New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-03
MORE MILITIA CALLED OUT,
,,ANA STRIKERS BEYOND THE CON-
troll OF SHERIFFS.
.rr,voR MATTHEW'S ORDERS NINE COMPANIES
ro pAv1Ess coUNTY,oHIo STRIKERS SEIZE
COAL, CARS FROM WEST VIRGINIA
fsY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUS


,,.,anolis June 2-Just before noon to-day
A., last hope of Governor Matthews that the
tne III. trouble would end without recourse to
..oo,s was dissipated by a message from
s Teming. at Canneburg, Daviess County,
.ha miners had assembled 500 strong, and
s ." s,dA-tracked forty cars Of coal and torn up
na' ..nk at either end of the switch Adjutant-
S.oro1 w Robbins was instructed to move troops
:. orcs 10 that point. and messages were sent
r,ns companies In this city and surrounding
.,,,s among them being Company VI, "a hegi-
-, commanded by j. ]. Buckner. Company
,,,s a bodv Of colored youths. squad OF ~
- mon. from Battery A. Captain j. b. Cur
a. commanding went along in charge or Cat
~ gun The State officials made arrange
o,,s with the Pennsylvania road for special
.".,, which was ready to leave at o'clock. but
mas DELAYED for more than an hour. II is ex-
49, that the men will be gone week. The
.r,ons are 20 mobilize at Seymour, and thence
~-onssd over the Baltimore and Ohio TO Mitchell.
rhere a halt may be made until daylight owing
=. ,s.r Of an attempt to wreck the train. The
.omnanies at Aurora. Jeffersonville and New-Al-
s.,v are the others ordered out Adjutant-
General Robbins will accompany the troops, but
c.,ore, lanes r. Ross will be in actual COM
nand Governor Matthews has been In con-
...nns .'. the most of the day with Lieutenant T.
NJ Defrees, L. S a.
s,eIburne Ind. June 2-An attempt was made
A. move a coal train here this morning. 1t was
n,.d unon by the wives OF the striking min
ers who pulled the coupling pins and ran the
o.rs on 10 a switch despite the efforts Of Sheriff
Nulls and his deputies
rsnnelburg, Ind June 2-The riotous strikers
hold full sway here to-day, and nothing will be
Anne 10 stop their desperate work until the
militia arrives This morning they tore up the
Evansville and Terre Haute tracks ditched cars
and ruined railroad property right and left. They
have built rough fortifcations, and the news that
the militia Is coming has made them very ugly.
The town is in state OF terror
Bellaire Ohio. June 2 (SpeciaD.-At O'CLOCK
this morning train Of thirty-seven cars Of non
unon coal from West Virginia. bound for
Cleveland on the Cleveland Lorain and Wheel
,ng Railroad. was tagged by 500 striking miners
a, Wheeling Creek Mines, seven miles from here.
The miners refused TO allow II 10 proceed Snerlif
Scott was informed and went down from 81
Clairsvile but ne could do nothing. Ine miners Tl
listened respectfully. but would not OBEY Inc
Shsrn attempted 10 raise a posse, but no one
would serve though he and two deputies secured
half the county. The strikers are ORDERLY, soper
and determined They allow passenger and mis-
cellaneous freight 10 pass, but no coal. tele-
gram from President Mcbride, ordering them 70
daxst was read, and with one voice tney Noteu
"Avs" on a motion that Mcbride be damned.
Thry have the track patrolled for twenty miles.
and trains can only be run by locking UP l'OVo
men from Wheeling Creek TO Flushing: GOV
ernor Mckinley has been appealed TO- Ihe peo-
ole Of the county in sympathy with the strlK-
ers.
Springfield. ILL.,. June "A demonstration was
made by striking coal miners here this morning.
Hugh Flanagan and fourteen men hauling slack
irom Central Shaft and the Black Diamond. 10
supply the electric light plant. were intercepted
by about fifty miners. who ordered them to cease
work Flanagan refused to obey and trouble
seemed imminent The miners. however were
dispersed by detail from the police station. ii
Is thought they will 20 TO the shafts which are
out Of town, and try to prevent the men from
loading
Evans Iowa. June 2.-The strained relations
between the operators backed by the State
troops and the 900 striking coal miners will come
to a head tomorrow. warrant has been Is
sued for the arrest Of General J. T. Clarkson.
State president OF the miners He is charged
with violating an injunction which prevented his
addressing the miners and with trespass upon
the property Of the American Coal Company.
He will be arrested by Sheriff Price, assisted by
the troops tomorrow and trouble may occur. II
ls reported that the coal companies will eject the
Strikers from their cabins. and bring negro min
efs from Virginia TO take their places.