The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-06-07
THE MINERS STRIKE,
THE STRIKE OF THE MINERS WILL
NOT BE COMPROMISED.

THE STRIKE OF THE MINERS WILL
NOT BE COMPROMISED.
The Conference Between Illinois
Operators and the Miners Comes to
NaUGht and the Struggle Will he
Continued Indefinitely.
Cripple Creek, Colo, May 31-A heavy
dowpoIr of rain has made the roads al
most impossible. It is not believed the
rrTE of deputies will move until to-
morrow. The strikers expect the depu-
ties will approach from three directions
simultaneously. 1t is said they have
is id mines of dynamite under all the ap-
breaches of Bull Hill which can b.
touched off by electricity, thus Destroy
ing the enemy Two formidable ,e-
doubles on the line of the Florence &
Cripple Creek railway in the canyon near
the Wilbur were built during the night
end it will be easy for n 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 The work
ing miners will be protected and the
Lines will run tomorrow. Italians and
Austrians are coming in from Seymour
to aid the strikers, and q 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
at Gloucester has been settled peaceably.
A telegram was received at the gov
ernCrs office from Sheriff Riley of Ath-
ems county, stating that the Toledo Il
Ohio Central railway had agreed to
capitulate to the miners and 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
were under arms ready to proceed to
Gloucester, and Battery B of Columbus
was OH it's way to the union depot when
the news of the settlement of the trouble
was received.
Pana, ILL.,, May 31.-The striking min
ers assembled at the opera house to-day.
The call stated that the meeting was II
joint one Of miners and operators and
miners, but the former failed to put in
an appearances.
Springfield, June 1.-The coal operators
conference was called to order with G.
c.. Brown of this city as chairman and
Paul Morton of Chicago secretary Forty
opera tors were present. The central and
southern operators were not present, and
said they would not go into the confer
ence unless the consolidated and larger
operators did. The smaller operators
were afraid Of being speezed by the larger
ones. The conference adjourned without
tction and the fight is now on to the fin
ish and there will be no compromise.
Danville, ILL.,, June 1.-Matters are get
ting desperate with the striking miners
in the Danville field. Many of the fami-
lies are starving. Relief committees can
vass the farmers for fifteen miles for
something to eat. st. Elizabeth hospital
of this city is out of coal ard it's patients
are suffering for want of food and
warmth. The miners refuse to allow the
sisters coal. They propose to stop all
trains carrying coal and are stopping
freight trains and examining the box cars
to see if they contain coal.
in the coke region is quiet and peat BILE
The strike leaders say the governors
PROCLAMATION was not intended to sup
press meetings and marchings any more
than it was to do away with the deputies
and their Winchesters. Meetings of the
strikers will continue as usual. Two car
loads of negroes were imported last night
for the Prick Standard plant, and forty
two Austrians have been run into the
Meyer works of the Rainey company.
Birmingham, Ala, June 1.-The COM
mittee appointed by the citizens mass
meeting to confer with the operators and
miners committee, with a view of adjust
ing the strike, if possible, met the opera
tors. After a prolonged conference moth
ing was accomplished, the operators de-
Ginning to reCede from their original prop
ositlon of 70 per cent reduction. The
operators believe they have about won
the fight, but the strikers are firm yet.
Cripple Creek, COL, June 1.-The war
clouds that hover over Bull Hill and
Battle Mountain look very threatening.
"A rumOr has reached the camp that the
deputies are preparing to advance toward
Bull Hill, and the miners are preparing
to give them warm reception. There is
no truth in the rumor that the miners
have lot of deputies prisoners. The
strikers are making prisoners Of men
whom they consider dangerous to their
safety, and it. is stated that fifty persons
are thus held in custody.
Oskaloosa, Iowa, June 1.-The presence
OF the military companies at Evans yes,
terday seemed to dishearten the strikers
for time, but they rallied from their
surprise and marched to this city in q
body, where great mass meeting was
held in the public square. The speakers
disclaimed any intention to do violence
and scored the calling out of the troops
1t was asserted that it was not a strike
but merely suspension of labor, and
that they proposed to stand firm unit
the demands were satisfied in othe1
fields.
keokuk, Iowa, June IA delegation
of strikers marched from Canterville tC