The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-24

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 1s.-The events
Of to-day in the Pittsburgh coal-min-
ing district indicate that there is trou-
BILE ahead. The strike has been on for
two weeks with no cause for alarm in
any quarter, but to-day the pangs OF
hunger and ~mutterings OF discomfort
have taken tangible form, and before
morning |, 900 miners will have marched
on Cannonsburg, the objective point
being the Boone and Allison mines. 4
few days ago the operators OF these
mines made a requisition on the sheriff
of Washington county for additional
deputies. 1t is supposed that there
are at least so deputies at each mine,
well-armed for any friction that may
take place.
To-day the miners of the Miller's.
and Toms run districts held mass
meetings. The men employed in b
slope and B~ridgeville mines, Essen Nos.
L and 2, and Stems mines. mel at
Bridgeville. Cecil was the scene of q
meeting of Laurel Hill Nos. 2 and 4,
Creedmore and Bishop mines. and the
diggers employed in the Standard and
Ellsworth mines in Mi!ler's run also
held a meeting.
The gatherings were attended by
men, woman and children. The
women did not lag in the interest
taken. Many of them openly branded
their husbands as towards They ar
gued hat they might as well fight as
starve. The men said the victory
could be won providing every coal
miner employed in the sections where
the lake trade is supplied would join
the general movement of idleness.
Plans for bringing out the miners at
work in the Boone and Allison mines
were discussed. Special committees
were sent from one meeting to the
other. 1t was decided to march on the
Cannonsburg mines tonight. The
Reissing brass band and the Cecil
drum corps were engaged for the march
across the country. The procession
will be made up in three divisions from
the different sections. They will mo
Billie at Bridgeville and take up the
tramp of IL miles across the country.
A miner who was very enthusiastic
over the plan said there would DC at
least !, 900 mel in line.
1t was learned late tonight that the
scheme has been in process of formula
ton for several days. 1t was talked OF
several days ago, and got to the r OF
the operators of the Cannonsburg
mines, hence their decision to increase
their force of deputies.
Whether the miners will go armed is
not known as yet, but they expect tc
be at the mines when the offending
diggers are ready to go to work, and
will use every influence possible tc
keep them from going into the mines.
Some of the most conservative of the
leaders claim that there will be nc
bloodshed. They say that when the
golfers see such a big demonstration
il favor Of what they term a peaceful
battle for bread they cannot enter the
mines and retain their manhood
Every effort was made to keep the
movement a secret for fear the force OF
deputies at the mines would be further
increased.
Just what the result will be it is diff
ficult at this hour to tell. The men
are known to be in a condition of semi
insanity on the strike question. They
have been goaded on by suffering
wives, daughters and sweethearts, and
it appears as If it is the beginning OF
the end of the strike.
The negotiations to induce the coal
operators of this district to sign a uni
formity agreement are still going on.
The commissioners having it in charge
feel as if they would be able to accom-
plish 1t. Secretary G. Frank Schmid
said tonight hat the prospects were
brighter than they had been since ne
began. He said that within
the next few days powerful and potent
would be brought to bear on
the operators, and with the strike in
the present condition the indications
were for successful contamination OF
the agreement
AS an evidence that the operators
are counting on arbitration it was an
nounced tonight by a prominent oper-
ator that if the strike in West Vir.
ginia does not prove successful the
operators will make an eff
fort early next week to start their
mines at the 69-cent rate, the ate now
asked by the strikers.
RECONSTRUCTED Their Action and Returned
to Work.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, July I9.-The
miners at Thacker, Logan and Dingess,
who, Saturday afternoon, decided to
held a mass meeting yesterday
and re~considered their &C
They will return to work as
usual to-day. The EIkhorn miners
who, Saturday, decided to strike will,
It is believed, follow their example.
Must Return to Work or Forfeit Their
JObs-West Virginia Coal.
MARTINS FERRY, O., July 19.-The
of Dillonvale were notified yes
'erday that they must return to-day or
,ew men would be employed. Two
hundred car loads of West Virginia
,oal passed through yesterday. The
Wheeling & Lake Erie road has orders
L,500 a loads.
WILL SETTLE ACCOUNTS