The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-09
THE MINERS STRIKE
Conference to Order a Sym
pathetic Movement Off
for Today at Least.
SERIOUS OUTLOOK AT CLEVELAND
Fuel Growing Scarce-P. B. K.
Contracts for Daily De-
livery of Coal.

PTTTSBURG, Pa, July Q, 1S97.-The
strike conference has been postponed until
two O'Clock, President Ratchford having
been detained. Among the other National
leaders In the city who will take part in
the conference are: President M. M. Gar
land and Secretary Stephen Madden, of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers; w. d. Mcmahon, National
President of the AmaIgamated Associa-
tion of Street Railway Employees; ]. NJ.
Hughes, National Secretary of Federated
Metal Trades; Simon Burns, National
President of the Window Glass Workers
Association; M. P. Carrick, National
President of the Brotherhood of Paint
ers and Decorators; NJ J. Connahan,
National Secretary of the Plumbers
Union. and L. R. Thomas, National Presi-
dent of the Pattern Makers League.
The conference was to be of prominent
labor leaders to consider the proposition
for the cooperation cf the various trades.
President Gonpers, of the American
Federation of Labor, arrived in Pitts
burg from Washington this morning, but
at ten o'clock he had not yet met Presi-
dent Ratchford or any of the other lead
ers. He expressed himself as desirous
of aiding the strikers In every possible
manner. The conference was scheduled
to be held at the Monongahela House.
Just what is proposed is not known. It
was thought that the meeting would out
line plans for making the strike general,
and possibly to have other trade organi-
cations refuse handle or use coal
mined during the strike
President Gompers was in conference
with Colonel W. P. Rond, the wealthy
coal operator of Chicago, this morning
The latter advocated arbitration, and
said the conditions of trade will not JUS
tify the large and sudden increase that
the miners now claim. He further stated
that he believed the strike would termi-
nate in the course of two or three weeks
and that the men would compromise at
sixty cents.
The suggestion that a joint meeting OF
the Arbitration Boards OF Ohio, Indiana.
Illinois and Pennsylvania be held In this
city next week and an effort made to
settle the strike was received with favor
here and 1t Is believed that both operators
and miners would welcome 1t.
Striking miners are beginning to find
their way into town and dozens Of them
visited the headquarters Of the United
Mine Workers this morning. A number
of diggers from Castle Shannon mines
came to see If the company ocf1ld not
get enough men to worA to dig coal so
as to run two engines.
The company claims p have a contract
these must be hauled. The Cassie Ekan-
non Coal Company has n01railrpaa COR
nections. and IT IS. believed the farm win
be allowed to work enough ,xaen at the
advanced price to keep their own ma
chinery in motion
Keeling Bros. are working etght miners
driving tunnel entry. A resofution was
passed last Saturday at the convention
that no coal should be mined until the
majority OF the. operators paid the .ad-
sign the scale to pay 50 cents per ton
the men are to refuse to work. Opefa<-
ofs we were ce allowed to repair their mines
A number of operators are desirous cf
opening entries now.
The operators point to the fact that all
the mines on the Pennsylvania Railroad
within the forty mile limit have resumed
operations and are shipping coal west.
One operator bought from the keystone
Coal Co. one hundred and twenty-five
cars which had been standing on a siding
at five cents a ton advance. The fira also
contracted for twenty-five carloads a day
as long as the strike lasts
The Central Traffic Association carries
all coal mined within radius OF forty
miles of Pittsburg to the Lakes at 90
cents per ton. This is called the forty
l..
vania Railroad coming within reach of
that rate are the New York and Cleve-
land Gas Coal Company's mines. capacity
250 cars per day: Keystone Coal Conn
twenty-five cars; Penn Gas, $50 cars;
Atlantic. so cars; Berwind- White Ocean
Nine, 100 cars; Coreys Duquesne Mine
twenty-five cars; The Hampton and FL
kins Gas Coal each twenty-five cars
capacity and the Westmoreland Coal
Company, 200 cars.
The Pennsylvania Railroad claims to
have started 1000 cars of coal westward
yesterday and promised to supply cars
enough each day to ship equal amounts.
Tho mines on the Pennsylvania Railroad
but in times like these when orders arg
numerous for GOAL these firms dispose ox
the coal at advanced prices.
Desperation i'm Cleveland.
CLEVELAND o., July 9. 1sa7s-The
situation in this city over the coal strike
is becoming desperate. The Cleveland
railroads are growing bolder in corffiscat-
ing coal and those who depend upon a
regular supply are becoming anxious. The
schooner B. w. Parker of Detroit has
been delayed in Cleveland since Sunday
on account of the action of the Erie Rail-
way The boat was loading coal at the
Cleveland Shipbuiiding Company's works.
A n Erie engine backed on the high trestle
which leads to the car dumping machine
and carried away thirty cars of coal
which were to have been loaded into the
Parker. The boat will have TO so up
light. Several boats were delayed today
owing to the difficulty in securing fuel
The Inter-ocean Coal Company, one of
the heaviest fueling firms on the lake.
has only coal enough to last it's customers
a few days. The Pennsylvania and Ohio
Fueling Company has suspended business
altogether in Cleveland. There is con-
siderable fuel in the upper A2xes and
some of 1t may have to be brought down
here. 1t IS generally admiSted now that
the coal dealers and mine operators were
very poorly prepared for a strike.
The Morris Coal Company has ceased
dealers as a rule have delivered nearly
all their coal.
The vessel men say that the strike will
cause all but the exceptionally large
boats to lay up. When the strike tS
declared off there will be heavy de-
mand for boats and the vessel men hope
then to obtain the better rates. The ves-
sci men hope then to obtain better rates.
The vessel men take indeed a very
philosophical view of the situation. They
hold that 1t viii improve fall traffic and
that the miners will be victorious in the
Tight.
The great plant of the Cleveland Steel
Company closed this morning owing to
lack of fuel. A number of other plants
are preparing to shut down.
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