The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-19
MINES STARTING UP.
Most Of the Strikers Accept the
Compromise Scale.
A FEW CONTINUE RIoTlEG.


Bach Crry, o., June lA-An attempt
was msde last night By strikers or symps-
thizsrs 70 shoot Corp. Sherman. OF Com
pany K The corporal was struck BY .
bullet on brass button On his coat which
fiattened the bullet without iniuring him.
The soldiers fred voiiey after yoaley.
Officers Of Company K while on tour OF
investigation CT the ground where last
nights shooting occurred found . man
hiding near camp here today who had just
had his arm amputated. A second man
was discovered who had been shot in the
head.
CoLuxBrs. June is.-Letters and tsle-
grams TO the national headquarters of the
United Mine Workers give unmistakable
evidence that the sentiment in favor OF
sustaining national officers Is growing
rapidly. IL is believed az headquarters
that at least two-thirds Of the miners in
Ohio have resumed work. The men at
Lost Run and New straitsville al meet
ing today adopted the Columbus schedule
and will resume work tomorrow. This
will pat substantially every man at work
in the Hooking valley. Troops have been
Withdrawn from Cambridge and other
mining towns on the Baltimore d Ohio
railway.
La SALE. H., June Is-So miners are
at work today in the mines at La Sale,
Oglesby or Peru. The leaders declare that
the men viii not work unless last years
prices are restored. The operators say
they can not pay the prices named by the
Springfield convention. because they are
proportionaliy higher than those adopted
for the Ohio fields. A passenger train mad
a narrow escape from being wrecked on
the Illinois Central railroad north of this
city last night. ties being placed across
the track, IL is supposed By striking miners.
PTrTsBURs. June Is.-The settlement Of
the coal strike and the return TO work to-
day of 1900 70 20o0o miners in this dis
trict has given an impetus 70 ali kinds OF
business. At many large plants in this
city work was resumed today after long
idleness. IL Is believed that the McKees-
port Tube Works Will start mp soon. In
the river district the miners are still out.
The second and fourth pool operators OBJ
ject to signing a yearly agreement. and
the miners viii not go back until this is
done. At Manown work has not been
resumed. but will be shortly.
CLEvELAsp, June ls.-Reports from
q
Wheeling road show that work was re-
sumed At only two mines today. These
are at Rock Hill. In the Massillon dis
trict few men went TO work. the miners
having decided in mass meeting TO hold
out for i5-cent differential over the rate
paid in the Hooking valley district. The
militia continues to guard all bridges and
trestles. Miners say that If scabs are put
in their places there will be the biggest
riot in the history of the country. and that
the militia will be of little consequence TO
suppress it. The miners in the New Lis
bon district retained TO work on the basis
Of the Columbus agreement.
MARTINS FERRY. o., June fS-At the
Laughlin nail works, Gaylordia, Long
Run, Beliaire aud other points the miners
returned to work today. A general break
up is expected. The Wheeling creek
miners are still out The miners at Lar
rellton and Kelly's returned to work today
and came out again. The Wheeling &
Lake Erie Railroad Company threatens to
evict from its houses all miners who will
not work.
PHILADELPHIA, June 1s.-The conference
of the bituminous coal operators in this
city today, after hearing the report of the
committee who met the miners at Altoona,
decided not 10 give any advance. They
resolved to work the mines with non-union
men.
BIRNIssHAM. Ala, June Alarmed
strikers drove the Waterman from bridge
on the Georgia Pacific railroad near Coal
burg at midnight and. placing dynamite
under the bridge, exploded il.
Brazil. Ind, June ls.-The miners of
this city met today to decide whether they
would return to work in q body or stand
by the decision of the state convention.
As other points Of the county were not
represented Ii was decided 10 hold mass
meeting Wednesday, when a settlement
will be reached. as both block and btu
minous miners will be represented.