The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-10
TROOPS MOVE The TRAINS.
Coal JimmieS Run the Gauntlet at
Wheeling Creek.

Wives of the Miners Full the Coupling
Pins Repeatedly, but the Trainmen
Triumph at Last-The Bohemians
Wild With Rage as the Cars Move
OF.
Columbus. June "a dispatch from
Wheeling Creek, Belmont county, says the
first coal train on the Cleveland, Lorraine
and Wheeling road ran the gauntlet of
the striking miners this morning under
the protection of the troops. A coal
train of thirty cars pulled into
Wheeling Creek at o'clock and
stopped with about half the length of the
train outside the camp. The strikers
swarmed around it but did not molest it.
No sooner had the train stopped, how
ever, than the wives of the miners
darted through the crowd, quickly
drew the coupling pins and threw them
into the creek. They were replaced by
the train men, but were Immediately
drawn again by the women. A detach-
ment of the Fourteenth regiment under
Lieut.. Galloway was hurried to the
scene. The strikers fell back, the
couplings were made and the
train ordered onward. AS it moved the
strikers acted like madmen in their rage,
dancing and swinging their arms, cursing
in Bohemian and uttering the one English
word they knew, "Blacksheep." The
women held their babies up in the sol
diers' faces, pointing to their mouths, in
dicating that they were starving. Two
more trains moved soon afterward, under
protection of the troops.
THE CONFERENCE.
The conference Of miners and operators
of the competitive district composed of
Ohio, Indiana, Western Pennsylvania and
Eastern and Northern Illinois was called
to order at II a. N. in Lyndon hall
by H. L. Chapman of this city. On the
suggestion of President John McBrifta
the following scale committee was ap-
pointed and the conference adjourned to
4p. m:
Robbins, M. II. Taylor, A. l.. Sweet, e.
H. Bent, William Boyle and j. S. FOLEY,
on the part of the operators, and all the
seven miner delegates present
Before adlourning, President Mcbride
wanted to know from the Pennsylvania
delegates whether all the operators would
be bound by the action here to-day. The
newspapers reported that they would not
Delegate Taylor said at least thirty of
the tifty-three operators who yesterday
voted against being represented here
would agree to whatever was done in this
conference
Delegate Sweet, of Illinois, said he
could not say why the Eastern Illinois
operators were not here's but he could
promise for the Northern Illinois oper-
ators that they would be bound by the
agreement.
President Mcbride intimated that he
heard that the Eastern Illinois delegates
had, under a misapprehension, gone to
the conference at East ST. Louis.
IL is said the operators will offer the
miners settlement on the 20 and 80
cents basis.
The scale committee did not report at
p. m, as was expected, and after waiting
until o'clock the meeting adjourned till
5 p. m. The scale committee again asked
for further time, and the meeting ad
Journed to 10:30 p. N.
The scale committee of the operators
ana miners conference adjourned at i As
o'clock tonight until Monday morning
without reaching a settlement.
THE CONFERENCE AT EAST ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, Mo, June9.-The conference
at East St. Louis between the miners and
mine operators for the purpose Of adjust
ing the miners strike in Illinois, met
shortly after IL o'clock this morning. The
conference remained in session until /
o'clock, and then took a recess to 2 p. m.
Afer the operators had Withdrawn
from Flannigan's hall and reassembled
at Geary's hall. the miners got to work
on a scale of prices TO be paid. This was
short work as Chairman Murphy had a
a scale in his pocket. This was signed
and presented to the operators At
o'clock the following resolutions were
presented as the reply of the operators;
Resolved That the operators Of central
and southern Illinois cannot accept the scale
presented. because il practically prevents its
selling coal in any OF Our markets.
Further Our ultimatum is that the miners
must at once return to work at the prices
paid previous TO the strike and that the
operators shall employ whom they please, no
question OF unionism being raised.
Further That we will give preference to
our old men, and that the Peoria operators
be allowed to settle with their own men.
These resolutions of reply caused no
surprise, as it is generally conceded that
no settlement can come of this meeting.
At late hour both meetings were
still in progress