Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-05
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The Minors Strike.


seventy negroes at work this morning.
They arrived at the mines by TIA n
from the South this morning and were
at once put to work. Sixty-three
strikers were brought here last night
and placed in jail.
New YORK, June 5.-The Pinkerton
detective agency is in the city recruit
ing force of deputies for service N the
Clearfeld, Pa, coal region. One hun
dred men have already been sent into
the coal district and it is expected that
another detachment of one hundred
picked men will be ready to-day for
transportation.
CUMBERLAND, Md, June 5.-The
situation in the Georges Creek coal
region this morning was serious. Five
hundred striking miners from the tur-
bulent districts Of Pennsylvania and
residing in and about Meyersdale, Pa,
marched from their home to Frostburg
last night and are encamped between
Eckbart and Frostburg, for the pur-
pose of aiding the Georges Creek
strikers in preventing the miners work
ing in the Eckhart mine from so doing.
The sheriff of the county this morning
telcgraphed to Governor Brown asking
for troops.
BALTIMORE, Md, jane 5.-The trou
BILE among the striking miners in ALE
ghany county has become so threaten
ing that an appeal was made this morn
ing by the sheriff and States attorney
for military assistance. The telegram
to Gov. Brown states that there was
imminent danger of bloodshed at Frost
burg and asked for troops. The gov
ernor ordered the fourth and fifth regi-
ments to assemble this evening. The
statement is made that the regiments
will be sent to Cumberland By special
train this evening The Crisis was -
ported at Frostburg this morning when
the strikers drove the men wno wsrs
willing to work from the Consolidation
mines in the effort to force 2 total sus-
pension OF the mines Of The Georges
Creek coal region.
SULLIVAN, Ind, June Sword re-
ceived this morning from SheIburne de-
/ les the report that four miners were
killed in the skirmish near Farmers
burg last night when the dastardly
dynamite plot to blow up the militia
train was discovered
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. June Re
ports from stations along the Evans
vile and Terre Haute railroad south of
here confirm the report that the trestle
near Farmersbulg has been partially de-
stroyed. The striking miners are
swarming about the vicinity between
Alum Cave and Farmersburg, armed
with rifles. 1t is feared that the militia,
if ordered to dislodge the strikers, will
be trapped.
McKEEspoRT, Pa, June 5.-McKees-
port is all excitement over the failure
OF the board of trade committee, the
officials of the National Tube Works
Company and the striking employees of
the latter to arrive at an agreement
and the announcement of the compa-
ny's decision to start their plant within
few days. This means the importa-
ton of new men to take the places of
the strikers. The strikers throng the
streets and express a determination
not to permit the mill to be operated
by new men.
COLUMBUS, O., June 5.-The miners
strike committee, which was appointed
at Cleveland three weeks ago, went
into executive session here this morn
ing. The general belief here is that
the strike will be declared off, except
in those districts where the operators
refuse to pay the scale.