New-York tribune., 1894-04-24
THE FIGHT OF THE MINERS.
ILLINOIS AND WEST VIRGINIA THE
BATTIEFIELDS.
ONLY 1000 OUT or 5000 MEN QUIT WORK IN
THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN sTATE-TWDNTY
THOUSAND OUT IN THE PITTS
BURG DISTRICT.


THOUSAND OUT IN THE PITTS
BURG DISTRICT.
Columbus. Ohio. April 23.-The battlcne,ds Of the
coal miners strike for uniform rate OF wages.
It is evident now will be in West Virginia end
LIMOS In the latter State just now the miners
TO be pushing their fight successfully and
have hope Of calling every miner in the State out
before the close OF the month. or the 1000 miners
In West Virginia however, only about two thousand
out and these are waver!ng under the induce
Of scale wages offered them by the operators.
AMI would so to work. It is believed, upon the
slightest excuse. President Mcbride viii send the
ablest organizers at his disposa; to this fed a
once t. hold them in line. These miners have.
many Of them. had little work even a the re-
duce1 wages. in the last six months, ana 1t re-
quires a large measure of fidelity and confidence
in the ability of the organization to win the con
test to refuse TO 10 10 work under the conditions
offered
Pittsburc April 2s-This was busy day for the
United Mine Workers officials OF the Pittshnrg GiS-
trict and as a result OF their persuasive arguments
45OO men who were on the fence 10 whether tho5
would strike or not. decided to join their brethren
in the fight for a Uniform of wages. The 400
men mentioned above Were employed In the IuriIe
Creek and Irwin mines. This afternoon fre@iient
Doarmt of the New FORK anl Cleveland Gas ''"'
Company. operating the Turtle Creek mines m"'
the United Mine Workers officials in joint debate
President Doarmt tried to convince the miners that
his contract with them valid. and If the work
men did not perform their par: his company would
hold them and the United Mine Workers officials
for any losses the company sustained hN the men
refusing to work The Mine Workers officials CON
vnced the men that the contract spoken of by Mr.
Dearrit was not binding them, that many
operators had failed to keep their contracts ana mat
the miners must now all join together and have the
operators establish uniform rate that VIII be just
to operators and miners alike.
-fFt f.isa a
Creek decided that they would join IN the gcn'rai
strike The SOGo miners at Irwin. on learning or
the action taken by the Turtle creek men a'so So 49,. ne
Pittsburg district complete and 700" men are ~"
Francis L. Robbins president Of tho Robbins
Coal and Coke Company. the largest company In tho
f,.r i,,S~'' be % strike moyem~nt Mr. Robbins e1y.
however that the National officers of the Mine
mtting indiana ana limos n'',GfS M ~ i, % r
tracts belonging to this field 4 uniform rate should
exist, Mr. Robbins SAYS as there Is no ,nonc! ID
i.nion,ovn. penn. April 2}-There is no sign of
In the adjacent river region howrNef work lf .i--
n( he miners a, Gharlcro carly his morning forc
the men at work for the pai'-Slas@ c'inpanf ,'
the men The monster ma,s-meetins heil At Fay
cite city al noon today NJ aa ''.r'i l II. ply,
Coal Works. Faye,te City ana CNford mine. ~.'
| offered the advance dr~'l 10y i'' NlEHi"f
! have refused 10 20 90 work. The miners say ~
operators made this move for the purp"s" - "rca-
ing the strike. and for tnt reason ih'y refused -
accept until al majority ~ ne operators afrcr
! 10 pay the scale The Thomson G.a-s works shut
down indefinitely to-day. owing 10 an" scarcity "i
! coal caused by ih~ strike. The lni1u'IWn Gla-~
! Company VIII work longer than today unl'~f
Huntington. Penn, April 2}-On appeal from The
| Clcarfied striking miners the Huntington ano
! Broad TOP miners this morning rccorsiderrd tAelT
decision OF Saturday not to strike and al az IN noN
out. This embraces the Sandy Ridge. sx-Mhe Run
and Shoup's Run branches. involving 800 men. Th-
80 miners IN the East Broad Top region who struck
| they will resume but they declined the proposition
Philllpshurg Penn. April 3-ln the Clearfe.! ana
mines. and out OF this entire numpeT th'rt va n,'
| one IN operation to-day. The suspension Is con-
| excitement to-day. but the miners are impation'y
awaiting news from the regions IN Maryland ana
| In addition TO asking for mining rate II 20
4 ton the miners In these regions before f"-
suming work will demand the abolition of coitp1nH
stores pay for all dead work and strict compitnc@
! with the semi monthly pay law
| The miners In the Snow shoe district susI"nle!
scottdalc Penn. Aprn 23-Forty-dyc d.logates
! representing every works IN ne coke dee!on. mot
in convention here to-day and voted 20 Join In the
Saturday last. The following resolutions wero
| unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That we consider Il the duty - eYeery
man IN the Connensyine region 10 lay down hi'
! tools Immediately. and De II further
! Resolved. That tho man wh? work. af''r these
resolutions ar proclaimed shall always D. branded
as a backlog and traitor to his craft
! Resolved. That We in1orse tho origna. demand o..
% cents per hundred bushels for mining. and oinef
| wages in proportion.
Two hundred men at Frick's STANDARD Works
Joined the general sirk" to-day. Tbs pas SUM 'I
delegates % to-day's convention say that touDrIn
| many more plants Viii follow the StanIarI Hil
join in the general strike. Tn orerti9rs assert
that the oroFt to renew the strike VIII prove