The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-28
BIG N1NEas, srRlEE
wnI b Ordered on Account oFthS Nom
OpOly ERjOys'l by PittsbuFsh Men.

VVIll b Ordered On Account Of lhS Hon.
OPOly ENjOys'l ~ PlttSburEh Men.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, May 27-Tho
national executive board OF the United
Mine Workers Of America, have decid-
ed to order general strike throughout
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia,
to secure the sIxty-nlne cent rnte for
mining. The order Is expected 90 be in
the hands Of the workmen within a
very few days.
More than $1,000 miners will be af-
fected by the order. and n desperate
struggle between the men and operators
win result.
The order, It is said. has been decided
on because OF the fact that thirteen Of
the large coal companies in the Pitts
burEh district have secured control Of
all the lake front dockage.
This year the conditions in the lake
market are entirely different from what
they were In former years. Time was
when the smaller operators could mar
ket coal on the bake front, but this year
all has been changed. Now they cannot
DISPOSE OF any coal unless II goes
through the hands OF the thirteen coal
companies.
While the miners In the Pittsburgh
district have been battling against re-
duction to ilfty-fOur cents u ton, the op-
orators have been quietly at work on
the lake fronta, Every foot oi Hock-
age Is now In the hands OF one Of the
thirteen companies. With coal mined
t,ag NtaV1tNU he In
virtual control OF the market, ana need
not fear inroads by ang OF The smaller
operators.
The companies having succeeded In
getting control OF the docks are: Marx
Hanna & Company. Ellsworth Coal
Company ,Cuddy, Miller & Company. tho
w, L. Scott Mines, Ohio h Pennsylyn-
MIA Coal Company, Moon Run Coat
Company. Osborn SAeEer & Company
MoFgan, Moore & Balm, PickandS Ma
ther & Company, W. p. Rend. Robbins
Coal Company, Pittsburgh q SAlcago
Coal Company and the New YORK. y
Cleveland Gas Coal Company. Il ts
claimed by the miners officials that
trade has been solicited al the iifty-four
cent rate. The coal comes from Ohio
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
The P,ttsburEh District was the cause
OF much contention In the national con-
yentlo1 Of the miners held In Columbus,
Ohio. lat January. During the month
Of December preceding the operators IN
this district offered the mlners sixty
cents q ton during the months OF jan
uary and February and slNty-hNe cents
the following months. The local min
ers refused TO accept the oner. The
0neEtion was acted on ~ the national
Convention and takes entirely out tho
hands oE the Pittsburgh district on
cIaiS, Il was referred to the executive
board. and they were given power 90
act, They were instructed to make
demand for Blxty.nl1e cents at utHe
they thought proper. 49, a..
The board has been considering the
o,,hFtIon for some time. During the past
two weelSp, Mr.. d. Ratchford, the nation
al president has been in the Pittsburgh
district and has made n report 20 the
board, Patrick OclGn, president OF The
PittEburEI GistrlcS. said tonight that
ths hoard had decided "a declare a st:ilse
In Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Viz
II have advised against strike, and
can say that am not In favor OF Y,
uaid Presldent Dolun tonight. "Eut
since the executive beard has taken the
matter out OF Que hnnds. I have COM 20
the conclusion tha; The miners OF tNe
PittsburEl aistrie; might Just as wei 60
duwn making n struEHie for wtat Is due
them as starving 10 d7aih