Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-23
LATE NEWS BY WIRE.
sports Regarding tho Great
Miners Strike.
PHILADELPHIA LABORERS ATTACKED
Trying to Keep Northern Pacific
Men From Quitting.
EVENTS IN THE LABOR FIELD

BLUEFIELDS, w. Va, April 23.-There
have been no labor troubles in the Blue
fields region. The miners were paid Sat-
urday and are at work as usual today. The
reported assassination Of q walking dele
gate named OBrien Is believed here to be
false. though trainmen say there was
small riot on Saturday in the Chesapeake
and Ohio territory.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. April pa special to
the Dispatch says Somers mine. at Mon
day, In the Hooking valley. run by thirty
miners, was to have resumed work today.
but on entering the workmen found an in
cendiary fire. Loss not yet estimated.
PANA. ILL.,. April 23.-The miners work.
ing In Springside colliery did not go to
work today. Penwell colliery has 1S9 men
at work, and two-thirds of the miners are
working in No. and No. Of Pana col
hery.
BELLEvILLE. ILL.,, April 23.-The coal
miners of the Belleville district at a meet
ing, at which the great strike in the coal
mining region was fully discussed, have
determined not to strike. They have also
determined to not mine any coal to be used
In Milling contracts entered upon by opera
tors whose employees are on strike. This
action will insure coal for home industries
and for the st. Louis market
PHILIPSBURG. Pa. April 23.--There is
not mine at work this morning in either
the Clearfield or Beech Creek coal regions.
No coal trains are running and everything
IS at standstill. The miners are quiet but
determined and do not expect any change in
the situation until near the last of the week
II was reported that a conference took
place yesterday between the operators of
the Beech Creek region and representative
OF the Bell, Lewis and Yatee Mining Com
pany or Dubois looking to conference
with the miners. but the statement is en-
phatically denied by several operators.
MlDDLESBORO'.K y.,April 23.-The state
ment sent out from Knoxville that the
Mingo miners had Joined the strikers is a
mistake. OF the 800 miners employed in
this section few belong to the union and no
trouble is expected.
miner Is at work in Blair or Cambria coun-
ties today. Everything is quiet. The
Pennsylvania railroad is side tracking and
appropriating to the use of their locomotives
all the coal they need without asking the
shippers permission
The Situation in Alabama.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. April 23.-Fully 5000
striking miners are in Birmingham today
attending the big demonstration given by
them here. They paraded the streets today
bearing many banners. upon which were all
manner of inscriptions. such as these: "Give
us our daily bread" THE convicts must CO.
and United we stand"
At Lakeviev speeches were made by
strike leaders. urging the men to stand firm.
The crowd has been very quiet.
Gov. Jones is here, in charge of the situ-
alton. The military Is under orders to re-
port to their armories every two hours, to
be ready in case of a call. Nothing has
been heard from the Walker county mines,
where an outbreak was expected.
A report from Johns says the houses of
negro miners who took the places of strikers
were fired into last night. This report has
not been verified yet. The situation looks
serious