The record-union., 1894-06-19
IN THE MINE REGIONS.
THE SITUATION AT MOUNT OLIVE
GETTING SERIOUS.
Illinois Militia Sent to the Scene TO
Assist the Marshals in Arrest
ing Unruly Miners.
Special to the REconp-Ux1ou.

| Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
MOUNT OLIVE Qll), June Is. = The
mining situation at this point is now as
suming serious and threatening aspect
The Seventh Regiment, Illinois National
! Guard, arrived this afternoon. They are
| here to assist the United States Marshals
in arresting the unruly miners. who, for
| the past week, have been conducting
| things here with such high hand, stop
| ping freight trains, breaking cars, and,
when coal was found, not permitting it
to be carried through the city, but un-
! loading and taking it home. Last Satur-
day night United States Marshal Brinton
and several assistants made an effort to
arrest the strikers. but to no avail. as
they were surrounded by tho angry min
ers and forced to release their prisoners.
! Owing to the presence OF the militia, how
ever. this evening the guilty parties are
being arrested as fast as found.
TEN MEN REPORTED KILLED.
PITTsBURG (Pa.), June 1S.-A train
man Just in reports that the Ohio militia
fired upon and killed ten rioters at Bow
erstown, near Denisson, o.
WORK RESUMED AT ONLY TWO MINES.
| CLEVELAND, juno 12-Reports from
points along the Cleveland, Lorraine and
| Wheeling Road show work was resumed
at only two mines to-day. Those are at
Rock Hill. In the Massillon district a
| few men went to work. the miners hav-
| ing decided in mass-meeting to hold out
for fifteen cents A differential over-rate
was paid in the Rocking district
The militia continues to guard all the
| bridges and trestles. The miners say if
| r,t,f hofx- IL
| there will be the biggest riot in the his
| tory of the country, and the militia will
| be of little consequence to suppress it,
| The miners in the New Lisbon district
! returned to work on the basis of the
| Columbus agreement
THE SITUATION CRITICAL.
| STEUBENyILLE {O.), June 1S.-Very
| few miners along the Wheeling and Lax @
Erie in this county accepted the Column
| bus compromise. and the situation along
| the line is critical. Serious trouble may
develop before a settlement is reached.
! The Long Run miners accepted the COM
promise and went to work to-day. The
| company tried to start the Laurel and
| Dillonvale mines, but the miners refused
| to allow them and threatened violence.
| The trouble grew out of starting up OF
| the Long Run mines, and the congregat-
! ing there of hundreds of miners from
| DlilOnVdl6 anu EuT6hd. NO violence was
! offered to-day, but the miners are organ
izing at both of the latter places, and are
expected to march to Long Run in the
morning to prevent miners working.
RETURNING TO WORK.
P1rTsBURG, June 1S.-The settlement of
the coal strike and the return to work to-
| day of 15, GOO miners in this district has
given an impetus to all kinds of business.
At many of the large plants in this city
work was resumed to-day after a long
idleness. 1t is believed the McKeesport
| tube works will start up soon.
MARTINS FERRY Ohio. June 1S.-The
miners at the Laughlin Nail works, Gay
| lord, Longrun, Belleair and other mines
returned to work to-day. A general
break-up is expected. The Wheeling
Creek miners are still out.
In the river district the miners are
still out. In the second and fourth pool
the operators object to signing a yearly
agreement and the miners will not go
back until this is done.
At Manown work has not been re-
sumed, but will be shortly.
CONSPIRACY TO CORNER THE MARKET.
CHICAGO, June 18.-A special to the
Times from Cincinnati says: A gigantic
conspiracy to corner the coal market by
bribing striking coal-miners has de-
NGlOD6u uSlOs ON hOlS vi COdt Ill
Chicago sent an agent to this city to engi-
neer the scheme and he offered repre-
sentative of the miners $4,000 to stay out
until October.
June 9th, Mr.. Montgomery of Mont
gomery City received the following tele-
gram: "Miners out at all hazards unless
they get their price. Will furnish $40, 900
in provisions and meet you in Cincinnati
at any time.o
Mayor Montgomery arranged to meet
the Chicago agent here. With Montgom-
cry came William Sharp of the Forest
Hill mines, and several Kanawha Valley
miners. Before leaving for home Mont
gomery telegraphed ahead TO the miners,
stating that he would lay the Chicago
proposition before them last night.
The plan is for Hooking Valley miners
to stay out also. Operators threaten
prosecution to the full extent of the law
for conspiracy. Before leaving Mont
gomery said: There is no limit to the
amount of money the Chicago people are
willing to spend. They rendered me a
certified check for $4,000. He said there
would be plenty more money for the
| miners, and he would give me 100000
for myself if 1 had agreed to engineer the
| thing through"
| Operators of the Chesapeake and Ohio
and New River coal fields are'atfected.
! The names of the spectators are un-
known here.
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