The herald., 1897-08-04

various organizers at the meeting this
afternoon. The report that the organiz-
ers, under the guise of miners entered
the Watson mines is confirmed today.
1--WE now show our hands" said one,
land there is surprise in store for the
operators. We have organized the New
England men, with few exceptions
There will be a general suspension here
by next Monday"
THE UNIFORMITY PLEA
PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 3.-Signatures
will be appended today to the uniformity
agreement which has been in prepara-
ton for a week Those members of the
commission who are coal producers will
sign it and at once start to visit the own
ers or managers of the 141 mines which
are named as necessary to be included
in the compact to secure additional sig
natures.
After the agreement was submitted
to a number Of the leading attorneys
at the Allegheny county bar it was de-
cided that certain features required
changing in order that it might be bind
ing in law. The changes suggested are
substantially incorporated in a section
which provides that all disputes arising
shall be submitted to the commission.
If the, decision rendered by the commits
sion is not satisfactory an appeal to
board of arbitratorS can be taken. The
agreement should then be filed in the
courts, and therefore decisions shall
have the same force and effect as rule
of the court. The award will be final
on all parties and execution for the
amount of such award and costs may
issue forthwith for the collection of the
same
1t is hoped to have the required num-
ber of sgners in time to call them to-
gether some time within the present
month to perfect arrangements to carry
it into effect. A meeting before the last
of the month is not deemed probable.
When this is done the operators by the
terms of the contract will be ready to
confer with the miners about the settle
ment of the strike and to prepare for
joint meeting of operators and miners
to agree upon a wage scale to go into
effect with the uniformity agreement,
January l, 1898.
IOWA MINERS
OTTUMWA, Ia, Aug 3-All the min
ers went out in this district tonight.
They demanded so cents and 81 from the
operators. The latter granted the so
cent rate, but refused to bind themselves
to the winter prices.
CATCH THE FEVER
PRINCETON, Ind, Aug. 3.-The strik-
ing miners of Davies, Pike and Gibson
counties have taken the marching fever
and today a movement began in which
they will attempt to close every coal
mine in Southern Indiana.
The march began among the Davies
county miners. They invaded Pike
county today and have closed the mine
at Rodgers and the Wooley mine at ST.
Petersburg. 1t is reported here that the
strikers entered the Wooley mine and
drove the men at work out like cattle.
The strikers threaten to seize Louis
vile and st. Louis air line freight train
and take it to Huntingburg, where they
will call the men out. They will then
go down the Evansville branch on the
air line and close all the mines in War
rick, Spencer and Perry counties.
superintendent Holbrook Of the Air
Line has asked the sheriffs of the various
counties through which his line passes
for protection, and it is said the sheriffs
have promised it. Trouble is feared.
A MINER KILLED
WHEELING, W. Va, Aug. 3.-At
Corinth w. Va, at o'clock tonight,
Joseph Goassini, an Italian coal miner,
was beaten so badly by a gang of strik
ing Hungarians that he cannoAlive until
morning, and four of his felloN-country-
men were severely maltreated. Sheriff
Wilson went to the scene late tonight
but the Hungarians denied him and his
two deputies. Tonight the Huns crossed
the line into Maryland. They threaten
to kill any man who enters the mines of
the Oakland Coal and Coke company