The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-27
BOTH SIDES ARE WAITING
MINE STRIKE IN VEST VIRGINIA
 4 FLAT FAILURE.


 In tho Pittsburg District There is NO
 Change In the Situation-Difiicuit to
 Predict What the Outcome Will be-Iit-
 tie Progress Being Made Toward Arbi-
 tration-Reports from Various Districts.
 Pittsburg, July 26.-The mining situ- ation in this district is quiet and un- changed Both sides are waiting for the results of to-morroW'S meeting, The arbitrators are highly elated at the prospects, All agree in saying that It. will be the largest meeting of opera tors ever held in this district All of the western men are here, and the east ern people will arrive III the morning. Hotel Hobbies are meeting places to- night for the operators already here, and the strike question is baiag well discussed. While g lar6e number are not In favor of the old unifol mity plan. all are anxious to hear what new phase the peace commissioners have given tile subject. Some are decidedly opposed tG uniformity, but all are in favor of q recommendation for settlement of the
 
 the contract which Is to oe presented to the meeting tomorrow, .....
 No one can at this time predict the outcome of the conference, which Is ex- pected to last two and perhaps three days.
 Fairmont, w. Va, July 26.-The strike in this district which Ratchford pre- dicted would be general to-day has proven a flat failure. After days of vigorous effort by Debs, Mahon and Ratchford, culminating Sunday with mass meetings In many places, the min- CTS at Fairmont remain unshaken. All agree that to-day was the critical day.
 Wheeling, W. Va, July 26.-The indi- cations are that to-morrow's confer- ence of labor leaders made up of the executive officers of the various organ izations centered under the American Federation of Labor will be largely at- tended. Among to-day's arrivals are Eugene V. I1ebs, head of the social de- mocracy; Vice President Req, of the decorators and painters; President Ma hon, of the street car workers, and Samuel Gompers of the Federation of Labor, and President Ratchford of the United Mine Workers, the last two com ing in on late trains. President Sov- ereign of the Knights of Labor will ar rive from Washington in the morning.
 There Is some difference of opinion as to the result of the conference Debs and Mahon tonight claim that the pub lished reports of the strike being a. fail ure at Fairnont are incorrect Debs says he Is in possession of reliable ad- vices to the effect that the strikers to- day received heavy accessions. If the eorts of the agitators in West Virginia has fully been failure it is believed to- night that the railroad conductors, fire men and brakenen will be asked to re- fuse to handle West Virginia coal. There is some talk of a general sympa- thetic strike. but this does not meet with anything approaching even partial fa- vor. A boycott of West Virginia coal In the event that the miners of this state decline to join in the strike will be discussed at the conference tomorrow.
 Wheeling, w Va, July 26-Eugene V Debs made his appearance in Wheel ing this afternoon and was met by large crowd at the railroad station. Tonight he addressed mass meeting In the central part of the city. The efforts to secure the public building square for the meeting failed and the meeting took place a square away. In speaking of the situation in the Fair mont coal fields Debs says he felt en- couraged. A number of men Joined the strikers there on Sunday and others will follow. Practical slavery, he says, exists in the Fairmont district. Al though the press may report the miners as living under favorable conditions In the Fairmont reglon," said Debs, T have collected data from farmers, min CTS and storekeepers which show that the mining companies cheat their en- ployes In the mines at the scales, and in the company's stores. The intimi- dation practiced by the operators has prevented many from going on strike, but we are hopeful of ultimate success in West Virginia"
 Fairnont, w. Va, July 26.--A mass meeting was announced for tonight, but none was held because only twenty three miners had gathered. The in- Junction issued by Special Judge Mason to-day seems to have put an end to the strike here. With all the leaders at Wheeling the men say there is nothing left for them to do but to go to work. Fully one hundred men took this step at Mononagh to-day, which with eighty imported from the Connellsville region makes 1S0 men at work there. The in- Junction Issued to-day has not as yet been served and the operators think this step will be unnecessary.
 OG1IPTROILER OF THE TRE4SURY,