochester & Pittsburg, whose principal
business is the
RUNNING OF COAL TRAINS.
This company handles 500 cars day
from the mines. This coal is transport
ed by rail to the connecting lines for
use in locomotives. The company de-
livers to the New York Central daily
eight to ten trains. which are sent to
various yards along the road. and for
the past week the railroad has been lay
ng i'll an extra supply in antici-
patton of the trouble. ALI of the
trestles are filed, and there are hun
dredS of loaded cars in all of the yards.
Their coal supply for the Lyons trestle
comes over the Fail Brook. which will
be tied up. The Buffalo, Rochester &
Pittsburg and the Western New York
q Pennsylvania will he virtually tied
up next Monday night, as at that time
all Of the coal trains will have
moved to the connecting roads, and
there will be nothing for the crews
TO do: so they will be laid off. On the
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg twenty
five freight crews will be out of work
and an equal humber of engineers. All
the business will be done will be tile
moving of few local freights and the
from Warsaw. Eastern roads report to
the various coal companies that they
have sufficient coal Oh hand to profong
the strike for from sixty to ninety days.
! 1t2is thought that in that time the
miners can be forced to terms.
A LIVELY TIME EXPECTED.
UNIONTOwN,- Pa, April l0.-The
strike is again the talk of the
COnnellsville coke region, and those
vino thought it dead now concede that
it is very much alive. That next Monday
will see general shutdown in conIpli-
alice with the orders of the national or
ganizatiOn is now admitted on all sides,
and 1t is now known that during the
past week there has been going on
secret organization among the employees
of every company for the pur-
pose of securing an all-round sus.
pension next Monday morning. The
statements made are sustained by
the action of the executive board Of the
local organization which met at Scott
dale today. The situation was dis
cuSSed and circular waS issued To the
worhmen in the coke region announc-
ing the fact that the national organiza-
ton has called for a general strike
throughout the United States on
Saturday, April 81, and notifying
every plant i'll the district TO send dele
gates to a convention to be held in
ScOttdale ON the Esd to ratify the order.
A convention held at Mount Pleasant,
with forty delegates present, voted SOL
idly for the general strike. Michael
Barrett, district president, says:
"the movement will be universally
complied with. There will be Frick
men. Mcclure men and Rainey men.
They will all be strikers. The matter
has been worked up quietly, and the
partial feature of the local strike is the
resultOf the general strike being de-
clared."
Midnight-The situation at the Oliver
works tonight is decidedly critical. This
morning hundred men went to WORK
under the protection of twenty armed
deputies. The Huns fingered about the
grounds, making all manner OF threats.
Tonight about 400 Huns are cougregated
at the plant, and say they will blow up
the houses OF the workmen with dyna-
mite before morning. Another call for
deputies was made tonight. and the
sheriff has doubled the force Oh guard.