The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-05-30
Tha situation hi This COUNTY,.


The threatened invasion of this
county by about 500 Pomeroy mi,
ners, causes great excitement in the
mining regions of Mason county.
Monday some two hundred miners
of Pomeroy Bend, got onto a barge
and were towed down to Spilman
! by the steamer G. A. Hill. Col.
Spilman met them at his landing
and ordered the Captain of the Hill
not to land the men on the premi-
ses, and refused to allow the steam
er to coal until she took the men to
the opposite side of the river, which
she did. They were tied up atsil-
yer Run where they disembarked,
and went to the Cheshire mines in
boly, to induce the miners at
work there to come out. Manager
Russell of the these mines met the
men and ordered them off of his
premises, and they fell back, and
remained encamped all day in prox
imety to the mines. When the mi.
ners came out they had confer
ence with them, and they agreed to
quit work. In the evening the
barge was lowed up opposite Spit
man, but none ofthe miners crossed
over to this side. Up to dark Mon
day evening these strikers were still
opposite the Camden mines, and it
was feared they would make de-
monitration during the night, and
every precaution was taken to pro
tect the property of the Consumers
Coal and Mining Co., and their
miners as well.
Gen. Holly, of the armed militia
is on the grounds and in constant
Communication with the Governor,
and several companies of militia
at Huntington aud Parkersburg, are
under arms and ready to move at a
moments notice.
The general belief now is that
there will be no trouble from the
Ohio strikers, as they have found
out the preparations made to eceive
them by the Sheriff and the Goven-
or, and it would be fool-hardiness in
them to attempt to carry out their
threats to forcibly compel the Cam
den miners to come out.
This state will not permit an
armed invasion of her territory, and
everyone who attempts to do such
thi ng is guilty of a felony. We
hope the whole trouble will be ami,
cably settled, and that the Pomeroy
miners or strikers will not be guilty
of SO foolish a thing as to come to
this side of the river to use force to
compel our miners to quit work.
Our fullest smypathies are with the
miners, but when they resort to
Iawless acts, as a good citizen, we
must draw the line. AS long as
they are peaciable and use persua-
sion to get men to quit work, there
will be no opposition to them, but
when they resort to violence, all
law abiding citizens will oppose
their acts.
The miners at New Haven and
Camden are satisfied with the prices
they are now getting for digging
coal, and have no wish or desire to
quit work. They have families to
support and need the money. They
are no part or parcel of the miners
organization of Ohio, and, therefore
should be let alone.
LATER.
Yesterday the miners from the
Pomeroy Bend to the number of
about 500 came down on barges and
disembarked at West Columbia,
about a mile above the Camden
mines. The men sent a committee
to Camden, to see the men at work,
with the result that a number of
the miners agreed to come out,
but the greater portion of the men
remained at work. The strikers
declared their intention to remain
in the neighborhood until they had
induced every miner to quit work.
The Sheriff is on the ground watch
ing developments. He says the
strikers were orderly and had not
shown any disposition to commit
any overt act, and that none of them
are armed, and have not attempted
to go upon the Company's property.
Last evening the strikers were still
near West Columbia. We have no
news from there this morning.
The report that troops are upon the
ground, is untrue.
The Camden miners were granted
the advance they asked for, and if
the report is true that they have
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