The herald., 1897-07-13


where during the past week he has been
in conference with other coal-mine op-
orators and with the officials of the min
ers' organization relative to settlement
of the strike.
Mr.. Rend says there is no telling right
now when the strike will end.
| Mr.. Rend discussed the strike situa-
| tion at length, and continuing, said
THE strike has grown in size from day
to day, until now it has assumed great
proportions. 1 expect that within the
next ten days it will have reached the
full maturity and it's greatest strength.
| Unless speedily settled, it threatens to
be one of the most formidable conflicts
between capital and labor in the entire
| industrial history of the country.
"The success or failure of the strike
| depends very largely upon the success
during the coming week of the plans of
| the miners officials. They will strain
every effort to close down the mines of
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
Company in the Pittsburg region, and at
the same time organize and bring out
the coal diggers in West Virginia.
| Besides the coal mines in West Vir-
| ginia there are also large amounts of
bituminous coal being produced in Penn
sylvania outside of Pittsburg. While
coal will be scarce in many places, there
will be no general famine-at least, not
for a while longer.
1T seems to me that the best way of
all is to have a conference of all the
representatives of both the operators
and miners at Pittsburg, and them by
| just concessions on both sides agree
upon terms of peace"
| PREPARING FOR TROUBLE
WHEELING, w. Va, July IA great
change has come over the miners of this
State, and the operators do not disguise
their intention to do their best to keep
the organizers from doing effective
work. Meetings We're held at Packer,
Elkhorn and Bluefield last evening, but
no definite action was taken.
The Governor and Adjutant-G General
are preparing for trouble. Within the
week 500 stands of arms have been re-
ceived from the government for the mil
itia, with half a million rounds of am
munitions, including Gatling carriages.
| The militia will be used as soon as there
is any reason for it.
MORE MEN OUT
SPRINGFIELD, July 12.-Pursuant
to a decision at yesterdays mass meet
ing the miners in this district struck,
except at the Clear Lake Cooperative
and Spalding shafts.
DANVILLE, July 12.-At today IS
meeting of 1900 miners in this district ii
! was voted to cease all work in the dis
trict
MOUNTS SYMPATHY
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 12.-Gov.
Mount said today that his sympathy is
all with the strikers in the present con-
test between the operators and miners
He is investigating his authority as
chief executive to take a hand in the
struggle, and if he sees his way clear
will appoint an investigating commits
sion.
ALL QUIET
WHEELING, w. Va, July 12-Devel-
opments across the river in the eastern
Ohio mining district were meager today.
West Virginia coal is passing over the
three coal carrying roads in this vicinity
in large quantities, but 30 far there has
been no molestation of trains.
| AT Dillonville all is quiet.
WAGES RAISED
FAIRMONT, w. Va, July 12.-The op-
| orators of the seventeen mines in this
| county which constitute the Fairmount
| coal region, of which the result of tho
great miners strike rests, have an ad-
| vapce of cents a ton to all men. Not
withstanding this advance, the sympa-
| thies of many of the miners in this re-
| gion are with the strikers and many
wish to join the strike.
NOT QUITE CERTAIN
BELLAIRE, Ohio, July 12.-The min
! ers at Schick's mines were called upon
| by committee of two from each of the
mines along the Baltimore and Ohio this
morning, who asked them to quit work.
They gave the committee no satisfaction
beyond an indication that they were re
| ceving better pay than the others were
striking for. Men are gathering in anu
about town. Some are ready to prevent
the miners from returning to work in the
morning and they will camp in the
neighborhood tonight. Secretaries Lew
is and Glasgow have arranged for an
other conference tomorrow.
A Beast Convicted
JACKSON, July PA. Marrino Mar
roni was sentenced today to eight years
imprisonment in Folsom for an assault