Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-06-11
BURNING BRIDGES.
Desperate Efforts Of the strikers tC
Prevent the Movement of Coal
Trains-Fire and Dynamite
Freely Used-FactOries
Closing Down.

Wheeling Greek, W. Va, June 11.-Ef-
forts were made early to-day to burn the
bridges on the Cleveland, Lorraine d
Wheeling railroad at Midvale, Canal and
Dover. At the latter place the flames
we're extinguished by the watchman. The
miners tried to drive him away by shoot
ing at him. The sheriff was notified and
put deputies on guard. The I'd, 14th and
10th regiments are here. Coal trains are
running as usual.
BURNING AND BLOWING UP BRIDGES.
Birmingham, Ala.-The big iron bridge
on the Kansas City, Memphis & Birming-
ham railroad at Carbon Hill was blown
up by dynamite at an early hour this
morning. The explosion of dynamite
occurred only few minutes before this
mornings train reached the bridge. The
bridges at Patton, Mobile and other
points have been burned within few
days and several attempts have been
made to burn the long trestle. All these
acts are charged to strikers, whose pur-
pose is to prevent the transportation of
coal. The sheriff has gone to Carbon
Hill to make arrests.
RESULTS OF THE COAL FAMINE.
Clyde, N. Y.-On account of the soft
coal famine, the Callen mills, the largest
Touring plant in Wayne county, shuts
down tonight. The Cato plow works
have also closed for lack of coal.
OBSTINATE STRIKERS.
Pana, Ills.-The mob is growing larger.
Pope, on whose farm the Springfield
miners camped, said that the invaders
declare they will take six months If neces-
sary to close the mines.
MANY MEN OUT.
Springfield, Ills.-Col. Boyle has wired
from Pana that only seventy-one out
of 800 went to work in the mines there
too day.
DYNAMITIEs IN OHIO.
Canton, Ohio.-An attempt was made
last night to blow up the Cleveland, Can
ton & Southern railroad bridge over
the Tuscarwas river at Navarro. Much
| coal has been haulded over the road OF
late from southern Ohio and it is sup
! posed the strikers attempted to blow up
the bridge to prevent traffic.
! COAL TRAIN SEIZED.
New Philadelphia.-At II o'clock this
morning coal train held at Midland on
the Cleveland, Lorraine & Wheeling railroad
here. The agent here has just asked
Sheriff Adams for deputies. The sheriff
will go on an engine.
AGREEMENT IN JEOPARDY.
Columbus, Ohio.-The joint committee
on the scale, composed of operators and
miners, went into executive session at
O'Clock this morning. Each side OK
pressed feeling that the circumstances
elsewhere had placed the agreement here
in jeopardy, but each would try to effect
an agreement if possible. Jno. Mcbride
said the miners were not contending for
the recognition of the Miners union, but
for uniform scale.
TIMELY DISCOVERIES.
Wheeling Creek, Ohio.--At noon to-day
two men were observed acting suspicious
ly at the Wheeling Greek bridge of the
Cleveland, Lorraine & Wheeling railroad
On the approach of the soldiers the men
| fled. Examination disclosed the fact that
dynamite bomb had been SO placed that
train passing over would have exploded
the bomb, destroyed the bridge and
| wrecked the train.
BLOWN UP AND BURNED.
| Cleveland. EARLY to-day the trestle
bridge on the Wheeling & Lake Erie rail
road, located at East Greenville, five
miles northwest of Massillon, was blowr
up with giant powder and the ruins
burned.