The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-19

fIITSbUHIftI July lo'-lHe events
OF to-day in the Pittsburgh coal mining
district indicate that there Is trouble
ahead. The strike has been on FOR two
weeks with no cause for alarm in any
quarter, but to-day the pangs of hunger
and mutterlngs of discomfort have taken
tangible form, and before morning 1000
miners will have marched on Canons-
burg. the objective point being the
Boone and Allison mines. A few days
ago the operators OF these mines made a
relulstlon on the sheriff of Washington
county for additional deputies. 1t Is
| supposed that there are at least thirty
deputies at each mine, well armed for
any friction that may take place.
To-day the miners of the Miller's and
| TOMS Run districts held mass meet
ings. The men employed in the Slope
and BrIdgevllle mines and Essen's Nos
l and 2, and steen's mines met at Bridge
VILE. Cecil was the scene Of a meeting of
| Laurel Hill Nos 2 and 4. Creedmoor
and Bishop mines and the diggers em-
ployed in the Standard and Ellsworth
l
| The gatherings were attended by men.
| women and children. The women did
| not lag in the interest taken. Many OF
them openly branded their husbands as
towards. They argued that they might
| as well fight az starve. The men said
the victory could be won providing every
| coal miner employed In these sections
where the lake trade Is supplied would
join the general movement of idleness,
To March on CRnonsburg.
Plans for bringing out the miners at
work in the Boone and Allison mines
were discussed. Special committees
were sent from one meeting TO the other.
| II was decided to march on Canonsburg
| mines tonight. The Relsslng brass
band and the Cecil drum corps were en-
| gagged and the march ACROSS the country
| Ia on. The procession will be made up OF
three divisions from the different sec-
| tlons. They will mobolZe at Bridge
| VILE and take up the tramp of twelve
| miles across the country. A miner who
was very enthusiastic over the plan said
| there would be at least 1000 men in line.
| 1t was learned late tonight that the
scheme has been in process Of formation
| for several days 1t was talked OF sew
| eral days ago and got to the ears OF the
| operators Of the Canonsburg mines,
hence their decision to increase their
] force OF deputies. Whether the miners
| will 60 armed Is not known as yet, but
| they expect TO be at the mines when the
| offending dlggers are ready to go TO
work. and Will use every influence possi-
| BILE to keep them from going into the
| mines Some OF the most conservative
| of the leaders claim that there will be no
| bloodshed. They say that when the col
| Hers see such q big demonstration In
| favor OF what they term q peaceful bat
tie for bread, they cannot enter the
/ mines and retain their manhood. Every
| effort was made to keep the movement a
secret for fear the force Of deputies at the
| mines would be further increased. Just
| what the result will be II Is difficult at
| this hour to tell The men are known TO
| be IN a condition of seml-lnsanity on the
| strike question. They have been goad-
ed on by suffering wives, daughters and
| sweethearts and 1t appears as II II Is the
4 beginning OF the end OF the strike.
| Arbitration Negotiations.
The negotiations to induce the coal
operators of this district to sign uni
formlty agreement are stlll going on.
The commissioners having II in charge
feel as IL they would be ablc to accom-
plleh It, Secretary g. Frank Schmidt
said tonight that the prospects were
Brighter than they have been since the
negotiations began. He said that with
in the next few days powerful and potent
influences would be brought to bear on
the operators and with the strike In the
present condition, the indications were
for n successful consummatlon OF the
agreement.
As an evidence that the operators arc
not counting on arbitration, It was an
nounced tonight by prominent opera
tor that II the strike In West Virginia
does not prove successful the Pittsburgh
operators will make an effort early next
week to start their mines ut the G0.cent
rnte, the rate now asked by the strikers.
They will claim that ua they are willing
To pay the price asked the law must pro-
| zoo, thnn In the ODcrnt tlOn of their mines,