The record-union., 1894-06-14
Special to the REcoRD-UNGoS.

Special to the RECoRD-UN1oS.
MAssILLoN (Ohio), June 13.-The en-
tire disturbed district along the Cleve-
land, Lorraine and Wheeling and Cleve-
land, Canton and Southern Railroads is
quiet. At the main camp the small
guard was stoned shortly before mid
night, but no one was injured. Three
more companies of the Fifth Regiment
arrived this morning from Cleveland,
making the total force about 500. Trains
were stoned at several points, but no
damage was done.
THE OPERATORS PLEASED.
ST. LOUIS, June Is. The coal operators
OF Southern Illinois. including the Big
Muddy, Consolidated. Mattison and
Mount Olive. are apparently we'll salts
fled with the result Of the Columbus con-
ference between operators and miners.
While the miners Of these companies are
aware that the schedule was only agreed
on for mines in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Northern Illinois, they are quite conf
dent that the scale adopted means that in
less than week all the mines will again
be open. The Consolidated, Madison,
Big Muddy and Mount Olive managers
are so confident the strike has ended that
they are now making preparations to re-
sumo the operation of their mines.
When operations will be resumed mono
of the operators care to say, but it is un-
derstood that the Consolidated will make
an attempt to resume work at Stanton on
Saturday. If this be the case, on Mon
day morning work will be resumed at all
of the Southern Illinois mines.
M G,poJTuTE Ap TrNT0STOyvN
UNIoNTowN (Pa), June 13. = No
trouble is reported III this region to-day.
Five carloads OF negroes have been dis
tributed among Frick's works at Mount
Pleasant. The railway company placed
Calling gun at Vanderbilt for the pro-
lection OF the Fort Hill works. Fifty
strikers charged with riot and unlawful
assemblage at Sickle Hollow are on trial
to-day. a strong effort will be made by
some OF the coke strikers to have the
Scale Committee adopt the Frick scale.
COLUMBUS SETTLEMENT DENOUNCED.
PUXsUTAwNEY (Pa.), June ia mass
meeting of miners in the district is in
progress. They 6enounce the CoIum bus
settlement. An indignant protest was
sent to Governor Pattison in reply to his
proclamation.
La SALE (Ill.), June 13.-The miners
of Wheeling held a meeting tonight at
which resolutions were adopted denounc-
ing the action of the delegates 10 Column
bus, and calling for the resignation OF
President Mcbride and others who
signed the compromise. The men re-
solved not to go TO work until they were
paid last years prices.
MINERS WILL RETURN To WORK.
COLUMBUS, June l3.-The national Off
GERS of the United Nine Workers have
n nj a a ha e
the settlement of the strike and advising
miners to return to work June 18th.
John Mcbride says the miners will ac-
cept the situation and go to work in rea-
sonable time.
LEXINGTON CNy.). June 13. = Three
hundred miners in the Beattie district re-
sumed work to-day. They had been out
about two weeks.
GUARDS FIRED ON.
CHARLESTON (W. Va.), June 13.-Last
night party of strikers ON the mountain
top above the st. Clair mines fired on the
guards. The latter returned the fire.
keeping up hot fight until the firing
from the strikers ceased.
WAITING ON ACTION BY INDIANA MINERS.
DANvILLE Qll.), June I3.-At a meet
ing of the coal operators and miners to-
day an exhaustive discussion of the mat
companies, excepting thef Consolidated
Coal Company miners, were represented.
The miners refused to make any sort of
proposition for settlement until they hear
from the Clinton (Ind.) miners. They
agreed to accept 5 cents less per ton for
mining than the Clinton miners agreed
to. This blocks the settlement III this
district until the Indiana miners agree to
a settlement.
WILL NOT WORK AT THE NEW SCALE.
WASHINGTON Qnd.), June 13. = The
miners of this section say they will not
go to work at the scale fixed by the Co.
lumbus conference.
SPRING VALLEY tIll.), June 13-At
delegate meeting of Northern Illinois
miners, at which at least l,000 miners
were represented, it was unanimously
decided to never dig a ton of coal until
the operators restore last years. prices.
The operators now have not only the for
eigners to combat, but the English-spe.,k
ing miners as well.