The record-union., 1897-08-19

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others soon followed. Bellingham
Kelley and Tomlinson. who were il
charge at Plum Creek, then took tht
train for Pittsburg, abandoning tht
| camp and demonstrations against d.
Armitt's miners.
| The managers expect that all the
men will be at work tomorrow.
AT Plum Creek a small squad Of strik
turned back. The women then gave the
deputies a tongue-lashing, and, fearing
trouble, the deputies telephoned for as
| sistance Superintendent De Armit
arrived, and the women were quietet
| under threats of eviction.
The coal operators are preparing fol
an aggressive move to break the strike
Yesterdays meeting at Cleveland viii
be followed by a general meeting of the
miners in this city tonight to make ar
rangements to start the mines in a few
days. j. c. Dysart, one of the largest
operators in the district, returned from
| Cleveland this morning. He said the
operators had decided to start their
mines, and, in his opinion, the strike
would be broken in a short time At to-
nights meeting, he said, arrangements
would be perfected for putting some OF
the mines in operation at once The
expenses of starting all the mines as
agreed upon will be borne by all the op-
orators. If the old men do not return to
work, new ones will be imported, and
they viii be given protection. Fifty to
6O per cent. of the diggers can mine
/ all the coal necessary to supply the de-
mand.
| President Dolan said to-day that if
the operators carried out their inten-
tions he would keep on marching and es-
tablish a camp at every mine that at
tempted to start.
The price of COAL which is reported to
have advanced at almost every point in
| the country east of the Missouri River
and at all Mississippi River points since
the great strike began seven weeks ago,
shows no material increase at Pitts
burg. The ruling figure in barge lots is
5@oHc cents Der bushel.
Plans are being formed for the main
tenance of the strikers and their fam
| lilies for prolonged period. The ex-
ipense of carrying on the striks is placed
at 5000 a day, and appeals are coming
in every mail for help for families in
the mining villages.
The action at the meeting of operators
in the coal strike yesterday is in accord
ance with the plan mapped out after
the uniformity agreement had been
formulated The agreement provides
that all coal contracted for on the "a
cent basis shall be mined at that rate
until the contracts are filled. 1t is
known that the requirements of the lake
trade by September 10th are 5000, 900
tons. If the contracts are not filled the
operators will not only lose a large
amount of money, but put themselves in
position to lose contracts for all time
to come.
SITUATION IN WEST VIRGINIA.
WHEELING CIV. Va-), Aug. 1S.-The
local coal situation is growing serious.
The city gas works has what was al
ways deemed a sufficient advance sup
ply of coal from the Floershem mines,
on the Wheeling Division of the Balti-
more and Ohio, but this supply is now
growing decidedly short, and new ar
rangements will soon have to be made.
Coal is selling in local yards at u
cents a bushel, just double the usual
price Slack brings 6 cents, and both
are hard to get at those rates. There
are 800 families in Wheeling in need
of coal, while all manufacturers that
do not use gas are hampered for fuel.
On the Ohio side of the river manu-
featuring establishments using thou
sands of bushels of coal daily have had
their supplies cut down or shut Off
In the Fairmont field O'Connell and
his campers are still at the Montana
not boxyipcr pd in oIOSyino @
them entirely The march to West
Fairmont and New England is sched-
uled to begin tonight, when the United
States Court injunction will probably
be served under Judge Jackson's new
ruling that marching columns are an
| intended intimidation and contrary to
| law.
| The movement in the Kanawha Val
LEY shows no change. A few more men
went to work this morning, and Dill
cher's column succeeded in winning a
few more recruits in the Upper Valley.
The new campaign of the agitators
along the Norfolk Western Railroad
has apparently borne no fruit.
FAIRMONT CIV. Va), Aug. 1S.-One
hundred and ninety of the Montana
campers were arrested this morning
for marching, which Judge Jackson
claims is a violation of his injunction.
They were taken to the depot and
guarded for five hours, when twenty
four of them were taken to Clarksburg.
The organizers claim their men did not
know they were violating the injunc-
ton: that, according to its terms it
should have been read to them. They
say there will be no trouble in secur-
| ing the liberty of the men, and while
one organizer looks after them the
other three will organize the remainder
| Of the men.
Public sympathy runs high in favor
| of the miners. Business men are at
tending meetings, petitions are being
signed and to-day there is more likeli-
hood of a general laying down of tools
than at any time since the strike be-
gan At present only two big mines
are not crippled. The operators claimed
eighty-nine men at work at the Mon
tana to-day, against 122 yesterday.
price Of SILVER