The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-07-20
THE MINERS
or the Fairmont District VIII Join ths
Strikers--The Minera Are All Working
In the Clarksburg, w. Va, District.

Or the Fafrm0nt District VIII JOIN tns
strikers--The Minera Are All Working
In the Clarksburg, w. Va. District.
CLARKsBURG, w. Va, July 1.-THE
mines were all working here Friday
and outwardly everything is running
smoothly, but there is an undercurrent
of uneasiness among the operators and
dissatisfaction among the miners,
and there is no doubt that
Saturday will settle whether a
strike will be declared or not.
Delegations of miners will attend
the meeting at Monongah where
President Ratchford and Eugene v.
Debs will speak, and there is strong
probability that general strike for
this region will be declared. New
men continue to arrive and all are
given work, and operators are loading
all the cars the roads furnish. Coal is
being shipped to Cleveland and Chi
cago.
FAIRMoNT, W. Va, July 1.-THE
events of Thursday and Friday show
plainly that it is the intention
of the miners of this section
to come out, and the time of the action
is supposed to be Saturday, when
Debs. Sovereign, Ratchford and Com
pers are billed here for an address. 1t
is the opinion that if the men can be
got out to the meeting they will not go
back to work in the mines. The gen.
eral impression seems to be that the
men will attend this meeting, not
withstanding Saturday is pay day:
and will fail to show up Sunday morn
ing. 1t was announced positively Fri
day night that the O'Donnell miners
will come out, and from a meeting
held at Monongah Thursday evening
and addressed by one of the agitators,
it is almost sure they will follow suit.
The meeting here Saturday is being
looked forward to with the greatest
interest by both miners and operators,
as it is expected to be the turning
point.
WILLIAMSBURG, w. Va, July II
The miners working in the Logan
consolidated mines in Matewan, this
county, came out Friday and joined
the strikers. They Friday morning
marched en- masse to Thacker, five
miles east, where they are now trying
mines at that place to come out.
Supt. Hunter of the Logan
mines, will put on force of non-union
men Saturday at the old price, and
this may provoke disturbance, al
though all is now quiet Three car
loads of non-union men were put on
in the Toms creek mines in the Elk
horn field Thursday. 1t is reported
that the men at Pocahontas in this
field came out Friday. Indications now
point to general strike in the Nor
folk & Western field.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, July 1.-THE
coal diggers at eight mines in the
Kanawha coal field quit work Friday.
They number about six hundred.
Others have agreed to quit Saturday.
The proba bility is that all of the
miners between Charleston and Mont
gomery will be idle by Saturday night.
They number about 2, 200.
COLUMBUS, o., July 17.-President
Ratchford, in speaking of the action
of Gov. Hastings in signing the miners
bill just passed in the Pennsylvania
legislature, providing for the weigh
ing of coal before it is screened, said:
st is the strongest expression of
friendship for the cause that Gov.
Hastings could have made at this par
ticular time"
Of the bill President Ratchford said:
IF the system is changed to run of
mine coal it will change our demand
accordingly but need not necessarily
complicate matters"
Word was received at national head
quarters Friday that the suspension in
Illinois is practically complete.