The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11
WEST VIRGINIA THE KEY.
on THAT STATE RESTS TEE FATE OF
THE COAL STRIKE.

operators Tn That state Ruise the wages or
Their R1en-Ths Miners SEND Many orGan-
tiers 90 the yield TO Get tho Wen 20 Omit
worh-sonrcity or Csai In the AarEe cities'
,~PARKKRsBURa, w. Va, July 10.-About the
emily change in the mining situation at Wheeling
was the granting of the advance by tho Mounds
Vile Coal Company and Mt the Glendale mines.
This will probably be followed by like action at
the othor Marshall county mines.
This 10 tho belief OF conservative miners. and
there will therefore DO no trouble In that
region. No Baltimore and Ohio coal has
~ yet been shipped to Ohio. but It
h the general opinion that It will
begin passing through Bellaire in q day
or two for shipment via the Chicago, Lake Erie
and Western and Wheeling and Lake Erie
roads. Whether this will lend to friction bo-
tween tho men and tho railroads 10 a matter
about which opinion is divided. -
The announcement OF President Ratchford
that tho {, 1000 miners at MononRahola are out 10
not borne out by reports here. At all the mines
tho men are getting steady work, for the nrst
time in many months, and all OF them seem TO
DO we'll pleased with tho state OF affairS. At
several places the militia arc ready to guard the
minerp.
l7. WHEELING, W. Va, July 1o-This State IL
being invaded on all sides by representatives Of
TIE United Mine Workers Union. with the view
of Fetting tho diggers out at any cost
Onacials of the union say they will have
10 strike II their wages have to be paid
BIZ tho union. This determination will no
doubt be followed by united action all along tho
line. Tho developments Of tho past twelve
hours Indicate that mono Of the West Virginia
diggers arc anxious to strike. Yesterday mat
tSrs were o little shaky at tho mines OF the Mono
gah company. The men wavered on the question
, Of striking. Tho companies, by one decisive act.
gained tho day. Wages were promptly raised
o cents tho car, and hundreds OF mon employed
at the twenty-onc mines In Marion county
rushed past the union Representatives Into tho
hanks. At other important mines wages
have also been raised. Tho question in the
mining regions now appears to DO one OF q
puficienoy of cars for shipments of coal to other
Btates whose diggers have obeyed the call Of
their officers. The first shipment of West vir-
50 Ginia coal through the union district of Dillon
vale, uhio, was made last night.
PIrTsBURG. July 1o.-Coal is getting scarce,
or ut least the impending scarcity is raising the
to-day at z cents a bushel in large lots, just
Z double the price usually charged,
TEE sTs eorrespondsnsfRa he sold to-day 100
aoars ofeoal at Cleveland. Getting for hfty cars
ton. The usual price for car coal lots at Cleve.
land 10 S1.5o a ton:
ton spent the day in the city comforting with
the district officials. In the afternoon he talked
with the District Executive Board and after the
"a week from to-day the mines in West vir
ginia viii be closed up as tight as the pttts6urg
the non-union miners OF that State, We are
going to stop the digging Of coal there. and
4 ,top We tho s"n shipm s.op i Howl rif BY an We slli s a
with the railroad men. We have been In com.
M4n &c foSnd M on ou u SIDE II we need them h but
We do not want to call on them until we have
boinG dug"
Several months ago President RatshSoFd e9p.
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad that his
manager was discharging miners without cause
s sna e,spS WFots to him tn'i and d said he Would give
the matter his personal ssSio ssitssn asss ;,o and would l.
e is.dSs SyJI Il t. : s,sy "a, R.i sfRsF; Ne sd Hs = s s4s;
no nc p sss 3ipsta''%REi WIZ R Rlsssrenss to sn mer 4nd sf Fspi9
' am his in saaT ie1ee Goi. Herries said that he had
handed my complaint to the OPERATING, Depart;
iRs man = e ssnsi GesS' o. . d2t se i having @!f seo p asass q
me to give the matter his personsl attention. 4
the pubic the result Of the investigation made
BY the, Operating Department. When was 1t
with reference TO- the published statemen,
Of Operator Zerbe OF Cleveland that the me1
SwoniS Ss soon o rssurn To work. eai ME Nj. Rasehiora said said
that last yeaE: the day before ST PAtEiskS.s Day
& hem ana aSs men zs weso only %sn o. is ssa1hs: 81 zf Pssri ~
Day. but they stayed out until the next Novem
IN give zerbs the fight of hi. life this time"
Two thousand miners attended a meeting al
orderly, and resolutions were passed to stand
to-day. Reports from the MononEahels Valley
show that the miners are out almost &
ana m1ni In tie Observance GstSrS so Of a s sarite ORDER Sier
How long this nrmness will continue after III,
a sSs iss, h month 5n and Gs "a h of FL sim w" VII tefy made III
The miners officials deny that they will hole
e 3 ,%siisindf S g the co @lne co% St , sns S se,mo aGFS "n a.
Beulah. but there is a welldeaned belief thS,
tSsS Ea ~ thy Try d It; AT n is eI fpss; pEe tSs%. Fl +,
believes. however that, his miners will stick t.
him and will refuse TO attend a meeting cailet
The labor officials who met in conference las
night met again informally to-day and discussed
ses Ssss wn INTO 10 tie e f sSHIe Of ' Vest xS Tirs ~ iseha'H'
COLUMBUS. o., July 10.-Practically no chang
strike Sas sake Sat Rtsss 'e Secretary IN the pe srTas % admis
ted tonight that many OF the best in
Virginia for the purpose of working, Vi
Union sentiment among the gnqrganized miner
Ohio organization was here to-day in consulta
ton with Secretary Pearce, and In an interview
west Virginia once converted. the field 4
ogrs, and a fair settlement would be reache'
within o week. We can win without West Vii
Ginia, but 1t Will take US longer to do so. l an
well pleased with the situation"
1t is not believed that West Virginia will b.
represented at the meeting to be held at Pitt.
burg, in which an effort is to DO made to settl
the differences between the miners and opera
tors. Unless West Virginia and De Armitt
men can be induced to participate in tn
meeting or their miners can be induce
TO strike, very little progress will hav
been made toward a settlement, as an
agreement which may be reached, will not b
binding upon them, and the situation would r.
main about the same as IL Is now. Secretar
Pearce says he has encouraging reports froI
West. Virginia. but the best Information r.
eeived from there 10 to the effect that tn
miners are still at work. and. so far rs know
have no intention Of Joining in the strike,
The possibility Of trouble at DillonvRle an
near Wheeling from the strike Of tho CO..
spin.rs seems TO DO disSppearing, II any GU
Of West Virginia coal over the baltimore an
Ohio, the Cleveland. Lorraine and Wheeling. an
- The miners at Dillonvale. according to report
are firm In their determination to stay, out. a
though the deputy United States marshals al
still on duty and ready to protect such as ma