Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
MINERS STRIKE.
,r STRIKE OF THE MINERS WILL
" NOT BE COMPROMISED.

Conference Between Illinois
n..rotors and the Miners Comes to
vsnuht and the Struggle VIII BE
Continued Indefinitely.
pittsburg, Pa, May 3O.-There were
e. roporters present at the meeting of
-, ~ representatives of the Pittsburg coal
erotors to-day which was called TO
vpor the report of the committee of ff-
.san who had been appointed to formu-
w., ~" q plan for settlement of the strike.
a. announced yesterday this committee
# s,iie1 to agree on any rlai and they
"'rnJ that it be discharged. The request
VS. Granted and immediately aftcrw I'd
81 aInx,ndCr Dempst'r suggested that a
M nnittee of ten be appointed to take
# ..,o Mace of the discharged committee,
# MI with unlimited power to act. The
S# srco stion was acted upon without much
A az ssion. and the follow ing committee
(# Us selected: Nj. III. Taylor, chairman:
IN Thomas Young, u. A. Andrews, d. w.
M sabIpndeberg, +. l.. Robins, Alex Demp-
s,or r, III. Boyle, John Blythe, B. =.
HI pravneII and w. =. Dearmitt. The in
~ structions given the committee denote a
M ronpral will on the part of the strikers
Z 20 wind up the strike with all possible
# haste and at the best terms to be Sc
5 oured The committee has full power to
ES act for the Pittsburg operators, and can
# oattle for the district at any time they
lM nav see fit. This is a decided change
E# AZ mind on the paI. of the operators as
M ornressed at the Cleveland conferences,
'M and taken together with the favorable
~ asnect of affairs in Illinois seems to in
MAJ dicate that the end of the great strike
s is near at hand.
M Oskaloosa, Iowa, May 30.-The camps
H& Of the striking miners increased to about
Nh 600 men near here to-day, but no out
. heak has occurred yet. The governor
has placed the national guard at the
S# DISPOSITION of the sheriff and a large
nj number Of deputies armed to preserve
|& maCe. The NEST of the men are now
E csmped here from the southern portion
E# of the state and talk very loudly about
NJ what they intend to do. Most of them
are foreigners and seem determined to
MI have a row, and most of the working
MI miners are anxious to accommodate them.
bR The adjutant general is making all need
full preparations to Meet any trouble.
Nj Minonk, ILL.,, May 30.-The coal strike
Ed al IDlS place., 50 laI az any dCNlNe NtIIl-
onstration is concerned, is thought to be
practically over. All of the militia is now
MI gone and Sheriff Toole has discharged
nearly all of his deputies. At Wenona
Ri and Lasalle to-day everything is quiet.
Cripple Creek, Colo, May 31.-A heavy
dowporr of rain has made the rotds al
most impossible. 1t is not believed the
army of deputies viii move until to-
morrow. The strikers expect the depu-
ties will approach from three directions
simultaneously. 1t is said they have
hid mines of dynamite under all the mp
breaches of Bull Hill which can br
touched off by electricity, thus DESTROY
Ing the eHemy. Two formidable le-
doubles on the line of the Florence &
Cr;l pie Creek railway in the canyon near
the Wilbur were built during the night
and it will be easy for a small force sta
toned there to repulse 1000 men.
Oskaloosa, Iowa, May 31.-The strike
situation is practically unchanged, but
the outside strikers have been making
such threats of what will be done to-
morrow that Adjt. Prime has called out
four companies of militia. They will
arrive at Evans at midnight. TIL" work
Ing miners will be protected and the
niEes will run tomorrow. Italians and
Austrians are coming in from Seymour
to aid the strikers, and a general rally
Is threatened, but peace will be preserved
and the hot heads cared for. Mayor
John Lopez of Des Moines has command
OF the troops. Gen. Prime remains here.
Columbus, Ohio, May 31.-The trouble
N at Gloucester has been settled ~peaceably.
A telegram was received at the gov
erEcr's office from Sheriff Riley of Ath-
ems county, stating that the Toledo Il
Ohio Central railway had agreed to
capitulate to the miners end no more
West Virginia coal would be hauled dur
Ing the strike. The sheriff asked that
The call for troops be revoked. Five
companies of the Seventeenth regiment
We're under arms ready to proceed to
gloucester, and Battery b of Columbus
was on its way 10 the union depot when
'ie news of the settlement of the trouble
was received.
Pana, ILL.,, May 31.-The striking min
eS assembled at the opera house to-day.
N Inc call stated that the meeting was a
!olht one of miners and operators and
miners, but the former failed to put in
an appearance.
Springfield, June 1.-The coal operators
Whlerence was called to order with e..
" Blown of this city as chairman and
raOl Morton of Chicago secretary. Forty
= ~Vperstors were present. The central and
ooa.hern operators were not present, and
oAu they would not go into the confer
eHce unless the consolidated and larger
operators did. The smaller operators
we're afraid of being speezed by the larger
oues' The conference adjourned without
tSuoh and the fight is now on to the fin
"a ana there will be no compromise. 81
panvllle, ILL.,, June MATTERS are get
,IHs desperate with the striking miners
H. H. Tue Danville field. Many of the fami-
sfe starving. Relief committees cam
ae ,ae farmers for fifteen miles for
b os .a.,,hihg to eat. st. Elizabeth hospital