The record-union., 1897-07-20

other diggers of the district would re-
<urn to work at once.
The Ptttsburg operators have lost
part of their very best shipping season.
and it has been necessary to turn their
contracts over to operators in West
Virginia and in the Central Pennsyl-
vania fields to be worked until the
strike is over.
The prospects of a long strike and
the possibility Of it lasting until their
contracts have all been filled stirred
the operators to action. They purpose
to get together and start one or two of
the important mines in case the West
Virginia expedition of labor agitators
IS successful.
They are to unite in an effort to get
enough men to man one or two of the
big mines, get a large force of Deputy
Sheriffs and begin turning out coal for
the lakes.
Part of the plan is to- pay the miners
20 or even 70 cents, if necessary, to get
them to work. 1t is not thought there
viii be much difficulty in getting men
at that price, and that after one or two
mines have been gotten under way
there will be no trouble in other mine
owners getting started at that figure.
If the West Virginia men are still at
work Wednesday agents of the local
companies will go on a skirmiSh for
men. At the same time application is
to be made to the Sheriff for a large
force of deputies. Sheriff Lowney has
a large force of men ready to be sworn
in on short notice.
The miners officials are banking ev-
erything on the ability of labor or
ganizers to get the West Virginians out
They say in case the operators do try
to transfer the fight TO this district all
the forces now at work in West Vir
ginia viii be brought into this State
and put to work.
DEPUTIES ARE ALERT.
CANNONSBURG Pa), July 10
About 500 striking miners from the
Miller's Run district passed through
town to-day headed by a brass band
and drum corps. A halt was made at
the mines of the Cannonsburg Coal
Company, where they We're met by
armed deputies and ordered to keep off
the cOmpany's property.
They halted in a vacant lot near by
and sent committees over to the mines
to gather together the miners. The
mines of this company closed down to-
day to await the decision of the miners
employed here. There are a few in
clined to strike, but there is no prospect
of a general strike.
After holding a meeting here the
strikers moved up the valley to the
mines of Cook & Sons. where they were
met by the deputies heavily armed,
and were ordered to keep off the COM
pany's property. The mines there also
closed down to let the men meet the
strikers and decide whether or not to
strike.
LEFT THE PITS.
ST. LOUIS, July 19.-Information has
been received to the effect that $50 men
employed in the shafts of the St Louis
Consolidated Coal Company at Collins
Vile, H., went out to-day at the re-
quest of the marching delegation from
Staunton, Glencarbon ad Mount Olive
coal mines.
They created no disorder, merely lay
ing down their tools and refusing to go
into the pits. This action was taken
after a ass-meeting held this after
noon at which the visiting miners were
in attendance.
NO NEW MEN
CLEVELAND (O), July 19-From a
statement made this morning by Re-
ceiver Myron T. Herrick the inference
is drawn that superintendent Robin of
the Dillonvale mine spoke without au-
thority when he informed the strikers
their places would be filled with new
men if they did not go to work by Mon
day morning.
we do not intend to put in new men
Just at present" said Colonel Herrick.
IF any of our old men want to go to
work we will protect them. Our men.
the majority of them, at least, were
perfectly satisfied with their condition
and did not want to strike, but were
persuaded into doing so by outsiders"