The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-07-21
MARCHING
MINERS ]
Another Demonstration Proposed in the
Pittsburg District.
EUGENE Y. DBBS DISCOURAGED !
fhe Great Strike Agitator Admits His In
ability to Induce the West virginia
Miners to Join in the Struggle
For Higher Wages.
EUGENE Y. DBBS DISCOURAGED

now riveted on the Allison, Boone anc
Enterprise mines. near Canonsburg
The Boone and Allison mines, which
were closed on Monday by the owenr.
to prevent trouble between their mer
and the marching strikers, resumed
yesterday with nearly a full force. The
Enterprise mine started up this morn
ing The program of the strikers is tc
make another march on these mines
The leaders said yesterday afternoon
that more than 1900 diggers would be
massed in the Pan Handle district and
another march made on the mines. The
men in the Miller's and Toms Run
districts are idle and have plenty of
time to make another march. They arc
supplying themselves with several
days rations, and if the proposed
march is made they will stay about
! the offending mines for several days.
! Up to a late hour last night no word
relating to a march had been received
at district headquarters. If the march
Is made the time will be kept a secret.
Just at this stage of the strike sem
sational developments are expected.
The men are beginning to feel the
| pangs of want, and in a condition bor-
! dering on desperation.
1t was learned yesterday that organ
izers have been secretly at work among
the miners Of the New York and Cleve-
land Gas Coal company for several
days One of them was served with an
injunction to remain off the company's
| property and leave the men alone. He
said that he had been at work among
the miners at Plum Creek, and ex-
pressed great hopes of being able, to
have them Join the general suspension
AS near as can be learned a concerted
effort will be made in the near future
to bring out the men at Turtle Creek
Sandy Creek and Plum Creek. Just
what procedure will be resorted to has
not yet been decided on. The officials
feel that in order to make the strike
a success in this district these miners
must be brought out. They admit that
they have a difficult job on their hands,
as DeArmitt's men seem determined
to remain at work The mines are rum
ming to their fullest capacity, and are
supplying a large quantity of coal to
the trade.
The coal market was quiet yester-
day. Much coal was offered at 81 25
ton, Slack took a big jump and sold
for So cents a ton Before the strike
1t was sold at 40 cents a ton. There are
hundreds Of tons of slack coal at the
mines in the Plttsburg district, but the
miners officials viii not permit any Of
1t to be loaded,
number of strikers interfered with
men who We're loading from barges
into cars coal that had been purchased
by w II. Summonds, a dealer, from
c. lutte & Co. The men were COM
PEELED to quit work. Mipers Secretary
Warner disapproved of the action, and
issued orders to the strikers to molest
no men who are handling coal that
was mined before the strike was in
augurated.
A dispatch from Wheeling, w. Va,
says that last night the 100 miners en-
ployed in the works of the Glendale
Coal company, eight miles below
Wheeling, notified the management
that they would not return to work this
morning. A few days ago the 60 cent.
'cate was conceded to the men, with the
understanding that they would not
strike. Since then. however, the Off
cials of the Pan Handle district union
have been at work on the Glendale
men, and their efforts have proved sue
oessful, The efforts OF the miners win
now be turned toward getting the
Moundsville mines stopped, also the
two or three still at work in other
parts Of the Pan Handle district,
Notwithstanding the breaks among
the miners In the Fairmount CIV Val |
district large quantities of West Vir-
ginia coal are passing through Wheel |
ing for the west and lakes There has
osen no repetition OF the driving of
spikes into frogs on the Wheeling and |
Lake Erie, which occurred on Monday. !
and the miners officials IN the eastern
Ohio district are strenuous in denial
OF any knowledge of the act So far
there Is no clew TO the perpetrators.
AT Altoona, on Monday, two strilS-
Ing miners who went to the mouth of
one of the Gallitzin mines and beat |
drums with the intention Of getting the |
non-union men out were arrested and |
locked up by the deputies on duty. |
The strikers held a long meeting TO |
discuss the situation, but no conclu- |
sion was reached. 1t Is predicted that
a compromise win be affected. and
that all the men viii go to work. The
Mitchell Coal and Coke company got |
an injunction from Judge Bell at
Ehensburg yesterday restraining strik-
ing miners from interfering with the
miners or property of the company at
Gallitzin OF any of its employees. The
viii seek to recover from the
county on account Of the expense in
CURED In defending It's mines from the
strikers,
An Ellhorn (W, Va) dispatch says.
The only signs of any of the miners
coming out on the Norfolk and Vest
arn railroad In the immediate future
Is at the Swltchback collieries. Here
little dissatisfaction has manifested
Itself, but otherwise all the mines are
to their fullest capacity and
operators and miners are on the best
IF terms, OF the 800 to ZOO miners I'm
he Flat Top field who We're out Mon
lay, about one-fourth of this number
returned TO work yesterday morning.
The meetings Of agitation Monday
light and yesterday awaited naught for
their cause, and the indications are
that unless something very extraor-
iinary develops the agitators Will leave
he field In this section.
Changes that have an important
bearing upon the coal strike situation
n West Virginia came yesterday. The
state taken as a whole is against the