Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-08
FORCED 10 STRIKE
,,n,, Union Hon Attack Miners MO
Arc at Work.
,,,,rl,ya IS THE STORM CENTER
erik r, Bollv d 10 Have me
NV AdYanrass-Kcy to the
situation.

,.o w. Va, July h-hno
Whn osn,or Of the big coal ftr,hs D'q oI
,l'Il y. ' ss located In the vicinity %, o.,
isir to OS All Already the operators 81, IN
W'' r',,%oDl. ". Va, district are pre-,
the ~ ,spd great quantities o, r. con- %.
into 'h' ~. baltimore & ohi0' 'hs
I ISs',line i Lake Erie,tne O''Ve'an, =,
v.,'.lao s wheeling, Will CARY !, ~, ~
Lorraine ~ II, markets. Along the line
'Di' 'nn road in eastern Ohio are lao CIV,
Of 'son ,o sosl mines, nearly all Of when
60 lD, a,o,sd down since the s'riae was
declared last week. 49,, ,,o ,urbu.
y y, three years ago occurred, wSsn
,svs's,n na,d were cut. The iesiipg IS
Il o,S Growing general .hss w" ,ss eva, ;,
n i,om ,pe West Virginia nlin 'aa p "n tbs
, ,h,oush will provoke vioieieu "a ~ thar wi.
.. .S n the idle union men anu 'n
lends IN eastern Ohio. lii, r,oh
ln 1,.." morpiug, armed win pice'
Ih,s md clubs, heslriking Wheei'
hspus .,t nase Erie miners at Long
i5s Nv" aysr The river, proceetod to Dill
hus, H. a short distsDce away on tue
lona n ,osd aud forced the WORKING
,a al the latter place 70 oome ous
ON a ,irike. Tne deputy U nl.eu ,'a.es
%sr,hsls rom Cincinnati hau NOT ye'
arrived. r,on
p,rrsBusa, July L. Forty.eight
hon,. nl,er the inauguration OF the
n,s", eaai miners strike, a comparison
= s,stsmenis from both sides shows
..xs,shI. rasul,s for the dtRgers. Dis.
",,r,ing the miners official an
nan ms meuts by the operatorS opln-
,on. there seems no question that the
wo,linvmsn have scored ueciuei
sdyantsge 10 this district, anu ltls
relieved that as the PittsDurg distfict
eoea, so goes tho country.
Csnssryative estimates place the
unmber Of miners now striking 10 TINS
district al from $1,000 to $4,000 meg,
an inoreaoe OF ao0ut 8, 900 over yestef-
dsv,s record, This leaves but from
GlD 10 s, 900 men still working.
me key 10 the entire situation from
r,e,ant appearances lies in the success
o, defeat Of the strikers In securing
The cO.operstion OF the men now work.
iuI for The New York ami Cleveland
Gss Coal company. Without these
men the strike cau hardly succeed, be-
cause they Will be able In measure to
supply the demand long enough TO
Tide over the pTesuut mbatrassmeni.
Patrick Dolan, president of the Puts.
tuig district miners, Is confident that
telore the present week closes, he Will
have succeeded In getting all OF these
men 10 Join the ranks OF the strikers,
aud when this result Is effected the
bitlle Ia practically won.
The operators are lust as confident
Of SUCCESS as the miners are, AID TO-
nignl itsue1 q statement claiaing
large accession OF men in different
paris OF the district and heavier
shipping list than usual. One thing
lllgnty 10 invor OF the operators is
that the freeing OF navigation in the
Aonongahela river went into effect
Today. Ten million bushels OF coal
which Ind been stored In the pools
above here swaitinglthis event Will be
Bought 10 this harDsr at once and be
available iot the present demand.
Notwithstanding The claims OF the
operators the cJncensus of opinion
tteue to be In favor OF tue miners.
Al the miners headquarters today,
President DolAn declared thst the best
news received was that the men work.
lug under contract NJ the Pan Handle
mipesoi Mark Hanna & Co. hau quit
Work, aud also that RODUins' first pool
mines wers idle aud that no coal was
loaded OF the mines OF the Pittsburg
enu Chicago Gas Coal company NJ
nbowdeonaAd Gas.onville. All the
meh IN the Welcoming valley, the Pau
hanaie anu out along the Wheeling
u'yision have quit woik, he said.
haading Operators In the district
piolets TO lake an eatirely different
SHw OF The situation, They admit thai
'ue miners have succeeded In getting
aote men 10 strike than they ext ecied,
uus say they are not worrying over
,ns 9utloos, and that the strike Will
np.ha week. None Of tuem are
p'e''so ior coal, and they nave offers