Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-06-18
BACK BONE BROKEN.
Prospect That the Columbus Com
promise Rates Will Finally
Be Accepted.
What the Strike Has Cost the Men
Rioting in Illinois-Blood-
shed in Ohio.

Martins Ferry, Ohio, June 1s. - The
miners at the Laughlin Nail works, Gay
lord, Bellaire and other mines returned
to work to-day and general break is
expected. The Wheeling Creek miners
are still out. Several factories are pre-
pairing to resume in view of the pros
pective fuel supply.
THREATENING COAL STRIKERS.
Cleveland, Ohio. - Reports received
from points along the Cleveland, Lorraine
& Wheeling railroad show that work has
been resumed at only two mines on the
entire road. These mines are at Rock
Hill, in the Massillon district, and but
few men are at work, m ost of the miners
having decided in mass meeting not to
abide by the Columbus agreement. They
hold out for Is cent differentisl over
the rate paid in the Hooking district.
The militia continues to guard all bridges
and trestles along the Cleveland, Lorraine
e. Wheeling road. In conversation the
miners in camp to-day stated that as long
as the differential was withheld not
pick would be raised and if scabs were
chosen In their places there would be the
biggest riot in the history of the country,
and that the militia would be unable to
suppress it.
THREAT TO EvIoT MINERS.
Martins Ferry, Ohio.--The miners at
the Laurelton ard Kelly mines returned to
work to-day and came out again. The
Wheeling Il Lake Erie railroad company
threatens to evict from it's houses all
miners who will not work. The York
Hill mines started up to-day.
sTR1KERs IN MICHIGAN.
Ironwood, Mich.-1 o-day's threatened
strike of the Geobetic range iron miners
was failure. Another big meeting will
be held tonight and a general strike may
result.
OPERATORS BLAMED.
Pittsburg.-There Is no general re-
sumption of mining operations in the
Pittsburg district to-day, although at
most Of the railroad mines and at many
of the river mines the diggers have taken
their tools to the pits and are making
pre- eparations to start to work. 1t will be
several days before the collieres areall run
ming along the Wheeling division of the
Baltimore e. Ohio. In the western dis
tricts the miners are nearly all at work,
but in the Montour, West Moreland and
Thickvein districts the diggers are still
out, the operators refusing to pay 56
cents per ton instead of So cents as
agreed at Columbus.
REsUMINa WORK.
Pittsburg, Pa.-The settlement of the
great coal strike and the return to work
to-day of $4,000 of the 10000 miners of
this district has given an impetus to all
kinds of business and the situation is
more hopeful than at any time in months.
At many Of the large plants in the city
work has been resumed after the long
idleness.
COST OF THE COAL STRIKE.
Pittsburgh we'll informed authority
in the coal business estimates that the
coal strike in this district has cost the
miners in wages $1,SO0,000, taking for
granted that the normal output Of the
region had been maintained.
TEN RIOTERS KILLED.
Pittsburgh trainman who just came
in reports that the Ohio military killed
ten rioters at Bowerston this afternoon.
HOPEFUL TELEGRAMs.
Columbus, Ohio.-Letters and tele-
grams received to-day at the national
headquarters of the United Mine Workers
of America give rnmistakable evidence
that the sentiment in favor of sustaining
the national officers is growing rapidly.
It is believed at headquarters that at least
two thirds of the miners of Ohio Will re-
sumo work tomorrow.
MOVING COAL.
The Columbus, Hooking Valley & To.
ledo railroad will move to-day 800 cars OF
coal. All the miners of this vicinity are
at work except at New Straitsville.
RIOT FEARED.
Litchfeld, Ills.-The state militia and
a force of United States marshals left
here to-day on special train for Mt
Olive to quell the trouble among the strik.
ing miners. A riot is feared.
TROUBLE IN ILLINOIS.
La Sale, III. No miners are at work
to-day at Oglesby or here and the leaders
declare that the men will not work unless
last years prices are restored. The coal
operators say that they can't pay the
prices named by the Springfield conven
ton because they are proportionately
higher than those paid in the OHIO fields
AWAITING THE ADAMS CONVENTION.
Columbus.-On the Columbus, San
dusky & Shawnee railroad the small
mines are awaiting to see what the pro
posed Adams state convention on Thurs
day will do. The doubled XXX mines Al
Shawnee are cleaning up to-day to re
sumo work this afternoon.
DESPERATE MINERS.
Stubenville, Ohio.-Senator Mccoy ha
lust left for Dillonvale and Laurenton OF
the Wheeling l. Lake Erie with posse o
railroad men to act as deputies. The.
are going on special train. The Wheel
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