Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-05-22
LABOR DISTURBANCES.
Serious Trouble in Pennsylvania
Train Seized in Utah-PeOple
Desperate In Colorado
C0nl Camps.

Winstead, Conn, May 22.-The effect of
the coal strike is being felt by the Phila-
delphia, Reading & New England rail-
road, the company's supply of soft coal
being entirely exhausted at all stations
from Hartford to Maybrook N. Y. The
passenger engines began burning hard
coal to-day. The supply of soft coal for
freight trains was exhausted yesterday.
REsUM1NG WORK IN KENTUCKY.
Ashland, Ky.-Eight pudding furnaces
resumed to-day at the Norton iron works,
while the rolling and mali mills are both
in full force with the assurance of coke
supply. The blast furnace will blow in
next week placing the entire plant in
motion.
MORE TRAINS SEIZED.
Denver, Colo.--News was received at
the Office of the Rio Grande Western rail
road in this city to-day that $50 Common
weaiers had seized a train at Thistle
Junction, Utah, last night. The train was
side-tracked. but Commonwealers are still
in possession with flags flying.
AFFECT TO HAVE CONFIDENCE.
Elk Garden, W. Va.-The miners affect
to have confidence that the attempt on
the part of the operators to resume work
in this region will fail.
MORE TROUBLE AT uN1oNTowN.
Uniontown, Pa.--The strikers of tho
fourth pool on the Monongahela river are
ON the war path to-day. There is likely
to be serious trouble in that vicinity be-
fore night. At daylight the strikers as
sembled at Favette City 100 strong.
Arming themselves with shotguns and re-
volyers they started for St. Ikle Hollow
to bring the men out. They we're led by
brass band and carried the American
flag. All were foreigners. Serious trouble
is expected.
COLORADO STRIKERS.
Florence, Colo.--Seven hundred miners
with flags, preceded by the Coal Creek
brass band, started overland to Rouse,
seventy eight miles from here, at 8 O'Clock
to-day. They are not armed, but are de-
termined to make the miners in the south
come out. Some of the best citizens in
the camps are in the army, but the ma or
ity are Italians and Austrians. People in
the coal camps are becoming desperate
and trouble is feared.
wINCHEsTEks AND SHOT GUNS.
Staunton, Ills.--The Consolidated Coal
company in order to protect the Staunton
miners from the strikers have secured 100
Winchesters and shot guns and several
hundred bo1ss of shells loaded with buck
shot, reports having reached Staunton
that the strikers intend to return here
and force the working miners to stop
work.
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR CALLED ON FOR HELP
Danyille, Ill.-Twenty deputy sheriffs
have surrounded the Missionfield mines
and twenty more have been sworn in and
will go on duty tonight. Forty Win
chestes rifles and 100 revolvers arrived
to-day and we're taken out to the mines
by the company. The United Mine
Workers had an all-night session last
night in this city. The- expected the
miners there to come out last night, but
they went to work as usual to-day. Presi
dent Ridgely, of the Consolidated Coal
company, at Springfield, has called on the
governor for help.
ADVANCING PRICES IN KANSAS.
Leavenworth, Kansas.--The Leaven-
worth Coal company last night announced
to its 800 miners a voluntary increase in
the price of mining of 81 per ton to be-
come effective to-day. This makes the
price $l.12H for coal screened. The
home mine has announced an increase of
10 cents per ton, making the price so
cents, which is the same as $l12l5 after
the coal has passed over the screen. At the
advanced prices two-thirds of the miners
will make from $3.75 to IS day. There
is no probability of strike now.