Connecticut western news., 1897-07-15
ALULLIN THE STRIKE
I1' MAY BE THE PROvERBlAL CALM
 BEFORE THE STORM.

Operators In the Pittsburg District PIan-
 ming Coup to Defeat the Striking
 Miners-A Repetition of the stickIe
 Hollow Tragedy May He Repeated.
 Pittsburg. July 14.-There is lull in the miners strike in this district, att tributable to the fact that nearly every mine in the district is idle. To keep up the enthusiasm and prevent the strikers from becoming lukewarm in the cause, however. the officials have arranged for series of meetings in different sections every day. Meetings have been held at Banning. Fayette City and West New ton, and at each place resolutions were adopted not to return to work until the officials gave the order.
 A large meeting has also been held at Snowden, on the Wheeling division, and the men were unanimous in their deter imitation to stand firm for the 69 cent rate. The miners on this division fear that the company will soon begin evic- tions from their houses and intimate that if this Is attempted there will be no trouble.
 The meeting was addressed by Presi- dent Garland of the Amalgamated as-
 
 Teamsters. NJ. F. Carrick of the Paint CTS and Decorators. and John Kelley of the United Labor league.
 News has reached the miners head quarters that the diggers in the Camel Warner and Morgan mines. Beaver county, have thrown down their picks and joined the general strike. The three pits employ about 300 men. The strike has also spread to Mercer county. Five mines are idle in that region. They are Hallville. Spear, Ridge and Diamond mines Nos. and ?. The men struck for an advance of 10 cents per ton.
 An effort has been made to resume work at the Eagle mine at Mononga- hela City. It is a cooperative concern, but the sentiment of a majority of the stockholders was against resumption, and it was decided to keep the pit closed until the strike was settled A delega- tion from Brownsville says the Knob. Beaumont, Umpire and Albany mines have closed down, and the miners have | joined in the general strike, with a de- | termination to remain out until the | question of wages is satisfactorily set 1 tied.
 President Dolan said a movement would shortly be made on the mines above the Pennsylvania railroad that | are still in operation, and a strong cf- fort will be made to bring the men out. No plans have yet been arranged to bring out the men at the three mines of the New York and Cleveland Gas | Coal company, but MT. Dolan says they will receive attention later in the week.
 The Calm Before a storm. ta. cNn | is likely to be exemplied in the miners strike situation here.
 It has developed that a number of the operatr.s have been quietly plan- ming a coup. which is expected to bring | dismay to the miners. It is the inten- | tion to at once equip the mines with machines and do away with a great many diggers. When the mines are ready to start, miners will be imported | and put to work under heavy guard and the premises barricaded. With the | cooperation of the other operators J. | A. Beidler of the Webster Gas Coal company, located on the Monongahela river will take the initiative. The ops 1 orators claim this plan becomes nec- | essary because the West Virginia peo- | pie are Eobbling all of their contracts It goes without saying that the diggers 1 will resort to every possible means to | prevent the carrying out of the propos- | ed scheme. From present appearances the Sickle Hollow tragedy of 1894 when seven striking miners were killed | is likely to be repeated soon. This | mine Is in the Washington run district and has been reported as closed. The | managers deny that it has been closed | for an hour. They are determined to | continue work and have made prepara- | tions for trouble.
 It was reported at the miners head l quarters here that 1000 miners in that district were getting ready to march on | the mine and bring out the 400 men working there. The attempt is to be
 made on Friday or Saturday. This
 mine Is shipping daily 100 ears and is a l menace to the success of the strike. l A movement is also on foot among | the strikers along the Panhandle tc | march to the Boon and Allison mines
 and compel the miners there to quit | work. If these threats are carried out there will probably be repetition oi
 the bloody scenes that characterized
 the closing days of the strike of 1884. It is probable that Eugene V. Debs | will spend a few days in this district l The local officials are making an ef'
 fort to have him address several meet l ings here before he goes to West Nir