The herald., 1897-07-05

cents a ton. No effort Will be made to
operate the mines unless 1t should be
the river mines, hence no trouble is an
ticipated. Great apprehension is felt
as to what course the vast number of for
eigners will take in the strike. Many OF
these speak no English and care less for
the land of their adoption. They do not
conform to the customs of American
speaking miners and the latter have
very little influence over them. One ot
the points made by the mines is that
more mining companies have gone into
the hands of the sheriff this year than
during any year in the history of the
trade.
There are too many mines" said Pat
rick Dolan, mot too many miners. 1t is
the surplus of operators that causes suf-
fering and low wages"
The officials of the United Mine Work
ers of Pittsburg held meeting today and
heard reports from various parts of the
district. Each of these indicated that
the men would quit work. The question
of securing sustenance for the vast army
of idle men is the most serious question
confronting the officials. The organiza-
tion has no money in it's treasury. The
miners have been unable to save any
thing and only those who have little gar
den patches will be able to live inde-
pendently during the suspension of
work.
The exodus from the fourth pool to
West Virginia has begun. The West
Virginia operators are hiring miners as
fast as they apply for work. Those who
wish immunity from trouble seek safety
I. ;,l,t
miners would work unmolested. Scores
of small mines in Beaver, Mercer, Law
renee, Cambria and other counties, which
have been practically idle, will resume
operations in full to- supply coal to fac
tories and shops in their districts. TAX
ing the Camel mine in Beaver county
into consideration, the Tompson's Run
in Lawrence county and the numerous
mines in Mercer county there will be no
shut down of industries in these coun-
ties. During the strike of 1894 all these
mines closed down.
ALL WILL JOIN
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 4.-Presi-
dent knight of the United Mine Work
ers for Indiana says he is convinced that
practically all of the miners of the state
w
the meeting Saturday were representa-
tive men from every part of the coun-
try 1t will not be known before Mon
day how many miners in the state have
not Joined in the strike. Those who were
at work Saturday left their tools in the
mines when they quit work in the even
ing. President knight says the present
strike is little else than a fight against
starvation.
"One miner in the northern part of our
field told me-" said Mr.. Knight, that
he had drawn $3.50 for the past two
months. On this amount he was forced
to try to keep himself and his family
| from hunger. Does anybody think he
could do it?"
| Mr. knight says the Columbus report
to the effect that 37500O men will be in
volved in the strike is gross exaggera-
ton. He estimates that the total num-
ber of miners who will be idle will be be-
| tween 110 900 and 125, 900. His figures are
as follows: In Pennsylvania, $4,000;
Ohio, $4,000; Indiana. 5000; West Vir-
gina, 25 Illinois, $4,000. Total 100000
A STREET CAR STRIKE
HOUSTON, Tex, July 4.-Not a troll
| ley car Is IuuIlllS III tlilS CITY tllt Hlell
| having struck this morning to compel
recognition of their union. About twen-
ty cars ran until o'clock this afternoon,
when the company gave up efforts to run
cars, leaving thousands Of people in the
outskirts of the city,
WORKERS ORGANIZE
DENVER, Col, July A meeting
was held here today upon call of leading
members of union labor organizations
| for the purpose of organizing the mem
bers af the trades unions of the state 70,
Independent political action. The meet
ing was stormy one, and finally adopt
ed the Socialist Labor party'S platform
entire and perfected an organization un-
der the name of the Colorado Social De-
mocracy The men who had called the
| convention declared it was a packed
body of men outside of union labor
ranks, and about one-third of those
present withdrew and organized what
they call the direct legislation league
whose object Is educa tion along the line
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