Evening star., 1897-07-26
Result of Coal Strike Depends on This
Weeks Developments.
Two Big MEETINGS IN PROSPECT
Operators to Confer in Pittsburp
and Labor Leaders at Wheeling.
DEBS FAILS AT FAIRMONT

PITTSBURG. Pa, July 26.-Lively times
are promised in the coal mining situation
this week. A crisis is impending. This
is conceded all sides. The arbitration
commissioners. on the one side, feel hope
full that they will bring about the initiative
for settlement at the meeting Tuesday
morning.
The miners officials. on the other hand.
claim to have adopted measures that will
make complete tie-up. 1t has developed
that many of the West Virginia miners
are awaiting word from the Pittsburg dis
trict, and especially from the New York
and Cleveland mines. They want to hear
OF the miners in these mines having join
ed the general suspension.
This, ii is claimed by the officials will
bring the faltering ones in West Virginia
into line, thus making the strike effective
In that ii will shut off the supply of coal.
10 accomplish this arrangements have been
made for Eugene V Debs and other nron,-
inent officials to come to this city and hold
meeting for the benefit of the New York
and Cleveland miners Thursday morning.
Leaders Who Are Expected.
Among the Others expected to be present
are Samuel Gompers NJ. d. Ratchford. N
NJ. Garland and W. ID. Mahon. AT this
meeting it is intended to strike a final. de-
cisive blow, and If possible make the tie
up complete. The place has not been Sc
lected as yet, but it will be in a grove I'm
close proximity to the Turtle creek SANDY
creek and Plum creek mines of the Ney
York and Cleveland Gas Coal Conpany
Inc reputation of Debs, il is expected will
prove to be magnet, and 1900 miners
are looked for at the meeting
The meeting at Scottdale Tuesday of the
miners IN the coke districts and the meet
ing OF labor leaders at Wheeling are also
iookeG upon as important features at this
period OF the strike. Should the Westmore-
iand miners be brought out there are fears
OF serious trouble at De Armit's mines.
reports from the coke regions Indicate
Inat me cokers will not likely come out
Inc board of arbitratOrs report matters
quiet. waiting on the result of the meeting
tomorrow, which. they claim to think
means much toward the result of the pro-
posed settlement of the strike by arbitra-
uoH- An effort is being made 10 have as
many river men attend the meeting as pos
Sible -
Reported sRaiI Not True.
The report that raid on the mines Of
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
company was contemplated this morning
was without foundation. The mines were
running, as usual. today and everything
was quiet. The special deputies called for
last night returned to the city this nnorr-
ing, no strikers having appeared in the
Ncifllly- RAID is not probable now until
after the Debs meeting on THURSDAY. Ir
the men refuse to come out then a Demon
stration Will quite likely be made later
band of strikers marched on the Jumbo
mines, of Robbins, i'm the Panhandle dis
trict, this morning, and induced the few
men at work there to quit. The mine is
now closed down. There was no trouble
F. Is. Sargent, Val Fitzpatrick and c. H.
wilkins, executive heads of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen Railway
Trainmen and Order of Railway Conduc-
tors, were in Pittsburg today en- route to
the meeting of labor leaders at Wheeling
tomorrow. They addressed a large mass
meeting of railway employees at Scottdale
yesterday, and reported their respective or
ganiZauons as in a fiourishing condition
They refused to say anything i'm regard to
the proposed meeting at Wheeling in the
interest of the striking miners.
Col. Rend Against Uniformity.
Col. ". P. Rend, the Chicago operator,
arrived in the city today. While he heart
lily favors arbitration, he says the uni
fcrmity movement is humbug. IF the
meeting tomorrow is not for the purpose of
settling the strike by arbitration, he will
not attend, he will not lend his support
to a plan to bring about a settlement when
uniformity is established. Operator James
W. Shields voiced similar sentiments and
declared that he would not participate In
the uniformity movement.