New-York tribune., 1897-07-18
RANKS INCREASE
SEVEN THOUSAND MEN OUT ON THE
NORFOLK AND WESTERN.


TOP AND PoCAHoNTAs-DEBs FAILED TO
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. GAIN IN THE
KANAwAHA VALLEY.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE THIBUSE.l
Huntington, w. Va, July 1.-THE strikers
have made great gains in the last twenty-four
hours on the line Of tho Norfolk and Western
Railroad, and tonight the seven thousand men
employed in the Logan. Thacker Elkhorn and
Shamokn fields are all idle and have sworn
allegiance to the United Mine Workers. The
miners at Flat Top and Pocahontas are still at
work. but the men who came out to-day and
those who have been idle since Thursday nave
passed resolutions that Flat Top and Pocahontas
must be brought out. and they are ready to Sec
ond the efforts Of the organizers with show OF
force II necessary. There are five thousand men
employed at Flat Top and Pocahontas. and IT
is believed they will all come out peaceably be-
fore Monday.
Big meetings will be held all through these
regions tomorrow, and strikers from along the
road will start tonight to work up sentiment
and induce the men at work to come out to the
meetings. The Flat Top and Pocahontas opera
tors will try to keep their men at work all day
to-morrow to prevent them from attending the
meetings.
Ten mines are now ldle on tne CHesapeuhe
and Ohio, and 1t is thought that no mines on
that road will be working on Monday except
at Winifried The Winfried Company's mines
are off the main line and are hard to reach,
except by way Of the company's private rail-
road. The mines are guarded by. fifty armed
men, and organizers cannot get within half a
mile without trespassing and endangering their
lives
Farmont, w. Va, July II (SpeclaD There
has been great excitement throughout this
gion all day over the mass-meeting advertised to
be addressed by Debs, Ratchford Gompers and
Sovereign When the morning train arrived
there was a rush to the labor leaders. but
! they did not appear. About 2:3o O'CLOCK
a miners meeting was held at the Baptist Church
| In Palatin, across the river. 1t was attended by
thirty miners and two hundred others. The ad-
! dress was made by w. d. Mahan. Of Detroit 1t
was we'll received Tomorrow afternoon there
will be meeting of Monongah miners at Willow
| Tree schoolhouse. This meeting will be largely
attended. The railroad will run no trains. In the
hope Of keeping miners away. Last night the
railroad gathered all empty cars at the mines,
and an immense quantity Of coal was handed
leaving all tpples clear This evening 1t Is an
nounced that Debs and the other leaders will
arrive on Monday
Charleston W. Va, July II (SpecaD-In the
| Kanawha Valley to-day the organizers and
agitators not as successful as they were
Yesterday when they pulled out eight mines
and got fair promises at others. To-Day Iour
organizers went to the Monarch mines, near
| Coalburg but were ordered off the premises
| and got to see only half dozen men. They
| then went to the Kelley's Creek mines and held
a meeting, but had only sixty hearers when
the strike vote was taken only nine voted Tor II
he Il
vance of half a cent a bushel If the men would
| go back to work on Monday Ihis put a"ou'
| two hundred men 10 work.
| Wheeling W. Va, July IL (SpeciaD.-The sec
ond week Of the strike closes with about one
fourth of the West Virginia miners out ana the
| remainder under heavy fire from smaii army
| of organizers and agtators from abroad. The
situation is much more favorable for the strlk-
ers than anyone thought 1t would be Week
| apo The last two days have seen deciuei
| falling off of coal shipments, though the Balti-
| more and Ohio to-day sent thirteen double
header coal trains through here. Heavier ship
| ments have been made over the othef branches
and the Norfolk and Western.
LITTLE EXPECTED OF ARBITRATION.
| But MOST OF THE OPERATORS WOULD SIGN THE
TRUE UNIFORMITY SCALE.
Cleveland. July l7-While local operators having
mines In the Pttsburg district have agreed or VIII
agree to sign the true uniformity scale they nave
little or no faith that the efforts Of the arbitrators
will be successful In Cleveland there are ten
Pittsburg district operators. They are NJ A.
! Hanna IL Co. the Morgan Moore & Baine Com
| pany the Moon Run Coal Company, the Ohio ana
| Pennsylvania Coal Company Osborn Saeger & Co,
! Pckands Mather & CO., J. w. Ellsworth, tne
| Rhodes N Beidler Comp my, the Motifs, Goa!
! Company and j. H. Somers & Co. Thomas Young,
| manager for NJ A. Hanna K Co. acting on the
| suggestion of Senator II lnra. who had peel IN
| portuned by Pitsburg operators TO use MS gooI
| Offices visited those operators this morning 10
| sound them on the true uniformity proposlto !.
He found them all perfectly willing TO agree to II,
but most OF them. like himself gave their consent
! 70 naught They say that DE Armi;t VIII KICK
over the traces.
| TALK OF A CONFERENCE IN NEW-YORK.
Philadelphia, July l7-General John Little. OF
Ohio president OF the Board Of Arbitrators OF fve
States and w. p. De Armitt. president OF the
New-York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company, ar
rived in this city this morning for the purpose OK
securing II possible the signatures OF the coal
operators here to the true uniformity agreement;
! Whether their mission was successful or not couid
NOT he asceralned. They arrived at 500 O'Clock,
and taking breakfast at the Lafayette Hotel, de-
narted shortly after o'clock. All trace or them
after this was lost. Previous TO leaving the hotei
thev smoke OF taking the o'clock train Tor New
York II is the impression here that General Little
and Mr. De Armitt simply stopped In the city long
enongh TO complete arrangements Tor n conference
OF leading coal operators In New-York