The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-24

men employed in the mines along the
mobile and Ohio railroad, 200 or
more, have decided to cast their lot
with the United Mine Workers Associa-
tiOn strike.
CAslde from is'there have beenno addi-
Ilons to the strikers. In the Belleville,
III, and Rich Hill, ArdmOre, Bevier
Fleming, Litchfield, Springfield and
other Missouri mines the miners are still
at work
THE SITUATION IN TENNESSEE.
Chattanooga, Tenn, April 23.-There is
only partial suspension OF work at the
Soddy coal mines. There is no dissatis-
faction among the miners, and those who
are out have gone out in sympathy with
Ihe general strike. 1t is not likely that
the strike in Tennessee viii last long, as
tne miners have no special cause for com
plant. AT Jellico 5000 miners have struck
ana there Is a total suspension of work.
THE COKE WORKERS TO JOIN.
Scottdale, Pa, April %. -Forty-ive del
egates, representing every works in the
coke region met in convention here to-
Gay, and voted to Join in the general
Strlke, ordered by the United Nine
Workers Saturday last
Two hundred men a. F'rick's Standard
works joined the United Mine Workers
general strike to-day. This has stiffened
the backbone of the strikers considerably
Inc delegates to-day's convention say
that tomorrow many more plants will
follow the Standard and join in the gen
eral strike.
The operators assert that the effort to
renew the strike will prove failure.
ON PARADE AT BIRMINGHAM.
Atlanta, Ga, April pa special to
the Constitution from Birmingham. Ala.
A hS,r do. 1s,~I.% 4l,s ,Cp
strikers arrived from Blue Creek three
miles away. They had walked since dark
last night. By 10 o'clock, 5000 were in
line. They came from mines all over the
district. A third of them were
negroes. They bore banners with
various devices, some illustrated, some
argumentative and some ambiguous.
They were well mustered by captains and
ueutenants- The executive committee of
the miners met with Gov. Jones about 10
o'clock. Gov. Jones declined to express
his opinion of the situation. He says
however, the miners assured him they
would do all in their power to prevent
any violence. He said he had conf
dence in the law-abiding spirit of
the miners. He had put troops
under marching orders, as it
would be easy to concentrate formidable
force here If occasion demanded it. AS
yet, he saw no occasion to give even eau
tionary orders to troops outside of the
county. As a matter of fact, however,
the colonel or other officers had put the
local troops under orders to report every
two hours TO their armories.
DEMANDS OF THE MINERS.
''At II O'Clock the army of miners left
for Lake View Park, in the suburbs. The
committee which had conferred with the
governor reported, and upon its report
resolutions were passed that the miners
of Alabama insist on the removal of the
convict miners at the same time that the
weight system be better regulated, and
that seui-monthly paY-rolls be inauga-
rated. Several speeches, argumentative,
but not incendiary in their nature, were
made, and the meeting adjourned without
an exciting feature
THE men are not sensational, but they
are determined. When asked how many
pistols he thought there were in the
army of miners, an old striker signif-
cantlY replied by asking how many men
were in line.
THE workers are gradually leaving the
different mines. Those that remain are
we'll guarded. At Blue Creek, last night,
the houses of some were fired into, but
without results. Several arrests have
been made to-day for intimida-
tion. which caused some excitement.
In conversation to-day, several promi-
nent men while strikers said they pro
posed to avoid violence if possible, yet
they could not be held accountable for
the action of their negro friends. The
colored men, they say, were indignant
with the negroes who had taken their
places and they might be hard to con-
troll.
THE strikers being all in the city, lit
tie of interest occurred at the mines"