Evening star., 1897-07-27

and struck. There is great excitement.
Locks Placed on the Gates.
FAIRMONT, w. Va, July 27.-At Wat
son today locks were put on all the gates
and deputies called for which makes every
mine In the county under the county's
protection. This is done by the opera tors
so the county will be responsible If any
Of their property is burned. At Beechwood
iiltes, Monongah, West Fairmont and
New england, men went in today, and
!Iom all appearances no more men will
join the strike.
OPERATORS MEET IN PITTsBURG.
Will Consider Arbitration and the
Armitts' Uniformity Plan.
PITTSBURG, Pa, July 27-The long
iooked-for conference of the Pittsburg coal
operators. which the joint arbitration COM
MISSION fully expects to adopt plan which
Will settle the big miners strike was call
ed for II o'clock this morning in the court
mouse. but owing to the slowness of the
operators to gather, it was almost noon be-
lore 1t was called to order 1t is the
largest meeting of the kind ever held in
'Els district The convention being an open
ohe' miners officials and many interested
cltlZens are on hand as spectators.
Those Who Are Present.
Inc operators present, who represent
practically the entire district are: DR. r
FRANK Schmid. labor commissioner OF Indi-
ana; Judge Selwyn V. Owens. Secretary
tlshop and Gen. John Little of the Ohio
board of arbitration; Geo. w. schlueder-
berg, representing the Francis L. Robbins
interests; Alex. Dempster of the Bower Hill
and Spring Hill mines; w. P. Murray of
Iickands, Mather & Co.; F. Saeyer ard
frank NJ Osborne of Osborne, Saeger & Co. ::
" W.. t.. Wilson of Ridgeway. bishop &
representing NJ. A. Hanna & Co: Col W
r. Rend of Chicago; W. P and Thomas
C' Ce AImltt' representing the New York and
Hreveland ins ia pa,; Gas Coal Company; VIM. Bead
iIns oI Beadilng Brothers; J. c. Dysart
John Newell of J. w. Ellsworth & Co: G.
W Hitchcock A. c. Saunders. d. w. Van
Eman OF the Pittsburg and Chicago Gas
Frank CaSmpang; arms,rSn Geo @ and John Hosack
man. j: w. Allies, w. Black, r. M. Dress
bach, James Armstrong of the Mansfield
Coal Company. ]. Weisser of the Lake
Shore Coal Company, VIM. Dinker of the
-ureKa Coal Company, D. NJ. Anderson,
j. W. Blower of the Equitable Coal Com
pany, VIM Shinn, Edward Boyle of Bowie
brothers. Henry Floorsheim. the Finley
vile operator: John Blyth of the RIvth
Coal Company, J. J. Steytler of the Slone
Mining Company.
To Consider True Uniformity.
AS yet the true uniformity pla,. which
is being urged by the arbitration commits
sen is the only one presented by the con-
ference.
While the operators generally are apa-
tEetic and have little faith in the succassful
consumma ton Of the commissions wish.
trey are ready and anxious to discuss and
adopt some plan of arbitration which will
brlng about peace and put the miners to
VI ork
True uniformity calls for cash payments
for every 1000 pounds of coal mined every
two weeks. adjustment OF company stores
and uniform screen.
The dinerential between the thick and
trim vein coal and between Ohio and Penn
syivanla coal may also come up for con-
sideration. The operators in the thin
vein coal say the IA cents difference in
@ IaHor OF thick vein coal is too much, and
some go as far as to say it should be cut
ope-half. This cut, If attempted will he
fought by the thick vein operators. and
may be the first rock which the con-
rsl rel eiGe VIII sp1t' as all the other points
mentioned have been granted as proper
III former conferences and conventions
Scheme of De Armftt.
There are 100 railroad mines in the Pitts
burg district, and these are operated Nv
eighty-nine firms. Thirteen of these are
said to mine and control almost 30 Ter cent
OF the coal mined in the district
The ambition of the arbitrators and w
T. DE Armitt. the father Of the uniformity
agreement, Is to have 95 per cent Of the
eishty-nihe operators agree to adopt a
system or standard Of doing business
VIII Extend to Anthracite Region.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, July 27-The editor
OF the United Mine Workers Journal said
today that the miners cause is to be car
rled into central and northeastern Penn
inv nJ1rtv
bituminous district, whose OUTPUT is shin
ped to the Atlantic seaboard
Illinois Miners Resort to Violence.
MOWEAQUA, ILL.,, July 27.-Last night a
large body Of Pana and Moweauua miners
headed by drum and fife CORPS marched
on the Assumption shaft and forced the
men who were loading coal for the local
trade and threshers to cease work This
morning when the whistle blew not a
miner went to work. The farmers are very
Dtter In their denunciation Of the miners.
lnasniucn as the farming community has
contributed to the miners cause very lib
orally.
Boone Mine Still Closed,
CANONSBURG, Pa, July 27-The Boone
mine is still closed, waiting a settlement OF
the present trouble. The Enterprise mine
is also closed. The mine of Cook & Sons,
at McGovern, is closed today The shut
down Is only temporary, no effort will
be made to operate the mine until the in
Junction rotices have been fully served
against the leaders of the encamped
strikers. About 100 Of the strikers camp
Ing at the mine returned to their homes
this morning. They will return just as
soon as the mine opens up again. About
iD strikers are still on the scene. The
strikers are of the impression that they
nave about succeeded in gaining the OBJ
Ject Of their mission here
Hanna Fnvors Speedy Settlement.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, July 27.-Mr. Thos
Dung, the representative of NJ A. Hannu
goes to Pittsburg with instructions to .se
every effort to bring about a speedy SET
tlement of the strike. All the Cleveland
operators We're hopeful that the conference
would result in some satisfactory adjust
ment. The feeling that the conference is
likely to flash vanished, which is due to the
apparent determination of the West Vir
ginia miners to continue working.