Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-10


lowed the example of the Moundsville
miners and quit work in body. This
was accomplished through the persua-
sion of the Wheeling, Benwood and
Bellaire miners, who marched from
Benwood early yesterday morning, and
met the Glendale miners as they came
to work. The Glendale miners all
agreed to quit work without a great
deal of persuasion.
A meeting was held near the mines,
which was attended by all the Glen
dale miners. A couple of operators at
tended the meeting, but left when they
saw that they were not wanted. One
of the. miners got up and made mo-
ton that as it was miners meeting
that operators were not wanted, and
moved that if the operators remained
that the miners adjourn to the Glen
dale depot, and If the operators fol-
lowed them. that they go to Mounds
Vile and rent a hall. The Glendale
miners would not get up to speak
while their employers were there, but
the two operators withdrew when they
found that their presence had stirred
up a squall After going out they
called several of their men to come
out, but the miners refused to leave.
After succeeding in getting the Glen
dale people out, the miners, reinforced
by Glendale and Moundsville, COM
menced the march at 10 o'clock to the
Boggs run mines. There were about a
hundred and sixty, headed by drum
corps, and they marched by twos.
They arrived at Benwood and partook
of their dinner there, which consisted
of a barrel of bread and cheese
They arrived at the mouth Of the
Boggs' run mines about two o'clock,
and waited for the men in the mine
to come out, = crowd gathn"Ad around
the place and watched the proceed
ings, among whom were about thirty
women, the wives of some OF the
Boggs' run miners, and were there to
help to influence their relatives to
out of the mine about two o'clock,
singly and in pairs. They were al
ways approached by couple OF the
strikers delegated for that purpose,
and were talked with. Many of them
stated that they were willing to strike,
and others said they were willing to
abide by the wishes Of the majority.
The leader of the strikers said that an
effort would be made to get the Boggs
run miners to hold a meeting and that
they would go into camp around the
mine until to-day, when three hun
dred miners from Wheeling Creek are
expected to join them. He stated that
the outlook was that if the Boggs' run
miners would not quit work, that the
Glendale and Moundsville miners
would all return to work, as there was
considerable rivalry between the three
mines for the same trade and were not
anxious to give any of the others an
advantage.
In connection with the Moundsville
miners, the statement in the evening
paper yesterday that it was the only
paper on Sunday to give the decision
of the Moundsville miners, was an I'M
vanished falsehood and in keeping
with the everyday statements made
by that sheet. The Register had Sun
day the full report of the Moundsville
miners decision and an account of the
effort to be made to bring out the
Glendale and Boggs' run miners.
If the strikers succeed in getting
out the Boggs' run men, the next OBJ
jective point will be the mines supply
ing fuel to the Riverside, Belmont and
La Belle mills President Hubbard, of
the Wheeling Iron and Steel Company,
yesterday asked for a conference with
his miners, as he wants them to go to
work He wants to start the pudding
MILL but the puddlers cannot work I'M
less the miners start The miners,
however, are out and declare emphat-
ically that they will not return 10
work until the strike is settled.
A Glendale miner tells some facts
concerning the treatment of the men
at the companys store, which plainly
shows what they have to contend with.
He says that last Saturday he had S25
coming to him for wages, but that
when his store bill was deducted from
it he received only seven cents. He
states that there are many of the
miners who have been working stead
lily since New Years and have not re-
ceived a cent of money. Their wages
are all eaten up by the enormous
charges at the company's store, where
they are expected to trade. He said
he had to pay $3.50 for a sack of -four
which he can buy in Benwood or
Moundsville for 80 cents, % cents for
a package of coffee, 10 cents a pound
for sugar, which can be purchased else
where for five cents. He had on a pair
of common working shoes which would
not cost at any shoe store more than
81 or $3.50, for which he had been
charged $3.50. These are only a few
instances Of the privations to which
the men there have been subjected
1t has been generally supposed that
the Glendale miners have been getting
the scale price. but Secretary Ander-
son. of the miners district organiza-
ton, proved to the operator at the
meeting yesterday morning that the
Glendale miners had been getting
seven cents less than the scale price.
The miners who went to Boggs' run
to get the men at that mine to came
out did not camp out last night, as they
expected, but returned TO Benwood last
evening to remain for the night. They
succeeded in getting fifteen OF the
Boggs' run men to sign a paper pledg-
ing themselves to stay out II the mines.
The strikers will return to the mines
early this morning to be there when
the others come to work. They are
very honeful of getting the Boges men