The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28
OPERATORS HAVE NOT BEEN IDLE
DURING THE PAST FEW
DAYS. n
NEW MEN ALREADY HIRED.
EFFORT TO BE MADE ON THE
WHEELING BRANCH OF THE
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He Does Not Believe thetMine own
ers VIII Assume the Great
Risks Involved.

PITTSBURG. Pa, Aug. 27.-Coal op-
orators of the Pittsburg district have
not been asleep during the past few
days. The impression in certain circles
that there would be no attempt made
to start the mines seems to have been
established for purpose, and that pur-
pose was to divert the attention of the
miners officials. 1t has been definite
ly decided to start several mines along
the Wheeling division of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad. The preliminaries
were all completed tonight, and a de-
cisive move can be expected at most
any time.
1t was given out that the Cleveland
operators had gone to their homes for
the ostensible purpose Of awaiting the
result of the ST. Louis convention.
Some of them went, but others did not.
Those remaining behind were members
of the newly appointed committee,
whose duty it is to perfect the arrange
ments for starting some of the mines
and in the end break the strike One
of the first moves was to get in touch
with the railroad companies. The of
ficials Of the railroads at once agreed
to cooperate with the operators in
activity in the coal producing industry
of the Pittsburg district. 1t was made
very apparent that the. railroads were
losing a large amount of business and
that they were fellow sufferers with the
coal operators. The question of eX-
pense of getting imported labor into the
district was discussed, and the railroad
companies agreed to share their portion
of the outlay 49,
After this agreement was made the
work of hiring imported labor was talk
en- charge of by special subcommittee.
Just when they will be brought into
the district could not be learned. One
of the principal reasons for selecting
the Wheeling division, of the Baltimore
& Ohio is the fact that men can be
brought in and unloaded in close proX-
unity to the pit mouths. They can
also be brought into the district from
the South by way of Wheeling and
would not. have to be transported
through very much of the Pittsburg
district.
Another reason advanced is the fact
that the mines along this road have
been supplying coal for the locomo-
tives of the railroad, and, if coal is
not furnished, United States mail trains
could not be run, and the wheels of
the national government would be in
terfered with. Protection would be
forthcoming with no cost imposed on
the operators, as the government would
be bound to protect and maintain its
property at its own expense. These
plans have all been completed, and the
work is we'll under way.
President Patrick Dolan shook his
head when the question Of the starting
of mines by the operators was PREACHED
today. "I don't believe they will make
such an attempt" he said. II am of
the opinion that they will wait until
after the convention at st. Louis. Just
now it would be a big undertaking to
start mines in this district with i'm
ported men. Yet they may be sincere
in their intentions"
District Secretary Warner does not
anticipate that a general strike will be
declared at ST. Louis. He says it is not
needed, as the miners officials are sat
isfied with the progress which the
strike is making.
The first attempt to start any of the
coal mines in this district was made at
the Champion mines Of Robbins & Co.,
near Mcdonald, Pa, on the Pan Han
die railroad, this afternoon. Two car
loads of foreigners gathered from about
Pittsburg were sent to the Champion
mines about daylight, and put to work
loading slack into cars. The miners
heard of the arrival Of the new men,
and 500 women marched on the mine
The new men were attacked with
stones and clubs and driven from the
cars. The women followed them up,
and the foreigners without resisting,
fled to Noblestown The women then
returned to Mcdonald and dumped the
slack that had been loaded from the
cars.