The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-08
GREAT MINERS STRIKE.
EhN ENc0UKAGkD BY the LARGE
NCMBhR OU7.
Railroads Selling Coal for Their own Use
No Matter who IL is Consigned
to-Trouble Threatens.

PiTrSBURG. PA. July Forty eight
hours after tho Inauguration OF the great
coal miners strike. a comparison of state
menls from both sides engaged In the
contest show favorable results for the
iiggers.
Dlscounting the miners officials an
aouncements by the operators opinions
.here seems no question that the work
mon have scored a decided advantage III
his district, and It is believed that as the
Plusburg goes. 50 goes the country
Conservative estimates place the num-
Der of miners now striking In TINS uis-
irict from 1900 TO 1900 men, an increase
Of about 500 over yesterday icO0'u.
rms leaves but from 300 10 5ovO men
Win working. ,-o,,
mo kew to the entire situation from
present appearances lies in the sucSess
,r defeat OF the strikers TOT the ~"
YORK and Cleveland Gas COai ooi"p
without these men, the strike can n"' a.
A measure. to supply the derla"u to"s
enough TO tide over the present einD"i
EASEMENT
MINERS CONFIDENT
Patrick Dolan. president OF the rus.
burg District miners, Is cohhuen' 'i" ',,
before the present week closes, ne VIII
nave succeeded in getting all OF these
men TO ioin the ranks of the slflhers'
and when thls result Is effected, the Dat
tie will be practically won
The operators are just as con-
ndcnt OF success as the H.n,''
are and tonight issued state
ment. claiming a large accession OF
men I'm different parts of the district an"
heavier shipping list than usuai. one
thing slightly I'm favor OF the opeIatoiS
Is the freeing Of navigation on the MO,
nonsahela river. which went INTO encc'
to-day.
Ten million bushels Of coal, which have
been stocked i'm the pools above here,
awaiting this event will be brought al
once. and be available for the present de-
mand
Notwithstanding tho advantages claim
ed for the operators, the consensus OF
opinion appears 10 be i'm favor of the
miners. inasmuch as the operators can
only hope for temporary relief with their
present facilities. and the miners Off
dlals seem 10 be I'm u fair way 10 efTec-
tually cripple even these. by constantly
adding 10 their number from the ranks
Of those remaining at work
UNEXPECTED NUMBERS OUT.
Leading operators in the district admit
that the miners have succeeded in getting
more men 10 strike than they expected.
but say they are not worrying over the
outlook and that the strike will not last
a week. None OF them are pressed for
coal and have offers from operators
whose miners have not joined in the
movement TO hold them out.
Ex-senator Camden. Of West Virginia.
has plenty Of coal. and is now trying 10
lease cars 10 take It to the market Pitts
burg operators whose miners are idle.
have requests for their individual cars.
one operator sent one hundred cars to
West Virginia yesterday. The strike has
already benefited the West Virginia ope-
rators. and If ii continues a few weeks
they will be enabled TO dispose Of large
quantity Of coal at good prices.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany. acting under its legal right to-day
confiscated a number of cars Of coal
which had been shipped by Henry Floor
sheim 10 the United States engineer for
Davis Island and HERES Island dams.
The coal is badly needed by the govern
ment and also by the railroad company.
The United States Engineer offered TO
compromise with the Baltimore and Ohio
II 1t would release half the coal If the
offer is not accepted tho question will
be submitted 10 the United States Dis
trict Attorney TO determine where the
coal should 90.
TROUBLE is BREWING.
WHEELING. w. VA. July This
morning armed with pick handles and
clubs. the striking Wheeling and Lake
Erie miners at Long Run over the river
proceeded 10 Dillonville. a short distance
away on the same road, and forced the
working miners at the latter place TO
come out on the strike.
The Deputy United States Marshals
from Cincinnati had not yet arrived. At
Wheeling Creek, opposite Wheeling. in
Ohio. the miners union met this afternoon
and decided 10 90 on strike i'm obedience
10 the request of the United Mine work
ers.
Back OF Bellaire on the y. ana O. road
two railroad mines are working at the
rate demanded 10y the miners. sixty cents,
but the striking miners elsewhere are lc-
termined that the men shall not work at
these mines until the strike is settled.
There may be trouble at these two
points. Strikes were inaugurated to-day
at the non-union mills Of Anderson, Du-
puy a Co., and Wayne Iron Works. The
employees Of Anderson, Dupuy d Co.,
struck against a 20 per cent. reduction.
About 400 men are effected. The WAYNE
Iron Company's employees want the $3.50
per ton pudding rate Painter q Sons
mill. which has been operated by the
Amalgamated men. viii be started nom
union as soon as enough men can be Sc
cured.
THE STORM CENTRE.
WHEELING, W. VA, July THE
storm centre OF the big coal strike bids
fair 10 Doe located I'm the vicinity of Wheel
ing. Already the operators in the Fair
mount region are preparing TO send great
quantities of coal into Ohio. and TO the
lakes and Wheeling is the gateway
through which all this coal will pass.
Three rOads-the Is. and O.. the Wheel
ing and Lake Erie and the Cleveland, Lo-
rain and Wheeling will carry it through
70 its markets. Along the line of each
road in Eastern Ohio are located many
coal mines. nearly All of which have clos
cd down since the strike was declared last
week
II was IN this area that the turbulence
OF three years ago occurred. when several
thousand men Of the Ohio National Guard
were ordered out The fear is now hecom-
ing general that the coal from the West
Virginia mines passing through Will pro-
woke violence on the part Of the idle
Union miners. and their friends in East
ern Ohio
Already the receivers Of the Wheeling
and Lake Erie road have secured the
services OF a number OF United States
marshals 10 protect the small number
81 men at work IN their mines I'm this
vicinity IN case OF violence.
Several Of the mines in Belmont county.
.. have agreed 10 accept the sixty cent
rate. but the striking miners object 10
these mines resuming. fearing II VIII in