The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-17
HANNA ADVOCATES PEACE
URGES COAL OPERATORS TO ARBT-
 TRATE THEIR CAUSE.

Endeavoring to Enlist Support of the b's
 Companies-Strike Develops No New
 Features-Reports from West Virginia
 Give the Strikers Renewed Hope-A
 Heavy Drop in the Price of Coa'.
 Washington, July 16-The following telegram, sent out yesterday, was re- ceived by Senator Hanna to-day:
 "Pittsburg, Pa., July 15.-Hon. M. A. Hanna, Washington:
 With earnest cooperation of Cleve- land operators in Pittsburg district, strong probability of securing unifor- mity agreement which miners and De- Armit say and, we believe, would result In settlement of strike. Can your as- sistance be had?
 (Signed) owen Little & Bishop"
 The following response was wired inn mediately:
 owen, Little & Bishop, Pittsburg:
 Telegram received. Our coal inter ests in Pittsburg are represented py MT. Thomas Young, who is there ana will cooperate along the lines suggest ed. I will wire Cleveland urging other operators to Join the movement. Will gladly cooperate and will urge other operators to do the same.
 Signed: "M. A. HANNA.
 In addition, the following was also sent:
 M. A. Hanna & Co.,, Celeveland, O.:
 See other coal operators and strong ly urge them to join in the movement for amicable settlement of coal strike at Plttsburg.
 Signed: "M A. HANNA"
 Pittsburg, July 16,-Dullness at min ers' headquarters and all the mines in the Pittsburg district, and unusual ac- 'tivity in the coal market characterized the features of the strike to-day. For a strike so general 1t causes little ex- citement. Peace seems to prevail ev- anywhere, but how long this state of affairs will continue cannot even be guessed. The miners are apparently willing to abide, and as yet no suffer- ing has beh reported at district head
 quarters.
 The miners officers were very much elated over news from West Virginia. Several telegrams from organizers in that section of an encouraging nature were received.
 There is nothing startling to report from any of the districts" said Presi- dent Patrick Dolan. "The men, with the exception of very few, are out, and we are satisfied with the sltua- tion.''
 Coal took another tumble in price to- day. It sold for SIPS at the mine, a drop of 25 cents from the day previous.
 A tour among the operators demon
 strated that there was plenty of coal on hand. It was learned that the Penn
 Gas Coal company, the Westmoreland Gas Coal company, the Boone and AIli- son mines were furnishing considerable
 coal. It was estimated that the mines east of Pittsburg are furnishing 15O cars a day Nearly all the empty coal
 cars in the Pittsburg district are find ing their way to the West Virginia coal fields. The Baltimore and Ohio took several trains of them to-day | It was also learned that 25O cars a day were going from the Pocahontas | field in West Virginia to Cleveland l The records show that cargo of two thousand tons was loaded Wednesday a similar one on Thursday and the North Wing was loaded to-day with the same amount Another cargo will be loaded tomorrow. The price Is $23 free on board the vessel It was learn
 ed tonight that the programme of the
 miners officials is to bring out all the men possible in the West Virginia field and bring all the organizers to Pitts
 brug.
 It is expected that the terms will be
 made here, as the district is looked
 upon as the most interesting after West Virginia has been disposed of. The | miners hopes are high and they arc confident that there will be a good story to tell from West Virginia Mon- day morning. The 1ukewarmness of National President Ratchford and the belittling attitude of District Presiden, Dolan has put somewhat of damper
 on the true uniformity plan, but Presi- dent Dolan says notwithstanding his private opinion concerning Mr. De Ar mitt, he has been doing and will con- tinue to do everything in his power tc further the consummation of the scheme. | General Little and Mr. De Armitt left | this evening at o'clock for Philadel- | phia to consult with officials of West | moreland, Keystone and other com- | panies along the line of the Pennsyl- vania road. All of the arbitration board except B. Frank Schmid of Indiana are now out of the city
 | Edward Ridgely and Horace Calef are in Chicago and l.. P. Mccormick at Indianapolis for the purpose of inter- esting operators of these states in the proposition for settlement of the strike
 President Dolan is asking for con- ference with leaders in the Clearfield and Cambria regions, where the men are working. LEGTSIiTION Iy THE HOTSE