Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09
Important Development in Miners
Strike Expected in Few Hours.
LABOR LEADERS IN CONFERENCE
Prospect That Other Organiza.
tons May Take Up the Fight.
THE GENERAL STU ALTON

flTlSBt RG, Pa, July 9.-Thc develop
iheits OF the next twelve hours promises
" nave most important bearing upon
lhe miners strike, and anxiety AS TO tho
outcome prevails on all sides. Severe earn
eStness now marks the great struggle aud
IL VIII require hut a few days for the
telling effects of the fight 10 hecor,a ,,Iafrl,,
evident throughout the districts inyolyed
The result of the conference of ,,r,,,,t
heht labor leaders in this CITY today to
cchslder proposition for the co-oparatfon
ol the various trades is awaited with any
ious interest President Gompers Of The
[Niiieiicdh Federation of Labor arrived I'm
fttspurg from Washington this morning
put at 10 O'Clock he had not vet net pr.si
dent Ratchford any of the other lead
ers He expressed himself as desirors cf
aiding the strikers in every possible man
ner; Inc conference is scheduled to lie
held at the Monongahela House Iust
What is proposed is not known but a a.
the opinion that the meeting is to outiina
pldhs Tor making the strike general. and
t'c tCss-"!y 10 nave the other trades organiza-
.ions refuse to handle or use coal mined
| during the strike.
Gompers and Rend Confcr
President Gompers was I'm co,tora,,oo
with Col. w. p. Rend. the wealthy coal
| operator of Chicago. this morning. The
latter advocated arbitration and said The
'ohuitlohs or trade will not Justify the
| large and sudden increase that the miners
new claim He further stated that he he
| AeNed the strike would terminate i'm he
.purse .p Oh TWO OF three weeks. and that
| 'ne men would compromise at 90 cents
The suggestion that a Joint meeting of
e Ine afbltration boards Of Ohio Indiana
| l!linols and Pennsylvania be held In This
city next week, and an effort mad i, ct
| lle the strike, .;.a,
| mere, and ii is believed that both operafors
ard miners would welcome il.
STRIKING miners are begilning to find
thelf way into town. and dozens of them
| visited the headquarters of the Tinted
Nine Workers this morning. A number
oil diEgers from Castle Shannon mines
came 10 see if the company could not get
enough men TO work TO dig coal so as 10
| run two engines. -
The company claims to have contract
to carry the United States mails and these
| must DE hauled. The Castle shannon
| Coal Company has no railroad connec-
! tiers. and it is believed the firm will be al
! lowed to work enough men at the advanced
| price 10 Keep their own machinery ia mo-
| tion.
Mines Opening Entries.
Keeling Bros. are working eight miners
| driving tunnel entry. A resolution was
| passed last Saturday at the convention
| that no coal should be mined until the ma
| 1orlty OF the operators paid the advance
| price and even if one firm does sign the
| scale to pay 90 cents per ton the men are
! 10 refuse TO work. Operators We're al
| lowed TO repair their mines al the ,fgc rate
however number OF Operators are de-
| sirous of opening entries row.
| The operators point to the fact that all
| the mines on the nsylvania railroad
| within the forty-mile limit have resumed
operations and are shipping coal west
| One operator bought from the keystone
| Coal Company 125 which had been
standing on a siding at : cents a ton ad-
| vance. The firm also contracted for -
| carloads day as long the strike lasts.
| The Central Traffic Association carries
| all coal mined within radius of forty
| miles of Pittsburg TO the lakes at ~ cents
per ton. This is called the forty-rlile
| limit. The mines ON the Pennsylvania
| railroad coming within reach of that rate
are the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
| Company's mines, capacity, 80 per
cars; Manor Coal Company, - cars; Penn
| Gas, 40 cars: Atlantic. 80 cars; Berwind-
| White Ocean Mine, 100 cars; Corey's Du-
| qUesne mine. - cars: the Hampton and
| Elkins Gas Coal, each - cars capacity.
| and the Westmoreland Coal Company, 2Do
| cars.
| Pennsylvania Roads shipment
| The Pennsylvania railroad claims to have
started 900 cars of coal westward yester
| day. and has promised to supply cars
| enough each day to ship equal amounts.
| The mines the Pennsylvania railroad
usually ship eastward coke their coal,
but In times like these, when orders are
| numerous for coal, these firms dispose OF
| the coal at advanced prices.