The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-06-08
ON THE WAR PATH.


Coal BY stopping Trains and Cutting
Out Cars Containing the Objectionable
Freight-Business Being Suspended at
Many Points by Reason Of Scarcity Of
Fuel.
JACKSON, O., June S.--To use popu-
lar expression, the miners of this
county have been on the war path for
the past two days. They have congre-
gated in large numbers at the various
railroad towns in the county. Each
crowd has its leaders and keeps the
American flag floating to the breezes
while they are inspired BY band Of
music. DR.. w. s. Hoy, Of Wellston, o. !,
while he is not employed in any
capacity at the mines, is the
prime mover and promoter of
the aggregate body DIR. Hoy is a
defeated candidate for county coroner
Last evening he marched 1000 to
1,5o0 miners from Wellston to Hamden
and stopped every train from the
limited express down to local freights.
All freight rains passing Hamden over
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
during the past twenty -four hours have
been held up and seals on cars broken.
Hoy, with 900 of his followers,
stopped the east-bound limited express
and demanded free transportation to
Macarthur junction. The conductor
refused to signal his train out and
Train Dispatcher Scully received or
ders to have the train sidetraclxsd until
the mob could be induced to get off.
The doctor did not yacate the coaches
until he was told that he was OBTAINING
a United States mail train. The Balti-
more a. Ohio Southwestern officials
then agreed to transport 100 of the
miners to Macarthur and return upon
the promise that they would give the
company no more trouble.
Freight trains on the Columbus,
Hooking Valley & Toledo were held up
and gone through. All coal found was
cut off and sidetraclxed.
The crowd assembled at Hamden, has
disbanded leaving in charge patrol
committee that holds up every freight
train that passes. A half dozen cars
of anthracite were set off to-day but
finally they were permitted to go, as it
was not in competition with soft coal
production.
The miners, in their demands to the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, ask
that not lump of coal be hauled on the
Parkersburg division, but agree to al
low two cars day over the Ports
mouth division to be used in firing that
company's passenger engines. This the
railroad officials have not granted, but
have agreed to stop hauling soft coal
in competition with the local market.
The miners also have patrol commit-
tees at jackson, Coaltcn, Wellston and
Macarthur junction inspecting all
freight taken on the various roads lead
ing through those places.
So far the thousands assembled have
been peaceable and orderly. Men are
continuing to join the crowds as
semb1ed at the various towns. How
ever, there is no probability of any
violence at the places named except at
Glengean on the Norfolk e. Western.
1t has been reported that this rail-
road will refuse to stop hauling
West Virginia coal, which action will
probably incite the crowd to use vio-
lent means to bring about what they
are demanding. Coal is becoming so
scarce that nearly all business is sus-
pended The Baltimore & Ohio South
western have taken off all passenger
trains but one, which carries the
United States mail. Most ali the
freight traffic is stopped and railroads
talk of a temporary suspension of all
business until there is change.
A crowd of 800 miners at this
place marched out to the Pocahontas
mine, half mile south of jackson and
demanded the suspension of business
at once. This was refused and it
looked much like b1oodshed. Miners
with their work tools as weapons threat
ened the crowd and charged them, but
by timely advice of leaders, serious
trouble was avoided. A compromise
was affected, the miners agreeing to
run no more coal after tomorrow.
There are now, in the various places in
Jackson county, fully 5000 miners on
the alert, ready for any action neces-