The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-24
CnlrNlRrs. O. Anrll %.

~ JmtCd Mine WORKERS, recelVeu
reports from the various coal
u fields today. the mos; imHor;an:
o, which is ths following: "Murphvs'
5oro. the supposed key to the situation
in southern Illinois. ia solid. also the
Daquesue district. Everything iS fav-
Draule ana eco meu are ont, The
leaders Ind little hopa of inducing
southern Illinois miners to join the
strike, and this is IN unexpected nd Ii
tion To- the strike forces
Mcbride revlses his figures ~ to tha
nnml-r of miners ont today, AS follows:
Aiabvla". s 900; Tennessee ana Ksa
tu-ky, > 600. Yves; NIrgnip. , 0l0. In
diana, 600; Ohio. % 009. Illinois. 2;.-
0oO terusyivanil. 60 O0J. Indian Ter
rirory, 900; Michigan, 800. Iowa. L.
800
The following is the substance of the
news given out ut headquarters to lay:
The Maryland miners wall hold con
vrntlou to determine whether they will
join the ,trike as whol, or not.
Southern Iowa il all out. tut the
mintrs OF the state will m"et at Abba
May >, to deci - what action the state
nrgAnlz iion will take. Tue ladidn
Territory il out su'il
Mnny miners are ont in the Naw
river and Kanawha river districts, but
the miners viii hold convention at
Charleston. W Va. tomorrow. to agree
on united action The miners It the
Wheeling and MouutvilIr districts
have uesn offered the wages demanded
by the scale, but they have been ordered
not to 20 to work until there Is u
general settlement OF the strike
VIRGINIA UNCERTAIN
Ther' is danger that tn miners in
West Virginia, who have been off ,rsd
scale wages, will accept aud thus
week n the strike 1T dangerous place.
PlTTsBURG. April % With few sx-
ceptiOus, all OF the miups in the Pitts
hurg district are idle today. Latest
estimates put tas number ~ uu,n.
pOyed miners Ht Is. 700 Ouly cns
thing l. lacking 20 mtks tue sti Al. -
general aud that u to bring aho1i y
cessation Of work at the Sandy Creek,
Turtle Creek aud Pine Creek mines.
with the officials Of the miners organ-
iLHtiou Hre conf .eut that this will b.
accomplished durlny the Afternoon.
I hs employees Of the company are now
in session considering the question.
Work is at stauGstill on the Wheel.
iHg division OF the Baltimore anl OIio
today Along The Mansfield valley
:D- mines are lille while similar con
'H'iou Exists along the Moaongahea
river.
BELLryILLE. H., April 90 The
coAi m.a-rs Of the BsileyiIls district
nave determined not to strike. They
rave ni,o determined not to mine any
coal so BE- used IN filing contracts en- .
tered upon by operators whose EN-
?loyes are uu - strike This action will
insur' Coal Tor some indu,tries aad for
TIE II L1uis market.
HOMESTEAD, April % No strike
was InuGugotei II; the Carnegie Steel
~crAs today aud there are no prospects
q trunNle. The fumor published this
morning probably started on account
oi twenty Iuen beiHS laid off /! ia
s;ated hat nsif hundred men. M
.ons. carpenters and others, will be re-
l',sSf soue time dnriug the week
PRESIDENT ROBBINS FAyoRs STRIKE
F,TTGEURG, April 23.-Fraucis l.
Robbins, PRESIDENT Of the Robbins Coal
Cjke cOmDaHy. tHe largest company In
The FtisUurg district controlling some
bali dozen mines, favors the strik,
movement. Mr.. Robbins claims. how
ever, that tho ra:ipnal officials of the
National Nine Workers organization
have ucied unfairly by permitting In
disnA and Illinois miners to continue
work untiI May |. Tho operators OF
taese two states are. according to Mr.
E"bbiEs, now receiving the contracts
belonging to this field. A uniform rate
should exist, Mr.. Robbins says, As there
ia no money in the coal businrs, either
Tor operators or employees under pres-
rn' regulations.
UNloSrOwY, Pa. April %. There is
no sign Ola strike in the south end OF
the coke region today. In the adjacent
region, however, work is suspende ut
every point In the Fourth pool. A
meeting OF the miners at Charleroi
early this morning forced the men at
work for the plHte glass company TO
come out This company has a special
contract with the men. A monster
m0s' meeting bsld at Fayette City at
noon today was addressed by John
Cairns, of Pittsburg.
Tho men at the Cleveland coal works,
Fnyette City and Clifford mines, who
were offered the advance asked 6y the
organization. have refused to 90 to
work. The miners claim the operators
mnde this move for the purpose of
breaking the strike, and for that rea
son they refused to accept until all or
= majority. of the Operators agree to
puy the scale. The Thomson Glass
works shut down indefinitely today
owing to the scarcitv of coal caused
by the sirike. The Uniontown Glass
company will work no longer than to-
day unlees insured plenty of fuel.