The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-07-15

men. This is twenty-five times as many
men as there are regular soldiers in the
United States army.
Carroll ID. Wright, chief of the United
States Bureau of Labor Statistics, re-
Gently published the statement that about
100000 men were in enforced idleness
in this country. This, added to the men
just called or locked out, makes the fol
lowing remarkable showing:
Wright's estimate of the unem-
Miners called out. Observation-Disclosures. 375, ,00C
Amalgamated workers, etc......... 10000
Grand total ...............-...3 3,625, ,O0C
The following statistics of this big
strike, among the miners alone, show an
amazing loss of wealth to the country as
follows:
Number Of men called OUT. 315,00O
Number of States affected. ....... 1O
Months loss to 315, 900 men. at 90
cents day each. $40, 125, 10O
Months loss % operators, at 10
cents profit per ton en- 16.OO0,OOO
IoHS 1,OuU,OUU
Loss TO railroads at 30 cents per
ton .. ........ 100000
Less to coal companies stores at
the rate of 20 cents day spent
by each miner S,437 800
Monthly loss ........s2 s24. .962 500
From estimates prepared on the basis
of coal mined in the year 1898, making
allowance for the present conditions, it
is believed that the expense of maintaining
the strike in the State of Ohio alone will
aggregate nearly $4,000 day. OF this
amount the miner loses nearly 1900,
the coal operators $4,000 and the rail-
road companies $4,000. To this must
also be added the decreased earnings of
the railroad employees, dock and lake YES
sci employees and the profits of retail and
wholesale dealers. The total output in
Ohio for the year 1895 was 11,O00,000
tons in found numbers, an average of 566
tons miner, which is equal to 1.6 tons a
day. 1t is estimated that 100000 tons
of the total output is nut coal, for which
the miner receives no pay and is clear
profit for the operator.
National President Ratchford said
that he had received reports
showing that the greater part of Penn
sylvania, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio was
idle, and within day or two complete
is expected. The Ohio miners
are practically unit for higher wages,
rs -o,OVU VI tHt -C.OOO III tue
State are already holding out for the
scale.
President Patrick Dolan, of the Pitts
burg district, estimated the total number
Of men out to be nearly $1,000. Presi-
dent Dolan further said the reports from
all over the district indicate the strike will
be more general than at first supposed.
Along the Monongahela River work has
been suspended and deter
mined battle is in progress. All the mines,
with the exception Of comparatively
small number, are idle, and it is thought
nearly every miner will come out. The
indicate strike Of some
length, and in consequence the distress
will be great.
Must Face the Law.
An important step was taken at Gin
cinnati in connection with the strike,
which puts the power of the United States
against all violence or unlawful acts in
1t least portion of the territory of Ohio
An order of the United States Circuit
Court, southern district of Ohio, eastern
was made by Judge Taft, upon
4 showing made by Myron Il. Herrick
md Robert Blickensderfer, receivers of
he Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
Company and of the Wheeling, Lake
Erie and Pittsburg Coal Company, where
Dy the United States Marshal is directed
10 protect their miners at work and to
prevent unlawful interference with the
operations of their railway.
The receivers state that they are en-
gagged IN the operation of two coal mines
If the Wheeling, Lake Erie and Pittsburg
Coal Company, known as the Dillenvale
md Long Run coal mines; that there is a
strike among the mine workers of Ohio
md other States under the direction of
he United Mine Workers; that all of the
800 miners at Dillenvale and one-half of
he 400 at the Long Run mine are desir-
,us of remaining at work, but have re-
'rained from so doing by reason of threats
md warnings from other miners who
lave joined the strike; that it is necessary
or the Iline to continue in operation and
hat the miners will continue at work if
protected from physical injury to them
selves and their property. Judge Taft
rave an order to the United States Mar
hal to consult with the receivers of this
,ourt and send to Jefferson County and
o other parts of this district sufficient
lumber of United States marshals to pro-
ect the mining and railroad property
low being operated by these receivers
lnder order of this court.
President Ratchford, in reviewing the
said: Much has been said as
o the amount of coal in stock at the head
# the lakes and in the general markets,
md also that operators in certain fields,
through informant ton received, made prep
rations for the contest by stocking up
oai. Such report is erroneous. The ope
ators, the public and even the miners
lad no information on this matter, and
here is no coal in stock in any great
Quantities. The enormity of the present
mining suspension is attracting the at
ention of members of Congress and the
senate, as well as members of the Cab
net. At present it seems as if some ac
ion looking to national arbitration may
e effected, or the este blishment of an
ight-hour work day. which is necessary
o take the surplus; labor off the market,
ollowed by a minimum wage law. That
his will be solution of the question
here is no doubt. but to insure action
long those lines the movement must be
nrgc in its proportions, and every miner
must cease work"
Indiana for Arbitration.
The Indiana labor arbitration commits |
ion has taken the initiative in propos- |
ne arbitration of the miners strike. The |
wo commissioners, Il. +. Schid, repre-
enting employers, and L. 2. Mccormack,
epresenting organized labor, met in spe-
ial session Tuesday, and decided to invite |
he labor arbitration commissioners of |
)hio. Pennsylvania and Illinois to meet |
D Indianapolis, with the view of agreeing |
pom a proposition of arbitration to be |
to the operators and miners.
;oy. Mount told the commissioners that |
e would cooperate in any plans agreed |
pom, and would ask the Governors of the |
ther States interested to joint him in |
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