The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-21

Creek miners in town tonight state tina
the miners in this region are all worn
Pennsylvania railroad, for the first tim
in its history, has been compelled 10 III
night coal trains in order TO supply tn
miners with empty cars and move tn
loaded ones. The agitators from Pitts
burg and elsewhere have been minglin
with the miners of George Creek but ar
not meeting with any success.
FOOLED LAST YEAR.
Cannonsburg, Pa. July 20.-Boon
! Mine Of the Cannonsburg Coal company
and the mine of Cook & Son at McGov
ern, which resumed opera tons thi.
morning. run all day without experience
ing any trouble. These mines will be op
Grated in full tomorrow. At the mine OF
Cook & Son about six miners refused to
go in this morning. They were given
I their tools and paid off: Six of the
| strikers from Mi1ler's Run who came
over yesterday were employed TO take
their places. The Enterprise mine was
closed today. The men refused to work
because they were Told that the Cooks
men had joined the strikers. The En-
terprise mine will resume tomorrow. as
the men have learned Of their mistake.
The visit of the strikers yesterday had
no effect wha tever on the miners here as
they claim that they were fooled last
year and will not come out again. It
was runored this evening that the min
ers were gathering again 10 come over
TO the mines tomorrow five or six hum
80 o.l,a
Run were going to join them.
DILLONVALE MINERS RESOLVE.
Steubenville, o., July 20.-The Dillon
vale and Long Run miners held mon
ster meeting in the school house yard at
Long Run today and voted unanimously
not TO work stroke until they got their
price. The entries to both mines have
been boarded up, and the miners regard
this as a mere bluff and say that as soon
as the strike is settled the company will
be glad TO open the mines again. The
deputy United States marshals may go
away tomorrow.
ONE HUNDRED GO OUT.
Wheeling, W. Va, July Goodnight
100 miners employed in the works of the
notified the management thar they will
not return to work to morrow morning.
Afew days ago the sixty-nine cent rate |
was granted TO the men with the under |
that they would not strike |
Since then, however, the officials OF the |
Pan Handle district union have been at |
work on the men, and their efforts have |
proven successful. The efforts Of the !
miners will now be turned toward get |
ing the Moundsville mines stopped, also |
he tw or three still at work in other
PARTS of the Pan Handle district.
MARCHERS IN ILLINOIS.
ST. Louis. No, July a-There has been
10 disorder Of any kind at Bellevilie
mines. The ma rching strikers from the
)'Fallon and Connellsvile mines, 300 in
lumber, arrived at Belleville this even
ng. They had two six-horse wagons and
alf a dozen farm horse teams decorat-
d with flags, banners and flowers. The
recession went up High street and halt
d in the court house square. Here the
were fed from the commissary
fagon, supplemented by supplies contri-
uted by citizens. 1t had been intended
J hold meetings in the evening, but the
len were too tired from the march. and
is was abandoned. The marchers de-
are that their intentions are entirely
eaceful. They say tina: their mission |
to induce the 1900 Belleville miners to :
Iit work, but they say they will adopt
D other methods but those of argument {
i've persuasion.
TROUBLE IN ILLINOIS.
Bloomington, H.. July 20.-Ail the
liners at Bloomington went to work to- c
~ as usual. Before Wednesday night
ley will have finished putting the mine
order, the strike beginning Thursday r
orning. The union men have notified r
lie operators that they will remain idle
It'll the strike is successful and until .
e Bloomington operators pay 70 cents {
r the third vein instead Of so cents n
wv paid. They declare they will not g
low any men to work after Wednes- T.
". The operators assert that they will Q
lily protect those who desire to work, .
matter at what cost. A conflict is a
obsble on Thursday. n
ALABAMA STRIKERS. Il
Ala, July Gothic dis o.
reement between coal miners and op- b
ators In this district was ended today Il
compromise, the operators agree r:
: 10 pay The miners 81 IL cents per p
/. reduction Of 1-2 cents Tomor- II
" about 10000 men who have been on
ike since July l will resume work. "
A QUESTION OF UNIFORMITY. pi
Cleveland. Ohio. July 20.-James Bish- 81
member Of the state board OF arbi- di
ltion. arrived in the city today. He is de
deavor:ng to secure general adoption er
De Armitt's true uniformity policy, st
d is meeting with success. He says 70
II grea. deal ot the trouble between -
ners and operators originates from the
OF uniformity among the operators. az
that az so mas an agreement is
lched among them. the question Of
ses will largely be settled.
MKINLEY'S GOOD OFFICES
Washington, July 20.--The president
ay received the resolution adop;ed n
terday 10y the Pittsburg council ask "a
him 70 use his good offices in the SET 81
nent Of the coal strike, but has not 10,
{ reply. He has also received many of
and suggestions on the Ri
jeci. but il is improbable that he will Ks
e any action in the matter in the ab- 81.
&C OF some definite plan for the SET
nent Of the Strike. The cabinet today -
'ussed this matter informally.
DEBs Is DISCOURAGED
ers who Have no Kick Hold the K.v