The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-27

Pittsburg. July 26-Lively times are
promised in the coal mining situation
this week. A crisis is impending. This
is conceded on ali sides. The arbitra-
ton commissioners on the one side feel
hopeful that they will bring about the
initiative for settlement at the meet
ing on Thursday morning The min
ers officials, on the other hand, claim
10 have adopted measures that will
make a complete tieup. 1t has devel-
oped that many of the West Virginia
miners are awaiting word from the
PlttsbuTg district, especially from the
New York and Cleveland mines. They
want TO hear of the miners in these
mines having Joined the general sus-
pension. This it is claimed by the Of
ncials, will bring all the faltering ones
II West Virginia in line, thus making
the strike effective, in that it will smut
OF the supply of coal.
DEBS EFT AL.
Arguments have been made for Eu-
gene V. Debs and other prominent of =
ficials to come to this city and hold a
meeting for the benefit of the New
York and Cleveland miners on Thurs
day morning.
<A4iOl4S lAC OlHeIS- expected TO De
present are Samuel Gom3ers, A D.
Ratchford, NJ. NJ. Garland and W. D.
Mahon. At this meeting it is intended
to strike a final decisive blow and if
possible make the tieup complete The
reputation Of Debs, it is expected, viii
draw $4,000 miners to the meeting.
The meeting at Scottdale on Tuesday
OF the miners in the coke district, and
the meeting Of labor leaders at Wheel
ing are also looked upon as important
features at this period Of the strike.
Should the West Moreland miners be
brought ont there are fears for serious
trouble al De Argnitt's mines. Reports
from the coke regions indicate that
the cookers viii rot likely come cut
The board Of arbitrators report mat
ters quiet waiting on the result of the
operators meeting tomorrow, which
they claim TO think means much
toward the result of the proposed set
tlement of the strike by arbitration
An effort is being made to have as
many receiver men attend the meeting
as possible.
REPORT WAS FALSE.
The report that a raid on the mines
of the New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal company was contemplated this
morning was without foundation. The
mines were running as usual today and
CF q llliAS Is quiet ne special
deputies called for last night returned
tG the city this morning, no strikers
having appeared in the vicinity. No
raid is probable now until after the
Debs meeting on Thursday IF the men
refuse TO come out, then a demonstra-
ton will quite likely be made later.
a band of strikers marched on the
Jumbo mines Of Robbins, in the Pan
Handle district this morning, and in
duced the few men al work there TO
quit. There was no trouble.
r B. Sargent, Val Fitzpatrick and
C II. Wilkins, executive heads of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen,
Railway Trainmen and Order of Rail
way Conductors were in Pittsburg 20
day en- route 10 the meeting of the Ia
Der leaders at Wheeling tomorrow.
They addressed a large mass meeting
CT railway employees at Scottdale yes
terday and reported their organization
IN a fiourishlng condition. They refused
10 say anything in regard TO the pro-
posed meeting at Wheeling in the in
terest OF the striking miners.
Colonel W. P. Pend, the Chicago OPP
orator, arrived in the city today. While
he heartily favors arbitration he says
the true uniformity movement is d
humbug. II the meeting tomorrow is /
not for the purpose of settling the /
strike by arbitration he will not attend /
as he viii not lend his support to q /
plan to bring about settlement where /
is established. Operator
James ". Shields was Of similar senti- !
ments.
This afternoon Rufus c. Crawford. /
owner of the Bunola mines. went into
court and secured a preliminary injunc- /
ton restraining the miners officials at I
Dillon from interfering with the work /
c. congregating about the mines. The
Tearing was set for Saturday
President DClan says the miners Of /
fciais viii not attempt TO fight the in
junction. They were not hunting
trouble. he said, and would not Geliber-
ately violate the law.
The sheriff of WestmoTeland county
has been called on for deputies TO pro-
tect the miners at the Rostaver mines
at Webster. The Webster company
proposes TO start with the non-union
miners tomorrow or Wednesday.
FAMINE NOT Likely.
Judging by the present state of the local
market. famine in ne IS not likely to
occur. even though the strike should last
several months longer As a matter of
fact. the market is overstOcked and the
demand has only slightly increased. At
east 100000 bushels of river coal are
ying IN the Upper Pools. about 5000 Geo
bushels having been consumed and
shipped during the past three weeks
Inc railroads. are bringing IN large
Quantities every dsg from West Virginia
md The mines east of PittsbIrg. One
Of 81 carloads came in over the
Virginia K Charleston railroad
oday- Operators could not give an esti-
cate on the total amount now on hand
Ut they say the supply is very great and
laily increasing
River coal is selling at 81 O5 ton. an
ncr1ase Of ! cent a bushel since the
trilke began. Operators report no extra
ordinary demand and they are accepting
II offers at the price stated Railroad ]
perators state this evening that they ]
ouid buy ali the coal they wanted at 30 ,
ents ton kentucky coal was offered :.
1 Is cents, and several large purchases
Fere made at that price to fiji Chicago
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