The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

wheeling, W. Va, July 26.-The in
dications are that tomorrow's conference
tive officers of the various organizations,
centered under the American Fedora
tion of labor, will be largely attended.
There is some difference of opinion as
to the result of the conference. Debs and
Mahon tonight claim that the published
report of the strike being failure at
Fairmont are incorrect. Debs saws he is
in possession of reliable advices to the
effect that the strikers today received
heavy accesiOnS.
The Crisis at Scottdale.
Scottdale, Pa, July 26.-The crisis in
the Scottdale Iron and Steel strike will
men arrived today and they express
determination to go to work. The
strikers committee labored with them
unsuccessfully and when they reported
the result of their interviews to the idle
millmen the excitement became intense.
Armed deputies are on guard about
the mills property and orders have been
issued to resist any person who tres
passes. Both sides seem to be preparing
for a conflict which nearly everybody
expects and fears.
The Mass Meeting Small.
Fairmont, W. Va, July ga mass
New England, but none was held because
only 23 miners had gathered. The in
junction issued by Special Judge Mason
today seems to have put an end to the
strike here. With all the leaders at
Wheeling the men say there is nothing
left for them to do but go back to work.
Fully 100 men took this step at Monogah
today which with so imported from the
Connellsville region makes 180 men at
work there. 1t is expected many miners
want to go back to work and that this
step will be taken tomorrow.
Strike Fails at Fairmount.
Fairmont, W. Va, July 26.-The strike
in this district which Ratchford predict
ed would be general today has proved a
fiat fla nsha falurs aadI after days Of xgoMn9ns effort
Ratchford, eliminating Sunday with mass
meetings in many places. the miners at
Fairmont remain unshaken.. All agree
that today was the critical day. 1t was
agreed that if there was no strike Mon
day, efforts would case AN appeal be made
A canvass of the situation shows the
New England, CASTOR and West Fair
mont and Briar Hill Watson mines, with
| 1000, all working today. Monongah has
so more than Saturday. The Pritchard
mine resumed with 90 Of their old men.
The P1nn1k1nn1ck mine at harrisburg
| is working. The only break came VIII en-
81, half of the Hutchings mine force,
quit work today, followed by Luther and
| Opekisha, q total of 80 men, with Aurora,
| 40; Paladin, 40 and Kings 35, are all out
at this point. Sheriff Cunningham ha d
deputies at all the mines ready for
| trouble.
Five Thousa nd Miners Strike.
Parkersburg, W. Va, July 26.-All the
m iners, about 5000, in the Great Kanawha
region, went out this afternoon.
Commercial Coal Forwarded.
| Baltimore, July 26.-Gen. Manager
Greene of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road said this morning that no coal was
being confscated by the company, and
that all commercial coal was being very
promptly forwared to destination.
Claim Paramount Miners Are Idle.
| Wheeling, W. Va, July 26.-The labor
leaders gathering for tomorrow's confer
ence late tonight claim that four thousand
of the six thousand miners in the Fair.
mont and Monongahela valley railroad
districts are idle, that 5000 of the 10000
men in the fields along the Norfolk and