The record-union., 1894-06-12
sneclnl to the REconp.uN1ox.

| CLEVELAND. June 1.-THE striking
miners set fire to the Lorraine and
Wheeling Railroad bridge at Midvale
last night. The structure was saturated
with coal oil. The flames were finally
subdued.
Early to-day the short trestle bridge on
the Wheeling and Lake Erie Road, loca-
ted at East Greenville, five miles north
west of Massillon, was blown up with
giant powder and the ruins burned. The
road cannot be opened for many days.
MIDvALE (Ohio), June u.-Shortly be-
fore noon to-day 400 striking miners
held up the north bound coal train on the
Cleveland, Lorraine and Wheeling Road.
The conductor, engineer and brakemen
were given five minutes to side-track the
cars and leave the coal behind.
The covered railroad bridge over the
Tuscarawas River, south of this place,
was fired this afternoon. The bridge is
over 100 feet long. At 4:20 P. NJ. the
bridge was gone. The wires are down
and will not work. The bridge was fired
by miners on a rumor that the militia
were coming. The guards were covered
by revolvers. Coal oil was used. The
bridge was burning one hour. The pas
senger train, No. 2S, carrying MAIL got to
the bridge just after the fire. 1t backed
to Urichsville. Most of the miners here
are foreigners.
At ii o'clock tonight all is quiet. The
road is transferring passengers at the
the safety of its bridges at Canal Dover
tonight, where large crowd is gathered.
Only one wire Is working south OF here,
and it is difficult to get even military
orders through.
RESORTING TO DYNAMITE.
WHEELING, June 11.-At noon to-day
two men were observed acting sus-
piciously at the Wheeling Creek bridge
OF the Cleveland, Lorraine and Wheeling
Railroad. On the approach of two sol
diers belonging to the Twenty second
Regiment, the men fled. An examination
OF the bridge disclosed the fact that dy-
Mantle bomb had been so placed that a
train passing would have exploded it and
destroyed the bridge and wrecked the
train.
MOB AT PANA.
PANA Qll.), June 1.-THE mob here is
growing larger. Springfield miners de-
clare they will stay six months, if neces-
sary, to close the Pana mines. More
troops have arrived to-day. An attempt
was made TO enter shaft No. bv man
w
was struck by the shots fired by the
guards. At 2 A. NJ. there was rapid firing
near Center City. The militia soon
marched to the scene, but found nothing.
AN AGREEMENT REACHED.
COLUMBUS, June 1.-THE Joint Com
mittee on Scale. composed OF operators
and miners, held an executive session to-
day. Each side expressed feeling that
circumstances elsewhere have placed the
agreement here in jeopardy. John Nc
Bride said the miners were not contend
ing for recognition of the Miners Union,
but for a uniform scale.
A bout $50 The Scale Committee an
nounced an agreement had been reached
and was being drawn up. The cOmpro-
mise was on basis of 90 cents for Ohio
and 80 cents for Western Pennsylvania
The agreement is not to take effect until
next Monday. The agreement, which has
not been made public. was submitted to
the joint conference at p. NJ. for ratltica-
ton. At the Joint conference tonight the
agreement was ratified.
A. A. Adams, of the Ohio Miners Union,
who was at the scale conference, refused
TO sign the agreement. The settlement,
however is final. The scale is as follows:
Pittsburg, thin vein, % cents: thick vein,
90 cents; Hooking Valley, 60 cents; In
diana btumnous, 80; block, 70; Staeator,
Bloomington. Ills 774 for summer and 50
for winter; La Sale and Spring Valley,
ILL.,, 724 for summer and so for winter.
Other sections in Northern Illinois fields
at prices relative to the above.
The scale of prices will be in effect and
bind both parties thereto, beginning
June Is, 1894, and continuing until May
l, 1895, provided the above named scale
of prices for the district shall be recog
nized and observed.
SAVED BY 4 wATCHMAN.
WHEELING CREEK (O.), June 11.-Ef-
forts were made to-day to burn the bridge
on the Cleveland, Lorraine and Wheeling
Railroad at Canal Dover. The flames
were extinguished by the watchman
The miners tried to drive him away by
shooting The Sheriff put deputies on
guard.
The Second, Fourteenth and Sixteenth
Regiments are here. Coal trains are run
ming.
WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION OF BRIDGES.
BIRMINGHAM (Ala.), June 1.-THE big
iron bridge on the Kansas City, Memphis
and Birmingham road at Carbon Hill
was blown up with dynamite this morn
ing. The bridges at the Patton and Mabel
mines and other points have been burned.
The strikers are determined to prevent
the transportation of coal.
CANON (O.), June 1l.-An attempt was
made last night to blow up the Cleveland.
Canton and Southern Railroad bridge
over the Tuscarawas River at Navarro.
1t is believed the bridge was not seri-
ously damaged.
RESCUE OF FOUR woRKMEN.
UNIoNTowN (Pa.), June 1.-THE four
American workmen taken prisoners by a
mob of foreigners at New Haven last
Saturday were overtaken at Fairchance
and rescued at noon to-day by the dep
uties. They were still bearing placards,
and were chalk marked from head to foot.
They were handed from one crowd to an
other yesterday until landed in the strik-
ers' camp at Kyle. Depu ties are collect
ing all the evidence available, and many
arrests will be made. 1t is estimated that
not less than 500 strikers handled the
workmen from the time of their capture
at New Haven until their rescue to-day.
The workmen are able to identify their
captors and will not fear toappear against
them.
Last night the strikers visited the
banks on Georges Creek, where part of
the coal that is being shipped over the
new State Line road is mined. They
broke up the tools and wheelbarrows
tore out the support at the entrance to the
banks, and cayed in about twenty feet of
the banks.
A jury has been impaneled to hold an
inquest over the body of John Montaff
the Slav killed in yesterdays battle. Res
porsheck and Cornak will die. The others
were not seriously injured.
TREsTLE on FIRE AT BOTH ENDS.
BIRMINGHAM lAla.l. June u.-Three