The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-08

compromise TO SettAe Inc
Trouble.
PITTSBURG, Sept. THE efforts to
evict the striking miners of the Pitts
burg and Chicago Coal Company at Or
angeville, one and a half miles from
Gastonviue, resulted in a riot of no
mean proportions. and the utter failure
OF the company to accomplish its OBJ
ject.
About { o'clock last night twenty de-
puties from Washington, Pa, in char8e
of Chief Deputy Joseph H. Wetheriil,
reached Finlayville. where they Were
met by a large crowd of strikers and
their friends
Each deputy was armed with a Win
chester rifle and a revolver, but in spite
of this the strikers, headed by one hun
bred Polish women, closed in on them,
and the deputies received rought treat
n,ent.
They were gradually forced back and
finally retreated TO Gastonville, fol-
lowed by about two hundred men and
women. At Gastonville the deputies
took refuge in the office of the COM
pany, where they We're kept all night,
during which the building was bonn
barded with stones and bricks, and an
occasional shot was fired.
At Z o'clock this morning the trouble
reached a climax when the deputies
sailed out from their besieged quarters
and started to march to Orangeville.
Each one carried a Winchester and
revolver.
Headed by the women, the strikers
rushed on the deputies with stones and
clubs and pickhandles, and blows fell
thick and fast. one big woman wrested
a rifle from deputys hands and
struck him on the head with it, infiict-
ing serious injury.
BY this time 1000 men, women and
children had Joined the crowd They
came from Venetia Snowden, Calamity
and FinlayvilIe The deputies slowly
made their way to Orangeville, never
firing a shot They finally took refug"
in a vacant house, closely followed by
the mob. which quickly surrounded the
building and threatened to burn it.
Finally one Of the strikers ,eppl oacAed
the house with a flag Of truce and
conference was held. The deputies were
ordered to leave town, and after a
short parley decided to do so. They
emerged from the house a badly scared
lot of men, and, walking between the
opened ranks of the strikers, started
for Gastonville Almost every man in
the posse was cut and bleeding and
several were badly hurt. One had his
right hand almost severed by sharp
stone.
As the defeated deputies ran the
gauntlet they were greeted with Kisses,
curses and ridicule. The strikers then
closed behind them and marched them
to the station. where they took the
train for Washington.
After their departure the mob dis
persed and everything is quiet now.
The officials of the company say no at
tempt win be made to evict the miners
for the present.
LEADERS FOR A COMPROMISE.
PTTTSBURG. Sept THE Pittsburg
district convention to elect delegates to
the national convention, which meets
at Columbus tomorrow to consider the
proposition that the miners return to
work at the 63-cent rate per ton, as
sembled here this morning. nearly 100
delegates, representing every mine in
the district, attending The morning
session was taken up with receiving
credentials and perfecting an organiza-
ton.
The delegates are divided upon the
question of accepting 65 cents or stand
ing for the 69-cent rate, but it is
thought the influence of the leaders win
result in a declaration for the compro-
mise rate.
President Dolan stated that the ae-
ceptance of the G5-cent rate by the
miners did not necessarily carry with
If the complete ending of the strike. At
the mines Of the New York and Cleve-
land Gas Coal Company. camps VIII
e+iu he maintained and the strike Wig
orouslv continued. So, at all mines
4bro,,gbo,1t the district that refuse To
NV The rate agreed upon by the Col
,,r,5bus convention, camps viii be es-
+ablisbed and every known lawful and
,,aacaful means viii be used to KEEP
those mines closed until the operators
agree to pay the established rate.
This statement was in view OF the
fact that it has been reported that
there would probably be some mines
where the rate would not be paid. 1t IS
also stated that the delegates az To-
DAVIS convention were instructed ana
that they would go into the convention
10 settle the question of the acceptance
Of the Scent rate. or its rejection, en-
tirelv free from any influence from 9th
er than their own opinions and belleIs
as to what was best for the time.
WEST VIRGINIA MINERS
WHEELING. Sept. District meet
ings were held in all the West Virginia
regions where the strike exists, lasg
night and to-day The miners for the
most part have been modest in their
demands. At Fairmont the delegates
were instructed to secure continuance
of the strike until West Virginia is in
a position to demand recognition, but
if that is not possible. to secure FROM
the national body a pledge to continue
the organization work in the State un-
til such time as the whole State is or
ganized and able TO demand wages bas-
ed upon the union scale.
]. ". Rea Of the Painters and Deco
Ta1ors' Union, who has led the Fair
mont fight so well. is one of the dele
gates He stated to-day that if the
Columbus meeting does not settle the
strike. all union labor in Chicago. in
Guiding railroads. would at once boy
colt and refuse to use or handle non
union coal. This has been agreed upon
secretly. Rea also said he would use