The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-29
MANY CONFERENCES HELD.
The Great Strike Among the Coal
Miners Beginning to Be Felt.


SCoTTDALE, April 28.-The delegate con-
vention to-day was attended by sixty-fOur
delegates, representing the entire region.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing the
original demands of the national organiza-
ton and demanding recognition for their
labor organization. 1t adjourned to meet
again on Monday, when a conference CON-
mittee will be appointed.
PITTsBURG, Pa. April 28.-The endeav-
orS of Colonel w. P. Rend OF Chicago to
induce the local coal operators to hold an
Immediate conference by which the miners
strike could be settled seem to be futile.
The majority of the mine-owners are now
reconclled to the strike. and are willing
that the mines are TO be shut down. They
claim they have plenty of coal on hand,
and that the market will not feel the strike
for several weeks.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, April 2S.-If the
universal coal strike continues a week
longer the result will be disastrous to the
lake business, as there will be no fuel for
the steamers. A few days will exhaust the
supply of fuel on the docks here and the
docks on the lower lakes are almost
equally bare of coal. Buffalo is in an even
worse condition. The supply at Chicago
and Milwaukee is not good for longer than
ten days. If the marine business were
good the situation would be considered
critical by vessel-owners.
ST. LOUIS, April 2S-The coal-miners'
strike reached BeIleville, ILL.,, to-day. A
party of men from the mines south of b ere
came into the city and stopped at the
Maule mine, where 100 miners are en-
ployed. A conference was held. which re-
suited in an agreement to stop mining coal
for the general trade until the strike is
settled. Under the new man cement the
mines will continue to supply coal for the
Cairo Short-line chutes.
All the mines OIL the Short Line from
Beleville TO Duquoin are now closed.
Those between Belevllle and Free5urg
closed yesterday. The Crown and Avery
mines, the PRINCIPAL mines of the Air
Line, which have been working this week
under a special agreement. Will not be in
operation next week.
RICHMOND, Mo-. April 2s-The miners
of Ray and Lafayette counties have agreed
to call out all the miners except those who
furnish coal for the electric-lght plant and
the water-wOrks.
EVANSVILLE, Iud., April 2S.-Six hun.
dred coal-mners have decided when they
leave the mines tonight they will not re-
turn until they receive orders from the
National MinewOrkers' Union. The
factories here have not one weeks supply
of coal.
PHILADELPHIA. April 2S.-At the end
of the first week of the eoal-miners' strike
but one mine is operating east of the ALLIE
ghenies That mine is near Osceola and
employs but 100 men. Threats are made
II they do not quit they will be driven oul.
The supply of coal is fast becoming ex-
hausted.
JELLIco, Tenn, April ga meeting
attended by hundreds OF miners this even
ing was addressed by several organizers,
and at the close the men agreed to come
out on May l.
CHARLESTON. w. Va, April 2S.-The
miners at Ansted met to consider the pro-
posal of committee of Ohio miners, that
the men go out. and they decided not to
by vote of 256 to 4. There are now only
four mines closed In the entire Kanawha
Valley, and the strike is regarded here as
failure.
CoNNELLsvILLE, Pa. April %. On
Monday the Oliver Coke Company will
begin wholesale eviction Of the Hunga-
rian families occupying their houses.
There are over 800 families involved
and they are the most desperate
IN the region. They say they will no,
cave the company's houses. and blood.