The record-union., 1897-07-28
A recess was then taken until

Colonel Rend demanded recogThit ton
for the hearing of a minority report.
He prefaced the report with a few
remarks on what he termed the bunco
intention of the meeting Colonel Rend
! said he had been misled by General
Little as to the purposes of the meet
ing. He understood that it had been
called With a view of fastening a set
! tlement of the strike, and was assured
| of that at a conference with the Gen
eral on Monday night. When he got
! to the meeting he learned that the
strike was not to be taken into con-
| sideration or discussed in connection
| with uniformity
The preamble to the resolutions re-
| cites the earnest desire of the coal OPP
orators of Western Pennsylvania to de-
wise honorable methods to bring the
! strike to a termination, deplOres the
poverty and misery of the vast army
! of miners and their families, and claims
| that the public has been miSled by
crafty and false statements as to the
| cause responsible for the present and
past turmoil
Tonight General Little and Judge
Owens are in secret conference at the
Duquesne Club with w. r. Warner and
Organizer Miller. Nothing definite can
| be learned as to the subject matter un-
| der discussion
COUNCIL OF LABOR MEN.
WHEELING, July 27.-The confer
ence of executive officers of the numer-
Gus labor organizations of the country,
called to meet in Wheeling at noon for
the purpose of considering ways and
means to win the great coal strike, was
delayed in getting to work on ac-
count of the failure Of President Ratch-
ford, of the coal miners, to arrive early
this morning, as expected.
Among those here are J. B. Lennon
| of Bloomington, H., President of the
Custom Tailors' Union; Samuel Comp
ers of Washington, President of the
American Federation of Labor; w. D.
Mahon of Detroit, President of the
Street Railway Employees Union John
r. Sovereign of Arkansas, President of
the knights of Labor P. p Morrissy,
Illinois, of the Trainmens organiza-
ton; John w. Sullivan, Baltimore.
President of the Painters and Decora-
tors Union; Martin Fox of Cincinnati,
President of the Iron Molders; Jesse
Johnson of Nashville, of the Press
vile, of the Typographical Union, and
Secretary Frank Morrison of the
American Federation of Labor. Others
arrived during the afternoon.
The conference is secret Conserva-
tive members say the utmost that can
be accomplished at the conference is to
assess a tax on the various organiza-
tions to maintain the striking coal
mir NToI
come out.
On the arrival of President Ratch-
ford, at noon, the conference assem-
bled at Trades Assembly Hail. with
President Samuel Gompers in the chair.
All outsiders are excluded, but a state
ment will be given out after adjourn
ment which will probably be late this
afternoon.
President NJ w. Garland of the
Aralgamated Association has just ar
rived.
Reports received by the strike lead
ers this morning do not bear out the
claim made last night on what they
considered reliable advices, that over
half of the West Virginia miners were
out, and it is seen that another and
even more determined effort must be
IHdu6 10 DTlHS dDOul d general SIT1k6 III
the West Virginia fields.
The conferrees are now considering
the advisability of levying a general as
sessment on all organized labor for the
maintenance of the striking miners
Some of the leaders say that in the
event it is seen to be impossible to
bring about a general strike in West
Virginia the conductors, firemen and
L.
man trains carrying the West Virginia
coal.
This measure, however, is a last re-
sort, and will probably not be used un-
til everything else is tried and fails. AL
ready it is settled that one result of the
Wheeling conference will be the flood
ing of the West Virginia coal fields
with miners organizers. The officials
and organizers of nearly all the union
organizations in the country will join
forces with the United Mine Workers
in the effort to organize the West Vir-
ginians, and bring them out
TROUBLE IN ILLINOIS.
ST. LOUIS, July PA special from
Duquoin, Ill, says: About forty of
Bradley's men from Belleville arrived
here to-day, to influence the miners to
strike. They We're ordered out Of town
by the city marshal. All the mines here
are working When the striking miners
at Belleville learned of the reception
given their fellows at Duquoin they
expressed a determination to go to the
latter city and drive out the working
miners
There are about 500 miners in Du-
quoin. If they persist in working an
equal number of strikers will invade
the place from Belleville and other
points.
Just beyond Duquoin is Gainesville,
where the miners are still working and
say they will not quit. Old miners, who
have watched strike troubles develop
before say that unless the Duquoin,
Centerville and Murphysboro men
come to terms trouble is sure to
break out
The Illinois Central detachment of
striking miners intends to get rein
forcements at Freeburg. anN after pull
ing the men out at Lenzburg and Ma
rissa, push on to Duquoin. The Louis
vile and Nashville detachment will
cross over from Mount Vernon.
Thirty-seven Staunton and Mount
Olive men took possession of a Louis
vile and Nashville freight train at
Belleville. The police were called on.
The men sullenly surrendered.
THE COUNTY RESPONSIBLE.
FAIRMONT CIV. va), July 2T.-At
Watson to-day locks were put on all
the gates and deputies called for, which
makes every mine in the county under