Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-21

The mining business out through
Belmont and Jefferson counties is very
satisfactory, ana there are fair pros
poets for a quick recovery from the re-
cent strike.
At Long Run and Dillon the mines
are fourishing. while the Laurelton
mines are shut down with no definite
prospects of getting started very soon,
owing to the bad condition of the air
ventilation of the mine. The village
is being evacuated and that very rap
idly. Within two weeks over seventy
families have left the place, many Of
them going to Dillon and Long Run,
and some to other places.
The men refuse TO work at
these mines until changes are
made. and from what could
be learned the operators show
very little disposition to put the mines
in working order. AT the Dillonvale
mines. business is picking up at fair
rate since the recent strike. In the
neighborhood OF four hundred miners
are at work, but this is only
about one-third of the men
employed before the strike. However
new men are arriving almost every day
and il will not be many weeks until
they are working at full blast again
An average Of about seventy car Iodus
of coal daily IS mined.
Before the strike between SUI ana
600 men were employed in the mines
and SHIPMENTS of $50 TO 220 car loads
of coal were made daily. Dillon
however. promises to become the cen
tire of the mining district in that part
of the country since the LaureiIoh
mines have been evacuated.
New houses are going up with great
raDidity. In the neighbOrhood OF forty
bouses have gone up this spring, and
two new general stores have been ad-
ded. The place contains one hotel ana
q couple of restaurants and flour mill.
a large number of the families that
nave left Laurelton are moving TO the
place.
The Long Run mines are working
better than any of the other mines and
have almost recovered from the strike
Four hundred and fifty men are at
work. making excellent time. An aver
age Of eighty car loads of coal are be-
! ing shipped daily, with fair prospects
for larger shipments to be made before
/ long.
Before the strike 600 miners were
given employment at these mines, which
Shipped in the neighborhood OF 100 cars
Of coal daily.
The mines altogether employ about
900 men, who. although not very vel
pleased with the 81 cent rate, deem II
better than none at all, and are making
the best of it.
George Anderson, the Superintendent
OF the mines in this region, mas re-
signed his position, on account OF the
Company countermanding his discharge
of the thirty-eight miners who were
Darticipants in the Gaylord riot about
three weeks ago. General Superintend-
emit e. Sommers has the mines under
his charge for awhile, and it is not
known who Will be placed i'll Anderson
position.
The Yorkville mines are not WORKING
owing to the difficulty between the OPP
orators of the mines. When the strike
was over and the men went to work
they were put i'm different places instead
of the places they worked in before the
strike. The men kicked against THIS
and for what reason it is not known.
The GAYLORD mines are working ABOUT
Aalf time. on account OF their coal trada
having fallen off since the strike.
Thirty-fve men are at work, making
half time.
Paul Duquesne. a miner at Dillon.
died Tuesday morning about l o'clock
after a lingering illness Of twenty-one
months, Of consumption.
He was of Belgian nationality, and
was we'll liked about the mines. He
leaves a wife and two small children
to mourn his loss. The funeral took
place at l o'clock yesterday.
The Wheeling Creek mines are doing
very good business at present. Be
tween 300 and 400 men are at work.
The men. however, are very sore over
the 81 cent rate, but are satisfied to work
for that rather than not work at all.
The other mines out the c., L. & w.
are working about half time.