Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-17

Special to the Register.
Fairmont. w. Va, August lO.-Con-
servative people in this region to-day
admit that the coal strike has but falriy
begun in this State, and that II the
strikers and their leaders keep up the
fight as they began it yesterday Tor an
other week. the region will be COM
plctely closed.
This morning found the camp Of
strikers at Montana mines numbering
close to 800. many having been sent
homo because the commissary depart
ment had not been thoroughly organ
lzed.
It is impossible to tell exactly what
he situation is at Montana mines to-
night. To-day, of the $50 miners US
uallv employed, but 81 went to work.
and at noon. where usually s. cars OF
coal are loaded. but 10 cars had been
sued. The strikers claim that of the
q men who went in, majority OF
them went merely to load coal which
thev had already dug. and for which
they would not be paid till it was
passed over the tipple. These men are
expected to be out tomorrow.
To-day the camp commissary was
we'll organized. Business men from
FairmOnt sent out wagOnloads OF pro
visions. and farmers sent IN LOADS OF
cabbage, beans, potatoes and garden
truck. The camp has had trouble get
ting water. the Watson Company retus-
ing to allow the men to get water from
the wells on its property Other prl-
vate wells. near the cOmpany's prop
ertv. are closed to the strikers through
influence of the operators. To-day three
springs were opened in the camp, and
water VIII be plentiful hereafter. The
Coma store at Montana mines re-
fus IN crackers and cheese to the
q D-day. but supplies were pro-
this city.
D. which is known as Camp
d has been organized with OIL
FHnilitary titles, and obedience
'prd. All has been quiet to-day,
Eek 4 Z cheering when recruits from
the&k5oana mines came into camp.
O'ConiAl held a big meeting at camp
to-day. and Carney spoke there to-
night. O'Connell had quite a contro-
versy with a local operator tonight
about the humanity Of men who would
refuse water and food to men who were
willing to pay for it.
The leaders believe the Montana men
will all come out in the morning. IL
they do. they will be taken into the
camp. and the whole body moved to
new camp site selected near the New
England mines of the same company,
and from there on TO CASTOR and
throughout the region. The men, as
Fast as they strike, will be organized,
.aken into the marching column, and
Sept from temptation TO work.
Rea and Carner returned tonight
from Tyrconnell and report everything
favorable there.
at is surprising the effect the or
Eanizers have on the men" said an
operator to-day to the Associated Press
representatives. "The Monongah men
VIII rot listen to anything their friends
maN advise, and continue out. Every
niakt they make long marches without
Bil and never appear to get discOur-
ed. Another thing, the operators are
getting rich out Of this strike. In
ed with the prices we are getting il
feps us busy to pay our men and the
bzens Of special policemen and guards
hade necessary.
'Not ton Of coal is being shipped
kast either. as the soft coal workers Of
Pennsylvania keep that market sup
blied. Then again, just before the
Istrike the three biggest mines in this
region received immense lake contracts
which must be filed.
At present 500 men at MOnongah, 40
AZ Prftchard. so at Montana, 400 at the
Clarksburg mines. so at Palatine, % at
New England and 60 at Judge Mason's
mine are all out, but three or four times
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