Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM Ii. s.
Miners Strike is Pretty General Along
Its Lines.

BALTIMORE. Md, July 9-The Ralti-
r.ore and Ohio railroad officials today gave
out the following statement relative TO the
coal miners strike:
The strike situation en- the Baltimore
ard Ohio railroad this morning is as fol-
lows All mines in the Finleyville district,
Wilcox and gas coal region are out TINS
morning except at Shaner. These people
have enough men working today to load
eight or ten cars for the east.
ION the Baltimore and Ohio Southwest
ern railroad the conditions are as follows:
jackson county. Ohio. miners are all out,
but from the best information obtainable
il Is probable they will soon return to
work provided the West Virginia miners
do not strike About one-half Of the lndl-
ana and Illinois miners are out The other
half continuing at work
Everything was quiet this morning in
the Paramount district on the Baltimore
and Ohio.
Strike Conference Postponed.
PITTSBURG. Pa. July 9.-The strike
conference has been postponed until .
O'Clock. President Katchford having been
detained. Amcng the other national lead
ers in the city who will take part in the
conference are: President NJ. NJ. Garland
and Secretary Stephen Madden of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers, W. u. Mcmahon. national
pH-Slur.lt OF the AmalElIndteU ASSOCIATION
of Street Railway Employees: j. NJ. Hughes.
national secretary of Federated Metal
Trades: Simon Burns. national president
of the Widow Glass Workers Associa-
ton: VI L. Carrick, national president of
the brotherhood of Painters and Decora-
tors; NJ Connahan. national secretary
OF the Plumbers Union, and L. r. Thomas
nauorai president of the Pattern Makers
L-ague-
Many Illinois Miners Out.
MOWEAQUA. ILL.,. July 9.-Authentic in
formation received here today is that the
miners are all out at Pana, TaylorviIIe
Assumption and Decatur, we'll as this
place The Pana mines will close down
over 700 miners are idle, and not a shaft
Is opera ting in this section of Illinois
The Situation About Springfield. Ill.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. July 9.-The miners
strike situation IN Illinois is as follows:
All the miners in the Wilmington district
".vS IN number, are out. In Springfield
district most Of the miners are working
In Peoria district the miners are still work
irg, but will meet today. The miners at
stanton and Mt. Olive have given out as
surance that the Belleville miners would
strike. but the Belleville men at their meet
ing decided to go to work. At CarlinviHe
there Is no strike. Nerdan and Auburn
mines struck week ago. The miners a,
Assumption are ou-. but at Pana and Tay-
lorville they are working. At Westville
Nernillton county. the miners are out, but
are a. work at Danville.
Trouble Feared Mt GIOuster
COLUMBUS, Ohio. July 9.-W. c.
Pearce, secretary OF the United Mine
Workers, left today for Glouster, Ohio ons
of the points through which West Virgins
coal Is passing route to the lakes and
large western cities. He believes he min
crs at GlOuster will not attempt TO stoI
trains from West Virginia, but has gone
there TO more carefully study the situation
and advise with the local committee anC
also 10 see what there is in the pretty vel
authenticated stories that some of tn,
Glouster miners have gone to West Viz
GINA 20 dig coal. Ii was at Glouster wher.
trouble occurred in 1884 by stopping trains