Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-08
DEATH THREATENED
Coke Strikers Warn Workers to
Stay Away.
PRICK COMPANY PREPARE TO RESUME
Notices Headed With the Skull
and Bones.
AMONG. THE COAL MINERS

CONNELLSVILLE. Pa, May S.-The
Prick Coke Company are making a desperate
Rffort to start their works secretly, as they
lid during the great strike three years ago.
They are collecting men at all their works
who are willing to work, and will start one
plant at a time. II this is unsuccessful new
men will be brought into the region, in
which event there will be more rioting.
The strikers at Hill Farm are becoming
desperate and have posted notices on all the
company houses warning the men to keep
away. The notices are headed by a skull
and cross bones. with the following written
underneath in large red characters:
Death. All men who go to work at Hill
Farm tomorrow. prepare to meet your God IS
The company are determined to resume to-
morrow. and already have a force OF depu-
ties on guard
Deputies We're busy throughout the region
today serving the Injunction notices on the
leaders to keep of Rainey's property and
evicting strikers from company houses.
There was no trouble, but an outbreak Is
liable TO occur at any time.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. May S-An officer OF
the MassilOn Coal Operators Association.
who has been travelling in the Ohio and
pennsylvania fields for several days. said
today that the big conference to be held in
inns city next week will put an end to the
not.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL., May S.-President
Crawford of the Illinois mine workers is
confident that the differences between the
operators and the miners will be settled
soon and the miners be ordered to work at
the miners terms.
CUMBERLAND, Md, May S.-The news
from the West Virginia and Georges Greek
Valley coal region, as 1t centers in Cum
oeriand, shows restless spirit that reason
ing may quiet or some unforeseen event may
stir into the troublesome activity.
The news from Elk Garden is that but a
small force are working. not sufficient TO
successfully run the mines. but both the
agftatorS and the mining companies are
hopeful of the result.
CHARLESTON. W. Va. May s.-The
hanawah coal exchange has decided not
TO send any delegates to the national con-
vention. the 18th instant. at Cleveland, say
ing the strike is the work Of Ohio men, and
let them fight II out.
A number Of large operators will close
down for long time soon. NJ. T. Davis
has already shut down till october.
The Winifrede men are now getting the
old wages demanded.
Only two mines on the Chesapeake and
Ohio in kanawah are running.
PHILLIPSBURG. Pa. May S.-Four hun
dred Phillipsburg and Beech Creek miners
marched from Phillipsburg TO Woodland,
where there was a coal mine In operation
They persuaded the men to throw down
their tools and come out. They were after
ward assured by the operators that the
mine would remain idle until the other
mines had resumed
The strikers are greatly encouraged by
news from Maryland that nearly 900 men
In that state had gone out. and that all of
the Elk Garden district was idle. There Is
no truth whatever in the statement that
the operators of the Central Pennsylvania
region have offered the men the advance
demanded. II they would return to work
refuse
FROSTBURG, Nd, May S.-One thousand
miners, composing four mines, have sus-
pended work Many secret meetings have
been held in the woods near Frostburg dur
ing the past week The plan of campaign
on the part of the agitators is to hold meet
fngs from day to day until the mines In the
region suspend They expect to get the
miners at Homecoming to suspend today.
They claim that by the 18th of this month
the trouble will end in their favor from a
scarcity of coal in the market