The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-20

event Of the miners Organization declining to
lot part OF the mon work. at tho scale price, TO
get men 70 work regardless OF their Organise
ton, and then trouble will begin.
President Knight and Secretary Kennedy of
Ihe indiana district are In Columbus, but II 10
n mot Known how they viii vote on the PROPOSE.
the Standard OIL Company has been making CON-
tracts with. q number Of former customers for
oil burners at their furnaces and disp,nco 200
cars OF coal q day: On at its present low price
al T IS So SSGnS %SicS f Z the o SrIo. tb %is', mann SSsl
cheaper than over, and the oil company with its
The studebakors. OF South Bend began using
oil to-day, although they had on hand thirty
leaders among the miners have quit expecting
a settlement by arbitration at Pittsburg and arc
waiting, for the result Of the effort In West vir.
ti9ns d thc State win begin AZ once.
miners at Clinton arc very much discouraged
ovor. the, situation to-day. owing to tho heavy
coal trafie over the Chicago and Eastern illinois
that time eighteen heavily loaded coal trains
have passed over the line bound for Chicago,
snd making s' a totaYf e Of oven srr siy hueS SDsi cara Ssrs.
The The N miners Ct first s%upPosed that the coal was
m ton, Snt as : S Oakland City, Wineonnes, and Prince
was mined BY ~convicts in kentucky, and q very
bad feeling was soon manifest among the strik-
Shot taoa0h Nv no
The strikers say 1t is useless for them to con-
tend against the present system II the railroad
companies are allowed to transport coal from .
the mines. Many Of tho miners are already In
destitute circumstances and others have pro-
visions for only a few days ut the furthest, and
the authorities are very apprehensive that VIC.
TO Oakland to-day to learn where the coal Ia
being mined.
ooLuMhUs. o., July 19;,a,The National Ex-
COnferOnNN hArA tn-dhv. tn nvarI0nE thu Qtrtke
situation and to outline tho future policy for the
continuation of the strike. President Farms Of
Ohio reported a total suspension practically Of
son reported $4,000 Of the $4,000 miners Of I'LL.
nois Idle. President Knight Of Indiana report,
ed only o few miners in southern Indiana oil
cause u G%s ines arp Pr oSt Rtop6o oian Of e tSs Pitt 8
burg district reported that the mines In western
Pennsylyania arc closed, with tho exception o
De Armftt's mines.
The Executive Board also decided to adopt tn,
referendum policy in the. settlement Of The
strike. Tho settlements Of former strikes by
the national officers have usually not pleased
settlement will DO referred back to the minerl
| for approval or diBapproval. The National Boart
will weigh every proposition for q settlement
carefully, and when one Ia offered which, In theil
opinion, 10 worthy of special consideration 4
viii b referred to the miners and they viii 40
upon 1t.
NOT TO PEAK.
RICHMOND, Va, July 19.-Six hundred cars Of
coal were. shipped from Bluefeld, w. Va, to
others t4ssH e s Mss up dis seasfsesn; 56 BY Speeches hs'
They addressed about 400 men. Sovereign at
tempted to speak at Eckman and at Pocahontas
The lights were turned out and Sovereign wa
and is thought to have left for Columbus, O
Sontas By the miners. w