Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19
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quite, check-mated their opponents, the

quite, check-mated their opponents, the
Striking coal miners.
The courts decree to-day in making
permanent the preliminary injunction
restraining the strikers from camping,
marching, or in any manner interior
ing with the New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal Campany's miners has
had the effect of almost depicting the
camps about those mines and appar-
emily a general decentralization among
campers exists.
In order to follow up their advan-
tage, the operators held a largely at
tended meeting tonight at the Monon-
gahela House and arranged for the
starting up of their mines with or
without force. If force seems to be
unavoidable, it is is the intention TO
start a certain few mines at once un-
der the protection OF deputies and
whatever expense may result VIII be
shared pro rata by the mine owners.
This scheme to start the mines was
adopted to break the national strike
in 1894.
The operators then agreed to bear
the expense, and two mines were put
in operation and the men were guard
ed by deputies. The mines selected
were the Manown, Of the Youghlogh-
eny Gas Coal Company, and the Durr
mine. of Osborne, Saeger & Co. AT the
former mine eighteen railroad cara
were loaded the first day. 1t was eX-
pensive coal. but when the bills were
settled no operator could be found TO
tell what that coal cost. Various es-
Inmates we're given and it was conced-
ed by some that it did not cost
cent less than IS a ton. But 1t had
the desired effect.
A similar successful effort was maze
by the operators several years ago
wnen a number of colored men were
brought in from the South and for
eigners were imported from other 10
calities. They remained AFTER the
strike was ended and are still in the
district and among the surplus OF
miners, -,
President Dolan, of the miners or
ganization, does not believe the move
ment will be a success this time, as the
strikers are more in earnest than ID
anv former struggle THE operators
now talk about their inability to pay
the advance on account of having tax
on contracts at the 54-cent rate said
he. when they made those contracts
thev were fairly warned that higher
rate would be demanded. We called
for conferences and told them not to
make any contracts based on the low
rate for digging. So that there could
be no possibility of a misunderstanding,
we issued a public notice, and had 1t
printed in the daily papers. They were
told plainly not to make contracts
based on a 54-cent mining rate. We
did not take any advantage OF them,
for thew knew what was coming. When
I spoke of a strike they merely
laughed and said: We will have you
starved out in two weeks They see
now where they were mistaken, and
want to start, but they will not sue
coed. We will establish a camp and
march at every mine where the at
tempt is made to operate. We will
fight to the bitter end.
Camp Determination at Turtle Creek
was reduced in number to-day from
200 to 80. The men who were told TO
90 home gathered in an angry crowd
and denounced the officials bitterly.
Secretary VIM. Warner came in for
a large share of vitupe-ation from the