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

CONNELLSVILLE. Pa, May S.-The
Frick Coke Company are making desperate
effort to start their works secretly. as they
did 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"
The company are determined to resume to-
morrow, and already have a force of depu-
ties on guard.
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
haole 10 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
tniS CITY next week Will put an end to the
strike, whether an agreement Is reached or
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, Nd May s-The news
from the West Virginia and Georges Creek
Valley coal region. as IL centers in Cum
beriand. shows a 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
small force are working. not sufficient to
successfully run the mines, but both the
agitators and the mining companies are
hopeful of the result.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, May s.-The
kanawah coal exchange has decided not
TO send any delegates TO the national con-
venuon, the 18th instant, at Cleveland, say
ing the strike is the work Of Ohio men, and
let them fight IL 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 hum
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 800 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. IL they would return to work
and refuse to recognize the organization.
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
hgs from day to day until the mines In the
region suspend. They expect to get the
miners at Lonaconing 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.