Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-19
SITUATION AT PITTsBURG.
Action of the Operators Depends Upon
Result in West NirEimin.


PITTsBURG, Pa, July 19.-Unless the
miners leaders are able to get the West
Virginia diggers out early this week the
local strike situation promises to grow
very interesting about the last of this
week, and to come to a crisis next Mon
day morning. AS Indicated in the Asso-
ciated Press dispatches last night, several
of the local operators have announced that
they are tired seeing their contracts get
away from them, and that the mines now
supplying their trade must be stopped or
their own mines will be put into operation.
Strike May BE Broken.
The district executive board of the
miners organization has been notified as
above by corps of the more important
operators. AS was said early in the strike,
all depends on Pittsburg, and unless Pitts
burg is able to shut down the West Vir-
ginia mines it is probable that the strike
will be broken before there is a chance to
complete the arbitration uniformity ar
rangement.
The miners officials admit that should
any of the big mines of the district now
idle be PIT into operation a majority of the
other diggers of the district would return
to work at once. 1t is said that should the
Boreland, any of the Robbins or any of
the rest would soon fall into line. This
admission was made by a member Of the
local executive board
The Pittsburg operators have lost thous-
ands and thousands of dollars since the
trouble began. They have lost part of
their very best shipping season, and it has
been necessary to turn their contracts over
TO operators in West Virginia and in the
central Pennsylvania fields to be worked
until the strike is over. The prospects of
a long strike and the possibility of it last
ing until their contracts have all been filled
Is what has stirred the operators to action.
Plans of the Operators.
The operators propose to get together
and start one or two of the important
of the leaders and agitators is unsuccessful.
They are to unite in an effort to get suffi-
cient men to fully man one or more of the
big mines, get a large force of deputy
sherifs and begin turning out coal for the
lakes.
Part Of the plan is to pay the miners 20
or even 70 cents if it be necessary to get
them to work. 1t Is not thought there will
be much difficulty in getting. men at that
Irice, and that after one or two mines
have been gotten under way there will be
no trouble in other mine owners getting
started at that figure.
The Pittsburg operators will wait a day
OR SO. If the West Virginia men are still
at "crk Wednesday, agents of the local
cf mpanies will go on a skirmish for men.
At the same time application is to be made
70 the sheriff for a large force of deputies
Sherin Lowry is prepared for any such de-
mand, and has a large number of men who
are ready to be sworn in on short notice.
10 Get West Virginia Miners Out,
The miners officials are banking everv.
thlng on the ability of the labor organizers
tC get the W..sI Virpinians ont Tho -
II at In case the operators do trv to trans
fer the fight to this district. all the forces
now at work in West Virginia will, be
tTt OSht into this state and nut to u,orl