The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-08
MANY OPINIONS
OF MANY MEN
OPERATORS SHOW A GREAT
DEAL OF CONFIDENCE.
On the Other Hand, the Miners Are
Full of zeal-Much Depends on
the Developments of the Next
Few Hours-President Ratchford
Gives Out the Statement That
the Miners Cannot Lose.

Pittshurg, July Forty eight hours
after the Inauguration of the great coal
miners strike comparison of state
ments from both sides shows favorable
results for the diggers.
Discounting the miners official an
nouncements by the operators opin-
ions, there seems no question that the
workmen have scored a decided adj
vantage in this district. and it is be-
lieved that as the Pittsburg district
goes, so goes the country.
Conservative estimates place the
number of miners now sinking in this
district from 10000 to $4,000 men, an
increase of about 5000 over yesterday s
! record This leaves but from 5000 to
| 5000 men still working.
| The key TO the entire situation, from
present appearances, lies in the sue
cess or defeat of the strikers in secur-
| ing the cooperation of the men now
working for the New York and Cleve-
land Gas and Coal company. Without
these men the strike can hardly sue
coed, because they will be able, in a
measure, to supply the demand long
enough to tide over the present en-
barrassment.
Patrick Dolan, president of the Pitts
burg district miners, is confident that
before the present week closes he will
have succeeded in getting all of these
men to Join the ranks of the strikers,
and when this result is effected the
battle will be practically won.
The operators are just as confident
of success as the miners are and to-
night issue a statement claiming
large accession of men in different
parts of the district and a heavier
shipment list than usual. One thing
slightly in favor of the operators is the
fact that the freeing of navigation into
the Monongahela river went into eI-
feet today Ten million bushels of coal
which had been stored in the pools
above here awaiting this event will
BE- brought to this harbor at once and
be available for the present demand.
Notwithstanding the claims of the
operators, the concensus or opinion
seems to be in favor of the miners.
At the miners headquarters today,
President Dolan declared that the pest
news received was that the men work
ing under contract at the Panhandle
mines of Mark Hanna & Co. had quit
work and also that Robbins first pool
mines were idle and that no coal was
loaded at the mines of the Pfttsburg
and Chicago Gas-Coal company at
Snowden and Gastcnville. All the men
in the Mahoney valley. the Panhandle
and out along the wheeling DIVISION
have quit work, he said.
Leading operators in the district pro
TESS to take an entirely different view
of the situation. They admit that the
miners have succeeded in getting more
men to strike than they expected, but
say they are not worrying over the out
look and that the strike viii not last
a week None of them are pressed Tor
coal. and have offers from operators
whose miners have not Joined in the
movement, to help them out
The strike has already benefited the
west end operators, ana If i continues
for a :ew weeks they will be able to
dispose of a large quantity Of coal at
high prices.
Te-ss evening the orsCetors in the
PittebuIg district issued iile following
brief summary of the s.tue1on IrcSn
their stac1.oiZlt:
The Touac SaSoe mill was leading
coal all day and calling urgently uron
the Baltimore & Ohio ratllcad for more
cars
.',rae Pert Royal started uo again
tcda-- and the WlciHaatn was running
fun.
THE Panhandle, West Newton and
F-l6srE mines had more men at work
than yes.-e-nv and tcSdy shipped "
sore of cars. Tie Fp--sburg 4 Chicago /
lcS,7ca nearly their fuls GU ~. Tue I
FtIstgrg & Lake Erie I1:llJad moved /
145 oars. Nl-,lIl IS over IS pe'r ceCE CT |
their normal lCadis-"