Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-24
No MATERIAL CHANGE
cotL-MINE STRIKE SUCCESS DE-
rrNDs oN WEST VIRGINIA.
NJ ARNlTT AND HANNA SIGN.
.,.c, Agree 10 Meet with Other
orcrntors 10 Consider Arbitration
v,trbford Calls Lnbor-Lcadcr
vccting-Nrthur Declines.

hNNFHh'f'
vccting-Nrthur Declines.
r.rrsBCRG. PA, July 23--Tho situa-
.. .a ms district has not materially
...-e,d to-day. though the efforts of
... Arbitration Committee have been so
o. .e..sslul that a can for a meet
. of operators on Tuesday next has
.. issued. 10 is signed by ". =. De-
,..t lor the New York and Clevc-
,. c.s.Coal Company; j. y. Zcrbc,
tr. ohio and Pennsylvania Company.
ye.rr. for 81. a. Hanna & CO.:
-.,-.e u.s.. S.h,cudoborg, FOR the r.. T..
r.l.rs company and other leading
...-.tors % The district These names
..nsi TO ,ae notice Of meeting are
..r..rt guarantee OF the success OF
,. r,l.rus iu point Of attendance. ".
% Rand u.l also be asked TO sanction
t.. ..ars o, his name to the can. He
sr.u .. charge.
T. CuensbGrg region has produced
r. sensational features to-day. The strik-
miners are suu oucampod near the
Allison aud Boone mines, 10 persuade
y-..rs from go.lg TO work.
rAECH ON DE ARMITT MINES.
r.r. arc vague rumors of march
c tha mines Of the New York and
Cleveland Gas-Coal Company There is
r, doubt among those that are i'm a
position to know that such a move is
contemplated. but just at what time is
i profound secret.
While 100 of This Is going on. the Tur-
t creek. Sandy creek. and Plum Creek
mines afa working steadily. ard with
1t interference. The employees claim
t.t win pay no attention 10 the
strikers. and want to be left alone on
OH. other hand the miners officials
claim that their organizers who have
Deem at work I'm secret have laid the
foundation for general layng-down Of
tools when the proper time arrives.
r.oh depends on the situation I'm West
Virginia. II that section comes 0ut.
u, Sew York and Cleveland mines will
naturally hc the pivotal point.
LETTER FROM RATCHFORD.
FAIRMONT. w VA. July 2.-M. d.
Tatchford. president Of the United Mine
Workers Of America. tclegraphed the
81 owing letter 10 Samuel Gompers,
president OF the American Federation OF
labor. tonight. at Washington, ID. c.:
"Ou the fair soil of West Virginia
p.lQcahlc assomblaee has been forbidden
and free speech suppressed. A crisis is
upon u.s. which must be met. if we would
escape total slavery. The great mining
strike now extends over five states. one
hundred and fifty thousand miners and
their families, almost million souls,
nre involved. Public sentiment is oyeI-
whelmingly with us. Only the hollow,
h.lrtess sentiment Of corporate capital,
echoed by its vulgar parrot. the subsi-
di1ed press, is opposed TO us. The acute
stage has been reached. Ih his lis no
longer strike Tor Justice. but a struggle
against starvation. Every atom Of no.
bility I'm human nature impcls us TO rise
10 the emergency. and by performing
our duty as becomes men. rescue the
miners Of the country from the cruel
grasp OF bondage. and their wives and
children from the torturcs OF famine.
West Virginia is the field OF action,
aul here our forces must be convcrgcd.
The miners here are eager. anxious TO
Join in our movement for their enamel
rlu0u. but are restrained by the fear of
discharge and eviction. They are as
much the property Of their masters as
were the black slaves before the guns
O. sumter Numbered the doom of Chattcl
slavery. Here. upon the soil made sacred
b.. Thomas jefferson anI Patrick Henry,
tr. slavery OF labor has become universal. |
The patriotic cry of the imIassioned |
henry Give me liberty or give mo /
G.lth' is once more in order. The united /
hosts of organized labor must come TO the /
rescue he millions of sturdy crafts |
l.G of our country must bc aroused.
MEETING OF LABOR LEADERS.
Of therefore. call upon you. in behalf
no to -,rucgliug miners. 10 convene all
tae chief executive officers Of all na-
t.-. labor organizations at Wheeling.
49, Ft. ou Tuesday, July 21th, for the
purpose of meeting this crisis and
achieving victory for the cause of labor.
%l duty which any labor official may
have no th.s time is TO bo compared in
Importance 90 this great demand, and
a therefore hoped and expected that
each and al of them Will attend i'm per
so.. Iha s not the time TO consider
difference. between organizations. If
atr..e7 there be- and no man who
f.. l.t cause at heart will raise that
question. Tao cau TO duty is to all or
labor and the chief executive
a. o.l orsanization iI expected 10 give
tr conference The benefit OF his personal
H...r. 10 This battle is won. organized
lt .u every department viii be inn
lr..ly uougthened; but, IL lost,
tt cause W.l ba set back az least ten
2"
N.,er have the American people so
.mo-sy supported % labor strike.
Jul. SD Icr cent. are with us. and will
support OUT cause 90 the cnd. This is
Ht supreme opportunity TO strike a
l.r tor Industrial liberty. and IL
.. Ih. doom Of labor is sealed, |
sI H. trusted leaders must bear the
'. .. DUP coWarjly indcuon.
very presence OF tho combined
hp o- labor in this state
81. V.kon The hosts 10 duty.
'ti a.Nu-tr0Idcu miners Will take ]
tr uI as il by magic, will
erect 0ul assert their rights as
fn Iae unity of labor is all that is
l to o-.ide this contest In favor
Pho miners. n favor Of justice, and in /
l-.' m humanity
CAMBRIA MINERS OUT.
ALTOONA. PA. July &.-rhe coal
iac Cambria region. when
l iae openings along the sus- ,
.l extension OF tho Crosson ana
railroad. closed down to-day
@ about 1000 iu number. gong
' r.lD The mines affected are
.. ly the Sterling Coal Company
b. .. Juor and Spangler Barnes, * ,
r .ai the Vnton Dale Coal COM [
lae Cambria mine, operated by =
.''1 j.. Williams g. Co, Of Philadelphia [
.- oaF one working.
DIT develops that the miners held a
..''.s f.W days ago. and made
'''i for check weighmen. Ihey
"ir given t0 understand that their
''.Hi would be complied with. and
h' check weighmen were put on
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