New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-19
WAITING FOR EUGENE V. DEBs.
EXPECTED AT FAIRMoNr. ". VA. TOMORROW
STRIKERS GAINING AND LOSING.

STRIKERS GAINING AND LOSING.
Wheeling. W. Va. 'uly IS (SpeclaD-Just why
II Is so may be mystery 10 some but II is fact
nevertheless that Eugene V. Debs will be able
do more just now toward bringing out the miners
In the FaiTmont region than any other
big meeting at Monongahela yesterday demon
strated this. when n local miner got up and de-
, clared that soon Debs came into the region
the mon would strike. and that his influence would
be greater than all the offers Of the operators TO
pay bonus on coal mined. This sentiment was
loudly cheered. The organizers at work there nd
nit that ne must be brought into the field. and
tonight II announced that he will be at Fair
mont on Tuesday. Everybody wants 10 hear Debs
To-day's meeting at Willow Tree schoohouse Of
the Monongahela miners success TO num-
bcrs and enthusiasm. but there a serious
cooling of of enthusiasm after the meeting
ard the organizers had departed The Monon-
gahela men will go to work usual in the morning
The will walt till Tuesday. when Debs is nd
vcrtised positively to arrive. before taking any
action.
In to-days meeting Hugh Mcdonald. miner
president and w d. Mahon, OF Detroit, delivered
the address BY actual count there were ga men
present. There loud cheering and plenty Of
it, especially when Mahon read telegram from
Norfolk and Western organizer sending good news.
Men in the audience pledged the Monongahela men
20 20 this week When date TO strike
called FOR everybody rose and the cheering lasted
five minutes
After the meeting, however, fully fifty Monon-
gahela said that they would go to work
usual In the morning. The men at O'Donnells
Aurora Pennington and Bates mines still out
and Will not go back. The operators expect all
Fairmont to be out at the end Of the week
They threaten to close their coke ovens
and put the negroes and Italians into the mines
and this trouble and possibly bloodshed
The operators had men at to-day's meeting taking
notes Of everything said and done. Coal is too
badly needed, however, for any Of the miners 10
fear dismissal The strike sentiment is growing
slowly, and Thursday Is the limit generally placed
upon work.
The railroads are rushing things tonight and
1000 cars Of coal shipped in the last twelve
hours. Passenger trains on the Baltimore and
Ohio still stand out Of the way of King coal
strikers made gains in some sections and losses in
others. Big mass meetings were held in Flat Top.
and il looks tonight as II four more Of the larg-
est mines would be Idle In the morning though the
men dislike TO give up the good pay they now
earning. and are vacillating between desire and
what they feel to be duty.
organizers for Fiat Top and Pocahontas the strik-
ers, under the influence of speeches by operators
and railroad officials voted to return to work In
the morning. Organizers will be sent back among
return by Tuesday The Placing Of guards at some
mines is having disquieting influence, and may
make trouble. The contest between the representa-
tives of the labor organization and the local In
strikers seem TO have the best Of Il. About one
half Of the men will work tomorrow
on the Wheeling and Lake Erie. In the Eastern
Ohio district. the operators have about given up
hope of getting men before the strike IS settled.
Some miners came down from Masslon today. bat
did not like the outlook and went home. The United
doing detective work. Four West Virginia coal
trains went through to-day and were not molestcd.