Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-12
NIB MINERS STRIKE.
a, d ii, Greatest Wage s'lass los
''' "A Or Country's History
,.,s,rors sor ~ A HURRY
,.. .,d Employees III West 'ir'
I"p l's,, on l.cellrn, Terms with
Each Other

,.,o Pa, July ll.-t'uoy
P .a. ,ns seginnlns Of the s''on "
marks ,n ,. oo.l miners strike, ana
wee. Of IT,, !, s,T sp'l promise of being one ns
al's,oy latest wage struggles in the
Of 'ns If this country Eish. aas'
history y, S 90 operators in tnis di'', ,'.
$50 'ns 'O' miners themselves little
$50 'a al that within one short week
'iss' ~ ara Of general suspenslon
lus ,a b, wrought IS now eA's.s
eOu'u ,,,u,,nous mining Industry.
the 0 ,0s mouths of the many coal
iDsn that dot the Mononsauela'
,vpppps '' Allegheny and rs'e Of
f0usu0 Valleys and the vai.sSs no N
,Ss.,. and Mblers Kun "e,' hon.
Iom ,n,np out thousands on ~
and 'u," ,oSs OF the best coal 'ba' gu
SANDS ~ the competitive MARKERS Vi
lhs wO'', au ia changed. The vss'
s,yerp. are Ike go many rssch leauipg
ga psarIy every railroad tracn ,s =, ca,s
w ,ss mines there stanu empty . ,sa,
70 lns . n ANXIOUS to be loadeu, 'as.
ppps'.hnnrS eps may be carried 10 .ne e
lheit et"ns the lakes. The success
lo's attended the movemSht nas
thn na, .istsd the miuers, ana nutine
gfeany fsw days every effort WIN %
ins mex ' INC olt the men in the few
made " ~" at are still working. ms
, nnI Ia a difficult task out my OK
' s confidence in their ap' ~, ~
pi.s ss me suspension complete IDIOTS
iuss Mt m ia lorly eight hours old.
'ns We ,he beat Information obtain
fiV ,hs piitsburg operators are In no
ioie, VIZ haye the difficulty adjusted,
nulIs " NJ them had stocks on rail-.
n nsu s,nss which they held for Nh
iosu sna Much Of this was disposed
~ saturday at good proiit. A prom.
LAT onsrator said today tnst IL wouiu
,sss another week TO determine tne
'aA. ., a s,a,e Of the market, and by that
t ,,sa osneral clesning.up Will have
VIZ, MACE. All interested VIII 10
,s,tv 10 begin business on a new
, n... and pfobably a much higher
price. ill ,aspIt 4,
o,mnronise," asid another operator.
sIbs operstors are In a position to
.,.nd a In some time, ami 1 believe
~. n,Iners are 10 about the same con-
Si,,an IL looks as II business would
S,,oh,sn M. and In that event the
ano,a,or, win BIS able TO get better
r,,ss. and the condition OF business
I'd liz condiuon Of the miner will be
simultaneously improved"
lust now the greatest obstacle In
the vsy Of the success OF the miners is
ina sc;iyily OF the diggers In the West
V,rylnla iields. They are working
plr6t and day and are getting ready to
SUNNY all the coal that 10 needed.
Th,y are repeating what they did
/ three years ago, when q general SUI
r,u,lou was declared. Al that time
thus were number Of operators in
4 The Mountain state that were on the
yeRs OF bankruptcy. The gen.
4 eial tuspension was ucclarad, nnd
there came a great demand Tor Coal
q. prices that insured a big
profit. The operators rallied around
them q large number OF men, whose
ifisruship and support they have Ell
outraged ever since. The operators
proHled by thousands anu thousands
OF dollars. When tho season had fiu-
shed and the strike was declared a
failure, they balanced their books and
fund things on the proper side Of
their ledgefs. They realized that they
owed much of their profit to their
miners and rewarded them for It. o.
each succeeding payday the iaithl nj
mixers were paid bonuses n the shape
Of gol pieces, and naturally the best
Of selling prevails between the lem.
ployer and employees.
This ls the condition o I affairs W jch
lhe orsnnizsrs VINO will 40 into the
Wesl Virginin district this week will
nave to encounter. Ii 10 argued by the
miners that there are more men out
in 'hat section than there were three
years age, and they express the great
s"eennaence In bringing them out II
.hsy can geI their es,rs. This ia,iIug.
sue railroad organizations will be an.
leaiel 10. This plan OF campaign has
zen outlined by the nat OnRj Ulcers,
shu 'ne developments OF the week will
Nalchsd with interest.
i9sie are humber OF operntors In
"e rtsburg district who have az