The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-06
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Coke Operators Arranging 10 Employ New
Men at Their Ovens
VIRGINIA MEN ARE DETERMINED
The Situation Practically Unchanged.
Two Thousand Cars of Mononga-
heIa Coal Blocked in the Benwood
Yards--Negro Miners Will Be En-
ployed at 5rockwayvile--Sixty- Two
Men Taken to the Ridgeway Jail
PITTsBURd, June 5.


NJ NE of the highest authorities in
H the ranks of the western Penn
II sylvsnia coal operators has re-
" ceived assurances that the IL
linoiS operators who have all along re-
fused to participate in joint confer.
ence Of operators and miners, Rre now
ready and willing to do 30, and that at
today's meeting in Colum bus, O., Pres
ident Mcbride will issue a call for au-
other joint conference to be held at
Columbus on Friday of this week.
The coke region operators are arrang-
ing to employ men in this city to so to
the coke region to take the places Of
the strikers An employment Office has
been opened for this purpose. This
morning three carloads Of workmeu
were shipped from this city to various
points IN the coke region.
VIRGINIA MEN DETERMINED.
WHEELING, W. Va, June 5.-The
miners at bridge No 3 on the Cleve-
land, Lorraine and Wheeling. west of
Bridgeport were again heavily rein
forced today and now number over
1000 There is no rioting, but the
men are as determined as ever that no
coal trains will be hauled. Over 1000
cars of Monongahela coal are blocked
in the Bsnwood and McMeechiu yards
on account of the Cleveland, Lorraine
and Wheeling tieup Tho Belmont
county miners made bold move last
night when several stopped coal train
on the Baltimore and Ohio at Franklin
| station.
The Belmont county miuers made q
bold move last night, when several
| stopped a coal train on the Baltimore
| and Ohio at Franklin station. A large
number Of miners are congregated
there today, and Sheriff Scott is now
on the scene.
The 1900 miners in Belmont county
have reached the desperation point,
and no peaceable appeal will likely
follow. The stOppage of the Baltimore
and Ohio shuts off the last channel for
the shipment of West Virginia coal to
the lakes. An attempt was made t.
blow up Yochum's minSs, east OF thi:
place, last night. The damage was
slight.
MARYLAND MILITIA OUT.
BALTIMORE, June 5,-The Fourth AM
Fifth regiments, state militia, with 4Gl
and sol men respectively left here thi,
evening for Cumberland under COM
mand of Adjutant General II. F. Doug
lass Thsy should arrive at Cumber
land about Midnight and will be at tn,
J Frostburg mines in the morning Il
protect the workers from the strikers
The last time that the national guard
Of Maryland was ordered out to sup
press a riot was on July 20, 1877, dur
ing the great railroad strike on the
Baltimore and Ohio system.
CHARLESTON, w, Va, June 5.-Re-
ports that four nor-union miner
We're killed in ambush las
night at Powelton are exag
gerated. Two men, Engineer Ell
Smith and John Brandon were badly
wounded and the latter may die
Crocker Gibson was attacked and had
his throat cut and will die. Marsha
Vinson left for the scene Of the trouble
and three companies of militia are
ready to move ut any moment should
any more trouble occur.
BRocKwAYvILLE. Pa. Juns o.
Nothing new has trsnspired at Shaw
NUT today. The sixty,two men VIII,
were arrested yesterday were taken tt
Ridgeway and put in Jail. A delegation
Of miners went to Ridgeway today FOL
the purpose Of testing the legality o
the arrest. Meanwhile the slack 4
being loaded at Shawmut by Italians
who are guarded by deputy sheriffs
Hall and Kaul made another coup to-
day,
Seventy negro miners from Alabams
arrived last night and will be put tt
work at the Noble mine, strongl.
guarded with deputies. The Nobl
mines have been idle for so long o tins
that the negroes are not taking any
strikers places. Trouble is expected
when it becomes known that the ne
groes are here
PASSWORDS CoILIERY RESUMES.
PHILIPsBURG. Pa. June jaime
Passmor. of this place, who operate
the Urey Ridge mine in Indian
county, is reported to have started hi
colliery this morning, A number o
his old employees returned to worl
under the protection of the police
1t is to that mine that Captain
Clark took quite p number of coal ant
iron police this morning. There is n
truth in the report Of great destitutio,
prevailing in this section, the suffering
not being so great as it was last winter
when relief board was organized il
order to prevent starvation among tn
women aud children.
The excitement is steadily growing
among the miners. The leaders do no
fear an attempt at resumption in thi
region, for the reason that the mine
are comparatively small and scattered
GREENsBURG, Pa, June 5-Abou
thirty-six deputy sheriffs were sen
from here tonight to the vicinity @
Port Royal on the Youghiogheny rive
where tomorrow an attempt will b
made to start the works.
sCoTTDALE MISSIONARY WORK.
ScoTTDALE, Pa, June 5.-One hun
dred and seventy five negroes wer
brought here this evening and sent
the Standard and Central works of th
Frick Coke company Some Of Ii
labor leaders boarded the train on
tried TO induce them to join the strik
This they refused to do. The negroe
who arrived at Painter this mornip
worked today, though the plant WI
surrounded by 800 strikers, who HAY