The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-29

| settlement. 20 lar as lDidllNHAtio ."
| ctrned, the question IS already setuSu,
| as the mines mere are doing their rem.
| work every day. 1ney have 40 men ~
| work, and are putting in lew men eNtll
| day Ahout a score If old miners went
| to work this morning. Sucn thlh-S 40
! these tend TO show ia what direction 'he
Yesterday and to-day witnessed more
| events of interest than any days loi
several weeks. They have Witnessed ,iie
| triumph of the four Eikhorn 0peIauo'as
| namely: Grocer, Houston, Upland, anu
! Pulaski over the strikers, and now holn-
| ing remains but TO increase their forces
! sufficiently TO get out their reg ,i
| Iut of coal and IL Will result lA tlie
| complete overthrow Of the strike.
ARMED MAnsHALs TnERE.
To-day Grocer worked ninety men.
| Houston sixty, \ Ilaski fOrty, and Oplanus
! has secured a sufficient force 10 btslh
| operations In the morning. lafse num-
| Der OF strikers have gathered around
| CrOzer's all day, dissuTsihg the situation,
| but are peaceaDle and quiet. and no DEM
| onstratOns have pecH mace, except 70
| try to persuade the new men 70 Jo,h
them A large percentage OF the new
! miners are white and are natives, ana
! they informed the strikers that they had
| come here 10 work. and that trey were
| armed and expected 10 defend theHi-
| selves II necessary.
The mines are heavily guarded by mar
| shais armed with Ninchesteis, and tfeiy
prccaution has been taken by the opeia-
| tors 70 protect their men against any
| outbreak that might occur.
| The companies say that there are thou-
| sands of workmen available, but IL has
| been their policy TO so slowly IN tie mat
| ter OF bringing abor fr tf1 the Dur &c.
They would rather give the weIk 20 e,s ~
| old employees. The sirih afs now ,ihd
| themselves brought 10 the point Wheie
ticy must make a speedy decision ,lH.1
are in a dilemma, and DO not Know
whether it Is best to break away from
the union or not. There are mutterihss
of discomfort with the leadership ot the
strike. Nothing has been accomplished
| for the cause OF labor, and In an9ihrr
few days hundreds of industrious miners
| will see their places taken ana thc uoOls
barred against tnem.
LAwIEss not NEEDED.
| Iawless and the leaders have adVo-
Gated a complete shutdown IN ORDER 10
gain their demands In this theY nave
| failed as the Virginia mines, focahoh-
tas and Ciinch Valley, are lncrca7ins
their forces daily. ana in a Few DAYS
viii get ont more coal than ever before
and now they Will meet with more sig
! nal failure than ever In the success oi
the four abOVe-named operations.
| A number OF the strikers advocated tne
plan Of working the six mines that eid
not reduce wages and maintain the fcsu-
| lar rate of wages by Increasing Inc tom
| mage of coal for ,he railroad The con-
sequence is that there is growing as
content among the miners against strike
| Leader Lawlcss ma his plans, most espe-
| cially since TIE miners which belonged 10
these op srations, ami STRUCK 'hnyush hn.tsSh
| sympathy are seeing the places Wn-fl
| they once occupied being grad ially hii'i
by outsiders.
STRIKERS DISAPPOINTED.
The strikers are evidently disappointed
| as they see the large additions madc 10
| the working force rs the four operations.
| Another dishcartening feature IS thal
! some twelve or fifteen OF the str-htts
| have gone back TO work, ana it IS thoushl
that "a general stampede viii result ainQns
Of
| Ii is "A settled fact mat the Houston
| Company will have back q large nahaD'f
of the old men by June Isl NJ inns,
| coupled with che fact that hundreds OF
miners have left the coal ileids since pay
! day. and the majority that are now mere
are men with families and they nave
| been notified to 80 10 work or Nacate
| the company's houses Will give the opera
tors a decided advantage.
| With the opponents apparent weaken
| ing and loss OF confidence in the ranks
! of thr strikers the questions are pre-
sent-ng themselves as 90 what would pe
| the best course 10 pursue, WhtthtI 20
| follow the leaders and their less-fortu-
nate brethren who suffered reduction,
or 90 back 20 work.
SYMPATHY FOR THE sTmKrrs.
There is universal sympathy for the
! striking miners People eYwhere
would like 10 see them get their positions
again AT the old wages and secure a cor
rect-on Of some OF the abuses IN tne
field. on this point there Is practically
! no dimeiencc of opinion. I'm the contfo-
versy between the operators ana the rai-
| road the lines are sharply drawn Ae
messing questions now pertain 10 the
settlement Of the labor troubles. lhc
| strike is approaching IN" enc. mere - "a
| painful lack of definite Plan e. tf ~
stavine ont or going back 10 vcIf. but
| the strikers are not ing 70 slthi lI,-
| bv much longer, nd Set new W' iiit-
ing their places. IL Is 10 be hoped that
they can secure some concessions from
all the companies. but the indications are
! that whatever they do on that score VIII
have to be done quickly.
lNspE TOR TuHxfR's 1Iiws.
II. NJ Turner. Of Jefferson county, w.
Va. who is United States immigration
| Inspector. was ordered mere seNerdi JAYS
| AGO bv the United states Gofefnment
| lie was In POcahontas to-day and WAS
| Interviewed by The Times reporter.
lie does not think that trouble IS immi.
nent. and hopes that the stiike VIII 'nd
| peaceahly without bloodshed
| lie was asked for his opinion IN regard
| to fhe stand taken by the two Gcvcrn0rs
| lie felt assured Of the fact thar. from
| his observations that toNtrloT DFef-
| rail- was perfectly justhable in bringing
troops to Pocanontas, and regarded it -s
| being a wise precautionary measure.
AS to Governor McC0rkle, he thought
| ne was also right I'm not ordering troops,
| as subsequent events hal proved they
The output OF ccai to-day was eighty
| two cars az Southwest and ten M brown
| ings The Elkhorr operations got out
| about twenty-five cars.
awless left this afternoon for ne
Columbus convention and many of the
| Elkhorn people are OF the opinion that
II WI be the last Of him In the region.
as his plans have practically failed. ana u
is thought his people are becoming much
dissatisfied with his management.
THE BAlLIss CASE.
story purporting TO be from II. ".
Mclaughlin. OF Pocahontas, was pun
ished In q Richmond paper, In when
several statements We're made REGARDING
the place and manner in which Priydte
Baylss, of the Richmond Light lniah-
try Blues was assaulted The story as
published In the paper alluded to- IS IN
correct -,
Captain Ruffin who arrived on ne
ground Immediately after the assdu'',
also Lieutenant w. II. Howell. the oin.er
in command OF the outpost upon whom 'ae
attack was made was on The Sr9unu IN
. less than n minute Afterwards, hhow tnc
facts in the case. Particular @eaith ,ds
been instituted here for Mclaughlin Out
the party with the same Initials cannot
ha found