The morning call., 1894-05-09
WILL SETTLE 1T.
Nearing the End of the
Big Strike.
LET A FEW MINES START,
Then the Men Will All Go Back
to Work.
READY TO PAY THE SCALE NOW.
Those Operators Who Would Keep
Up Wages Disinclined to Re-
main Longer Idle.
READY TO PAY THE SCALE NOW.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. May S-An officer
of the Massillon Coal Operators Associa-
tion, who has been travelling in Ohio and
Pennsylvania fields for several days, said
to-day that the big conference which will
be held in this city next week will put an
end to the strike whether an agreement is
reached or not.
There are dozens of big operators" he
said, "whO offer what the men had asked
the rate that was fixed several years ago.
which was about 20 cents. Many Of them
have assurances of their men that they
will work, whatever the result of the con-
ference, and the moment any of the large
mills are put in operation the strike will be
broken"
SPRINGFIELD, H., May S.-President
Crawford of the Illinois Mlne-workers has
returned from Gillespie and states that at a
meeting held there 600 miners from Mount
Olive Glenarm and Stanton were present.
and they succeeded in inducing all but
twenty Of 160 men employed in consOli-
dated coal mines at Gillespie to 90 out
Crawford is confident that the differences
between the operators and tine miners will
be settled soon and the miners ordered 10
work at the miners terms.
CHICAGO, May S.-Owners Of the Gen.
tral Illinois coal mines have refused to go
into the conference to be held for the pur
pose of arranging basis Of settlement for
the miners strike.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, May S.-The
Kanawha Coal Exchange has decided not
to send delegates to the national conven-
tion, saying the strike is the work of Ohio
men and they must fight it out
BRAZIL. Ind, May S.-The scenes of to-
day were the most exciting since the CON-
mencement of the big strike. About 100
miners marched in line. headed by a
brass band, through the main streets late
this afternoon 70 the Knellie mine and
asked three miners, Harry. Clude and
Verne James, to quit work. This they
refused 10 do, and it looked tor while as
though a desperate fight would occur. but
the arrival of force OF police prevented
trouble. The James boys are stalwart
men and walked to the center of the mob
and told them they would work in spite
of all intimidation.
The miners are organized and claim
they will force the Jameses to quit work,
consequently serious trouble is expected.
The mine is located a short distance south
east Of the city.
LEH1GH. l. T., May S.-Williams Bros,
proprietors of the Strip Pit Company,
broke their promise to the striking miners
and again commenced loading coal yester-
day morning. The men were at work to-
day under guard of a dozen of United
States Marshals, when 1000 strikers headed
by about 500 women and brass band and
$50 men heavily armed, marched down upon
them. WOrkmen and marshals, seeing
that it was utterly impossible to cope with
this force, offered no resistance and the
men quit work. The entire procession
then left here for Coal Gate, where they
intend to force all the Strip pitters out.
PITTsBURG. May s. = -Four hundred
miners marched from Phillipsburg to
Woodland. where a coal mine is in opera
ton, and persuaded the men to come out
They were assured by the operators that
the mine would remain idle until the others
resume.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, May S.-The prompt
action of the Governor in calling troops
TO arms smothered an incipient riot in tha
coal district, and to-day 200 negro coal
miners were put to work without him
drance. At Blue Greek. Tenn. the Coal
aud Iron and Railroad Company has COM
menced to evct strikers.
FRoNTBURG, Nd. May S.-Contrary to
expectations. 1000 miners in four mines
suspended work to-day. The miners are
stationed along the road from here to the
Elkhart and Hoffman mines to induce men
10 suspend.
PITTsBURG, Kans., May 8.-Advices
from different shafts over the district In
dicate a general suspension of work, with
the exception of the Santa Fe. It is a GER
tainty that the operators will not accede
TO the demand of the miners. Miners
from the strike district at other points are
coming in every day prepared to take the
places of the men that go out.
CLINTON, No.. May 8.-The miners of
Brownington have struck. Those at
Deepwater will go out when the Kansas
miners strike.
FINDLAY. Ohio, May 8.-After a shut
down of ten months the Findlay Window
glass Company started work again
yesterday. This is the first glass factory
10 Northwestern Ohio to change from oil,
10 coal for fuel, which it now uses for the
first time. Two hundred men are given
employment.