The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-18
MEN TOSWARM MANY MINES
Thousands Of Strikers TO Accept the
Settlement.

Coupla or W eeks-The Agreement
Accepted by the Block Miners in In
diana, but Rejected by the others.
Work to Be Resumed Today in
Nearly Every Mine in Western Penn
sylvania-PerpIexing Conditions in
Ohio.
Columbus, o., June 17.-President Nc
Bride, of the United Mine Workers, de-
clared tonight that he was firmly of the
opinion that the miners would accept the
terms of settlement made here last Mon
day. II do not mean to say that they will
all go to work. tomorrow" said he,
but great many of them will
AT the time the settlement was made
L said to the operators that l did
not believe the time for resuming work
should be made so short, and when in def
erence to the operators who were anxious
to resume operations as soon as possible I
yielded to this point, said that it
was certain that the miners of Northern
and Eastern Illinois could not be got back
in the mines by June Is. They will not
go to work tomorrow. 1t will be two
weeks, and possibly three, before gen
eral resumption there but it will come.
"In Indiana the block miners have &C
cepted the agreement, while the other
miners in the state have refused to DO so.
One-third of the delegates to the state
convention, however, voted to go to work,
so judge that the opposition can not be so
strong after all. l do not know whether
the block miners will go to work to-
morrow or nO:, but / see the operators
have ordered the cars into their mines, so
l presume they think work will be re-
sumed at once.
IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
SIN Western Pennsylvania work will be
mines, not exceeding half dozen-where
the operators object to paying the scale
of wages agreed upon
In Ohio there is a preplexing condi-
tion. ] believe that work will be re-
sumed in practically the entire Hooking
Valley tomorrow. Possibly the Straits
vile miners will not go back. At Bell
aire, Yorkville, Cambridge, Steubenville
and all the mines of Jefferson county,
work will be resumed tomorrow morn
ing. | think it probable that the jackson
county mines will resume also.
The Sunday Creek Valley miners
will not go to work tomorrow, nor will
the Coshocton miners. In Coshocton
county there will be a convention to select
delegates to the state convention here on
Tuesday, but l should not be surprised if
they decided to go TO work anu omit the
election of delegates.
I'm Tuscarawas county the miners
have resolved not to go to work.
"rhe Massillon miners have strike
which is quite different from the national
strike. IL began last February. They
contend for 15-cent differential upon the
Hooking Valley scale. They will con-
tinue the strike''
IN OTHER FIELDS.
Outside of this competitive field, Presi-
dent Mcbride says that terms of settle
ment either had been or were being made.
Iowa. SAID he, "has settled upon
most excellent terms for the miners.
Kansas is now working. President Nc
Gregor of Missouri, says that state will
fall in line with the settlement this week,
while in Southern Illinois a conference of
miners and operators is making satisfac-
tory progress"
Speaking of the state convention to be
held here next Tuesday President Nc
Bride said the only danger now was that
the districts that had accepted the agree
ment and went to work tomorrow might
not send delegates, and this would leave
the radicals in full control of the conven-
tiOn.
NINETY PER CENT. TO RESUME.
Chicago, June 1.-THE belief is general
among the mine owners and operators in
this city that 80 per cent. of the miners
will go to work tomorrow morning under
the Columbus scale of wages. Telegrams
from the bituminous coal fields of West
ern Pennsylvania, Ohio and parts of Hi
nois verify this prediction. All the talk
about diSagreementandt the forced resig-
nation of President Mcbride, and those in
ested in effecting the Columbus settlement
is given passing comment The discon-
tent mostly conferred in Hooking Valley
and other Ohio mills, and was fostered by
District President Adams. James Hollns-
worth was in receipt of kilograms yester-
day from that section saying that the
miners had accepted the Columbus settle
ment and would go to work tomorrow
despite the utterances of Adams and his
handful of followers The mine owners
particularly interested in the Hooking
Valley fields aver that the following of
Adams is composed of those who were
lawless during the strike and whose SER
vices are not desired when operations be-
gin.
BELMONT FREE FROM TROOPS.
Bellaire, o.. June 17.-To-night finds
Belm0nJ WlJn0ub SOlQler, the last regl-
ment breaking camp to-day. At O'Clock
this afternoon, the train laden with troops
passed west over the Baltimore and Ohio
road, bound for Columbus, and this region
has seen the last of the greatest conflict
in its history thus far. The big coal
mines along the Baltimore and Ohio,
Cleveland, Lorraine and Whe cling, and
the Wheeling and Lake Erie roads, will
be in full operation tomorrow.
WON'T ACCEPT IN ILLINOIS.
Springfield, H., June. f7.-The secret
conference of the Central and Southwes-
tern miners which has been in session
since Saturday morning, adjourned
tonight, after agreeing on a
list of resolutions, the most
important of which declares
against accepting the settlement of the
Columbus convention, and calls on the
miners TO stand firm A scale was
adopted, which is precisely the same as
that of last year, which will be presented
to, the operators tomorrow. A very
strong feeling exists against President
Mcbride and the national officials.
TROOPS ORDERED IN READINESS.
Springfield H., June 17.-At 9:30
O'Clock tonight. Adjutant General
Orendorff ordered Col. Colby of the
Seventh regiment at Chicago, 10 assem-
bic his command at once and proceed 10
Mount Olive by a special train on the
Wabash IL is understood that no riOting
haa ocgurrnd but these are urecnutioug