The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-05
PREPARING FOR TROUBLE.
Several Companies OF Militia Sent te
the POcahOntas Coal REGION


the POcahODtas Coal Region.
ROANOKE, Va. April 4.-In accordance
with orders from Richmond. the following
military companies passed through here
this morning en- route to Graham, to Major
Simon, chief of artillery: Two detachments
of the Richmond Howitzers, with two CAT
Ting guns and 5000 rounds of ammunition:
Monticello Guards, Of Charlottesville;
Lynchburg Home Guards. Here they were
joined by the Roanoke Light Infantry and
the Roanoke Machine Works Guards, and
it was understood that the JEFF Davis Rifles,
of Salem. and the military company at
its arrival at the above named places All
OF the military carried three days rations.
The receivers OF the Norfolk & Western
recent injunction granted by Judge jack
son printed for use in the coal regions.
They state. that the company is in the
hands OF the United States Court, and
warn all persons at their peril not to in
terfere with the property or traffic OF the
gard tomorrow Sunday as the critical
day. and all preparations seem to have
At Richmond, this afternoon, Governor
O'Ferrall said that he had sent a large
force to Graham for the reason that the
presence of a small force would tend TO
incite rather than to prevent trouble: My
position is this" said the Governor, with
man or set of men the right to quit work.
if they want to. but / do contend that a
man who has job and wants to work
has ar equal right TO continue. and no man
hontas miners are at work and are salts
fed with their jobs. But the miners from
ing 10 induce the Pocahontas men to join
them il possible. II persuasion fail, they
will probably attempt by force to make the
am determined they shall not do. They
may also attempt to destroy property in
this State. and that I determined they
shall not do IL can prevent IL. 1 have,
therefore, assembled an armed force near
the scene to protect the Virginia miners
in their right to work IL they want to. and
10 protect property in this State from de-
struction-"
HUNTINGTON. W. Va. May 4-Owing
to the strike I'm the Flat Top coal fields ten
freight trains and several hundred men who
were working in the various yards along
the Keuova division OF the Norfolk &
ing ft is understood another big cut will
be made in the clerical force along the line
on next Monday.
Iron Workers Ask Higher Wages.
PITTSBURG, May A general demand
for higher wages all over the Pittsburg dis
trict was made to-day by the iron workers
The puddlers of the Oliver Iron and Steel
Company demanded the s4 rate and they
were at once granted the advance. The
employees OF Lindsay * McCutcheons pork
house mill made similar. demand. but 1t
has not yet been acted on. The employees
of the Pittsburg forge and iron works de-
manded the 81 rate for the puddlers and
the Amalgamated scale for the finishers
but no action has been taken by the firm
All the molders and machinists OF the
city asked for increases ranging from 10
TO p per cent and will go out Monday IL
want to recover the ground lost since 1892
Vice President W. A. Carney, of the ANAL
camated Association, tonight confirms the
Associated Press dispatch OF last night by
saving that the Amalgamated rs In the fight
to protect the manufacturers now paying
the scale rate.