Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-28

miners represented at the conference to-
morrow. as there seems 10 be consider
able dissatisfaction with Mr.. De Armitts
announcement to-day that the conference
has no connection with the strike, ana
Is merely for the purpose OF establishing
uniformity Many OF the operators think
with Colonel Rend that the meeting
should devise some means TO settle the
strike. as well as TO provide for uni
formity.
Reports to the miners officials from
throughout the district show everything
quiet All plans are being held In abey-
ance. pending the action OF the confer
cnce
WEST VIRGINIA SITUATION.
CINCINNATI. O.. July IA special 10
the Commercial Tribune from NheeiiHs. .is.
W Va. says: The coal strike IN thlS
State does not show much change 10
day. At Fairmont the Monongah mlli1s mliies
added "a number Of men 10 thelr Woi hlhs
force making 100 men empioyed-
twO-thrds Of the force before thS 81 IN, m,
Eighty men came into the field from
COnneltsVille and were put 10 MOih III
the various mines. All the watson
mines are working full, as are the 80.
ton. Montana. New England ana "eS1
EairmOnt mines.
The agitators are all out Of the field to-
day. except the local men, ana tney a. aIo
waiting on the decision or the w mems us
conference. Although the WORKERS dI0
nawha Valley they appear 10 De dolnB
| little good and no fewer men are WoIk-
| ing there to-day than yesterday ana thS
strike is having no practlcdl tilecI "
ward reducing production. on the NOT
folk and Western the mines are nearly
| all working. and are shipping heayhy;
AS the result Of d big meeting held Dy
| Secretary-Treasurer +. l.. Lewis az
Moundsville this morning, the men at
| the Moundsvllle and Glendale mines are
| an out to-day. i'm spite of the efforts OF
| the operators to induce them 10 get Ou.
enough coal to supply the ONO kiVer anu anu
Baltimore and Ohio railroads. Win "iitcl
the companies have contracts. Inns
| adds 100 men TO the strike a..
At the Boggs Run mines, IN thiS cily,
| the men are still working, thoush liiog
| have promised emissaries or the union
| TO Quit i'm the morning. meeting VIII
| be held for them tomorrow, when they
| will probably quit This VIII TIE up the
| Upper Panhandle District completely.
This morning fifteen train-loads OF coal
were hauled through here from west
! Virginia mines.
INJUNCTION HELPS STRIKERS.
CINCINNATI. o.. July PA special to
the Commercial Tribune from Clarksburg,
| w. Va. says: The injunction granted tne
| operators at Fairmont prohibiting meet
! ings. has helped the miners cause. Many
| who were against going out have be-
| come indignant oven what they aHege Is
| the suppression Of free speech, ana atN
now favoring organization, when VIII
place them under the leadership OF the
national officials Of the United Nine
! Workers.
ADVANCE IN WAGES.
PEORIA. ILL. July 2I.-The miners OF
! the Peoria District met to-day ana
| adopted a new scale, making an advance
| of about 40 per cent i'm wages not to De
| operative until a general settlement -
! effocted. The operators also met ana
| called another meeting, to consider the
! scale.
ILLINOIS MINERS STRIKE.
| ROCK ISLAND, ILL, July H.-As a
result of the visit Of committees from
| the Spring Valley and other striking
miners 100 men employed in mines near
Coal Valley, this county, struck to-uay'
PENNSYLVANIANS GO OUT.
ALTOONA. PA. July H.-Ftye huhureu
or more miners at Hastings nave sont
! ont on strike because the operators o, o,
| the Mitchell and Sterling mines rel Iussu u
| fo accept resolutions adopted by tnc
| miners at a meeting held Saturday hish''