Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-29
They Do Not Seem at ALI Anxious for
a Conference.
PLENTY OF COAL STILL ON HAND
Is the Report from the River and
Railroad Operators About
Pittsburg-The Stocks at Gin
cinnati and Other Lower River
Ports May be Shipped Back.
Kanawha Miners Refuse Posi-
lively to Go Out.

PITTsBURG, PA, April 2s.-Ths en-
deavor OF Col. w. p. Rend to induce
the local coal operators TO hold an I'm
mediate conference, by which the
miners strike could be settled, seems to
be futile. The majority Of the mine
owners are now reconciled TO the strike,
and are willing that their mines remain
shut down. They claim that they have
plenty of coal ON hand and that the
market will not feel the strike for
several weeks.
Mr.. Thomas De Armitt, superinten-
dent OF the mines of the New York and
Cleveland Coal Company, said that he
thought most consumers had plenty OF
coal on hand and the operators certain
ly had coal to supply the market.
Mr.. Samuel Brown said that in the
lower river market the supply OF coal Is
amply sufficient to supply all demands
and be did not think the operators
along the river would care particularly
whether the miners worked or not De
said there had been no conference asked
by the operators.
DR.. d. NJ. Anderson, who operates a
mine on the Washington branch OF the
Baltimore and Ohio, said that the entire
district is idle and the operators were
willing that the present suspension
should continue. He claimed that they
cannot compete against other mines at
present, and differential rate is nee
esSary.
No additional mills have shut down
because Of the strike, but there Is
feeling OF uneasiness, and Ii is acknowl-
edged that several will be seriously en-
barrassed by Monday. They are al
ready looking elsewhere for coal, but
the supply available is very
short, according TO the Of
fcias Of the miners, and they do not
think the fuel will last for two weeks
longer. There was aa additional strike
on the PENNSYLVANIA railroad. Presi-
dent Nugent received telegram say
ing that the 1900 miners employed by
Whitney 81 Lippincott near Latrooe,
struck last night They close the last
coaling station for the Plttsburg dis
trict. About an hour before this, yes
terday, the coaling station for the Pan
Handle at Chewtown, was shut down.
The miners had determined to join the
national movement. Mr.. William
Brown, the mine superintendent, who
was at the Nuttridge Hotel, SAID that
the strike had extended to all coaling
stations on the line of the Lake Erie
between Pittsburgh and New Castle,
but the road had plentiful supply.
The railroad officials are somewhat
surprised over the spread of the strike
to their pits, but think they will have
all the coal they need. These state
ments are not borne out by investiga-
tion among the local coal dealers. They
assert that coal is very scarce and many
owners are saving their stock in the
hone of a sudden advance, which will
exceed the present high prices. There
was a report that the river shippers
were going to have their Cincinnati
coal sent back by rail. None OF the
members OF the Coal Exchange would
discuss the matter, though. Estimates
as to the amount of coal in the Cincin-
natl harbor vary from 1000, 900 to TO-
600. 600 bushels. One Pittsburg dealer,
who was in Cincinnati early in the week
and looked over the ground, said he
did Hot believe that there was 1000, 900
bushels of coal in the Cincinnati mar
ket.