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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

The principal Development in the sltu-
alton at Dlllonvale, yesterday, was the
closing of the entries Mt the Dillon md
Long Run mines Of the Wheeling. Lake
Erie & Pittsburgh Coal Company. Be-
fore the attempt on Monday 30 resume
at DillOnvale. Superintendent Roby
announced that the mines would be OPP
Grated or closed permanently. As the
miners declined to return to work at
the terms profered. the management
concluded to close the mines. Whether
this closing down is permanent or only
until the coal strike Is settled. remains
10 be seen-it IS hardly possible that II
Is permanent shutdown. and the min
ers themselves affect to believe that Il
is only a move to make them come to
the company's terms
a curious phase of the situation Mt
DIllonvale and Long Run Is that the
miners there ore striking independent
az the general strike. 1t is said that II
the coal company would agree to give
sixty cents ton there would be a gem
oral resumption AT both mines. The
company offered iifty-one cents a ton,
with sixty cents FOR all coal mined dur
ing the strike. II the settlement were at
the latter Agurc. This the miners re-
fused. It would seem reasonable that
the company would accede to the de-
mands OF the strikers II the strike is
ureatly prolonged. but the closing OF the
entries makes It appear that the mines
will not be operated in the near future.
The United States deputy marshals
are yet Mt Dlllonvale, but the develop
ments oil yesterday at that point make
Il likely that their presence will soon be
dispensed with. A special telegram 60
the IntelligenCer, received last night,
states that the deputies will probably
leave Dlllohyale to-day.
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IT IS INCORPORATED.
wheeling People Interested ia a Balti-
nlors ria Plate Venture.

wheeling People Interested ia a Balti-
asors TIA Plate Venture.
The sale OF the Baltimore Iron. Steel
and Tin Plate companys plant at Lo-
Gust Point, Baltimore, to Messrs. W. II.
Harris and David Tamplln on behalf OF
o new company called the BALTIMORE
Tin Plate Company, was ratified by the
circuit court on the nth inst. Mrs Anna
II. Coates. the owner of the fee, has
Joined the receivers, and the purchasers
have bought the property outright. The
consideration Is $4,000,
The Baltimore Tin Plate Company
was incorporated on the 18th inst, by
Messrs. W. II. Harris and David lamp
lin, OF Baltimore; Frank g. Turner, OF
Luthersville, Nd; Daniel Thomas, OF
Martins Ferry, Ohio. and Charles II.
Williams. OF Bridgeport, Ohio. The
purpose 81 the company Is to enter Into
the manufacture OF tin plate, block
plate and other metals In various forms.
The capital stock Is 100000, divided In
TO 1000 shares OF 500 each. Mr., w. IL.
Harris, who engineered the Undertaking
has been elected president OF the new
company. Ms. Frank @. Turner, Sec
rotary and treasurer pro tenn. and tho
incorporators directors Messrs. Harris
and Tamplln were until recently ldenti-
fled with the Standard mill, OF
Bridgeport. Mr. Harris was formerly
manager and secretary TO the Villiers
Tin Plate Company, at BrittOn Ferry,
Wales. and Is familiar with the man
ufacture of tin plate on both sides OF the
Atlantic.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

paid for mining In 1898, thin Veln' "
cents. and thick vein. g cents per ton.
The rate paid AT present Is; Thin vein, y
70 20 cents per ton.
During the same year the prices IN
Ohio ana Indiana were 20 and % cents
per ton respectively. AT present Il ~ o.
cents per ton, or less, In both staies. win
a reduction offered or at least contemT
plated in Ohio To As cents per ton, IN con-
sequence OF the low prices IN western
Pennsylvania.
This ratio OF fallen wages holds good
all along the line. affectlng every mining
state almost equally alike.
In the great Hooking valley district OF
Ohio the average wages per miner IN one
OF the largest mines during period OF
eight months, from October /, 1856 to
June /. 1887, was 500 per man. or 81 80 per
man per month gross earnings; from TINS
amount the cost OF mine supplies are de-
Quoted, leaving the remainder with
which TO pay house rent, coal, etc, ana
support his family.
Al another mine In the same district
the gross earnings Of thiFty-Rine miners
Is shown by the written statements OF the
company 10 aggregate $223 IS for two
weeks labor, or an average OF s. ~ per
man per week. For the same period the
deductions for company store, powder
and rent, Including some back rental, ag-
gregate S6l9 20. The deductions for store
alone, which bespeaks the total cost or
supporting thirty-nlne families fur TWO
weeks, amounts to Sis O5, or an average
OF 81 2S per family per week.
Further Illustrations indicative OF the
poverty and extreme suffering or the
miners and equally as heartrendlng can
We found everywhere. Ohio furnishes
fair example OF the general condition OF
mining. ] quote from the report OF II,
NJ. Haseltlne, chief inspector OF mines OF
Ohio, for 1895, when the mining rate was
So cents per ton: Therefore at b cents
per ton the daily wages shall be found 10
be 81 50, or a total OF 1921 IS for the
years work, which viii give each miner
an average Of SIS IS per month" rms,
IL will be remembered, is exclusive OF Gil
deductions and that the mining rate was
four cents per ton higher than the pres
ent price. The amount OF increase IN
wages demanded and for which we are
now conteuding Is but nine cents per ton
over our former scale, together win
readjustment Of machine mining, which
Will place II upon an equal basis with
pick mining. giving 70 each their Just
proportion.
In summing up the whole situation In
few words. this movement Is nothing
less than spontaneous uprising OF an
enslaved people, who have determined to
submit no longer to the cruel, heartlesS
and inhuman conditions imposed upon
them by INSCRIPTIONS employers, which
has reduced them and their dependents
to actual starvation. 1t should be said
in Justice to a large majority of the en-
ployers that they are not responsible for
this condition; 1t is due to the actions OF
a few who have cut prices far below the
demands OF the market, thus demoraliz-
ing trade and cutting wages indiscrim-
lnately until the point Is reached where
men can no longer live by their thrift and
Industry.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

Yesterday morning the one hundred
or more miners employed. at the rail-
road mines of the Glendale Coal Com
pany, at Glendale, eight miles below
wheeling, informed their employees that
they would not continue at work after
yesterday. At the conclusion of their
days work last evening, the men
brought cut their tools and declare thal
they will remain out until the general
coal strike has been settled. Just NJ the
start OF the strike, the Glendale men
came out, but resumed almost immedi-
ately when the management advanced
the wage scale from hfty-one TO sixty
cents per ton, the price for which the
miners are contendlng In this district
Since their return to work, however, the
officials Of the Wheeling district min
ers' organization Rave been at work on
the Glendale miners, their stand being
that they should not work even with
their demands aeeeded to. Finally they
have arrived at that conclusion, and
their notification TO the MANAGEMENT
yesterday, followed. The shutdown at
Glendale will seriously inconvenience
two railroads, the Baltimore q Ohio and
Ohio River roads. which have been
coaiing their engines there. OF course
the Baltimore & Ohio Is in shape to Sc
cure fuel readily from the Fairmont
district, but the Ohio River company Is
not so fortunately situated. Aside
from the Glendale mines. there is no
other on the upper part OF the road
none. in fact, nearer than those Just be-
low Mason City, In Mason county.
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WAY THEY ARE srRlKlNe.
President Hatehford aud Secretary PeRrs'
Give the Reasons.


Give the Reasons.
In response to considerable demand.
President Ratchford and Secretary
Pearce. of the United Mine Workers,
have just Issued an open letter to the
public, in which the reasons for striking
are given in detail. The local miners
have received copies Of the declaration.
It Is as follows:
To the Public Generally:
Many Inquiries have been made by
the press and public as to the causes
leading up TO our suspension. to which
we make tile following signed state
ment:
our suspension Is net n choice but m
alternative IL Is The voice Of an on
shaved class urged to action by cruel and
unbearablc conditions; the protest Of an
overworkcd. undefpald people against
longer continuing eeml-siaryed exist
ence. This method OF re-cstabliBhing n
living rate Of wages was not adopted un-
I'll ell other moons had hopelessly failed
Cancellation, looking toward perma-
ncnt, uniform mining price to be polntly
determined has been repeatedly pro-
posed by M and as frequently rejected.
and even Ignored. by the employers. The
spirit OF the Oppo4lli1n was cryetallZcd
and summed up by a leading operator In
Joint conference, who threw down The
gauge of battle In tho following signlh-
cant language, Go on and fight; we are
ready for You"
Notwithstanding The irrltahlcncss and
unfalrnesg N the above challenge. con-
clllatlon was nos d9spllrcd of at that
time, hut WAS pursued until further and
more convincing experience demon-
stratcd the futlllty Of our efforts, when
we very reluctantly were forced 10 nban-
don them and resort 10 the last and only
means nt our command
In entering upon Ills action Of last re-
sort we were folly conscious of tho vest
proportions Of our struggle and IL
bllghtng effects upon the business and
labor interests Of the country. but hay.
Ink done all IN ou" POWER 10 avert II, and
exceedingly regret IT, serious conso-
qucncel. we do not hesitate 10 appeal TO
thc nation Cos It's verdict.
The limit " endurance was reached
when honest labor could no longer suH-
tain Itself. on the one side we were con.
frOntcd by hpnrilNaa array M employ
tts. whose combined wisdom ana wealth
suggested no remedy other than coniln-
Hed submission TO nyarieo and grccd ON
the other side We were met by the cries
~ nearly 100000 men, women and chill
dron appealing for their rights a. the op.
porunltloa NJ lfe and wages to sustain
them compatible with economy. clyliIzn-
lion ana present Industrial conditions.
That wngrt have been reduced below
The living point no one win deny who la
nj an familiar with The conditions sur.
rounding the lives ma earnings ot tho
milne worker The following comphrl.
bon ~ prices p1l1 no 1893 with those p1ld
90 present lolls me story. Tho great
mining dmtfirt Of wraturn fonnaylyunla
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21
JEWELERS. ASSOCIATION
Wind. Up and a New Organization 1
Formed.

Winds Up and New Organization is
Formed.
DETROIT, Mich. July 2O.-After an
existence of 1--WE years, the National
jewelers. Association ended its career
to-day. The fifth convention of the or
ganizatIon began in the Hotel Cadillac,
yesterday. To-day twenty-five dele
gates from several states were on hand.
but neither the president, Richard
o'NeIlI, OF Lincoln. Neb.. nor the sec
rotary, f. o. Hnnnis. of York, Neb..
appeared, and neither sent his address
or report.
There was q warm executive session.
during which Il was charged that the
non-appearance OF the officers was
chargeahle to the influence OF the man
ufacturers and jobbers. The Missouri
delegation, which represents strong
state organization, formally resigned
and this preclpitated u wind-up OF the
association.
The meeting at once took steps to
form O new organization OF the same
name. except that the word retail Is
eliminated. The jobbers and manufac-
turers will be asked to Join the new
association. It's officers were elected as
follows: President Richard Pinkstone,
Philadelphia: vice president, d. a. Cur
lis, Knoxville. Iowa; secretary. Charles
III. Hamer. Philadelphia; treasurer Asa
Collier.
A committee was appointed 20 draft n
constitution and report at a meeting TO
be called later. The point OF difference
between the iewclry men has been re-
bates allowed the jobber by the manu-
facturer from which the retailers have
had no benefits.
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Po.lIn..ter. comml..lonsa.

Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON. d. c., July co.
Commissions have been Issued to West
virginia postmasters of the fourth class
as follows:
BENJAMIN Cochran. Blanche, Han
cock county; j. NJ. Downey, Clay, Clay
county; L. p. Matheney, Graham mines,
Kanawha county; j, II. billiard, Ken
dalla, Kanawha county; Isaac Conner,
Legg, Kanawha county; J. ]. Miller.
Marshall, jackson county; ]. II. Wat
son. Masontown. Preston county, Ora
Reed. Mllwood. Jackson county; ]. II.
McGlnnis. Mole Bill Richie county;
G. Il. Leavitt, New England. Wood
county; George Goode. New Foundry
omlng county: j. II. Ballard. Peters,
town. Monroe county; j. X. Palmer,
Willlamstown. Wood county.
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spoclal Dlspatch 20 the InteIIIgcncor
WASHINGTON. d. c., July 20
james strosnlder. recently arrested at
Moundsvlle, on requlsition from the
District of Columbia, on n charge OF
having obtained money and other val
uables from James McKahan, OF this
city. on false pretenses, was convicted
this afternoon IN the criminal branch OF
the district supreme court, Justice c. C..
Cole presiding. The jury elaborated
but few minutes before agreeing up
on verdict. Strosnider viii probably
be sentenced Thursday He was de-
Tended by Attorney Thomas c. Taylor.
a FORMER member Of the Ohio state bar.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21
THE COAL STRIKE.
Another Break in the Local situa-
tion-Ths Miners at
GLENDALE COMPANY'S WORKS
Down the River, Lald Down Their Picks
Hast slight, and VIII Not Resume this
AIornlng-Thsy Have Been Conceded
the Rate Demanded, but Have Decided
toJoln Fortunes with strlksrs-sIiHsr'
omslals Islss An Open Letter.

Features of the local mining strike
situation yesterday, were the coming
out OF the one hundred or more men
employed at the works OF the Glendale
Coal Company eight miles below
wheeling. and the closing of the en-
tries to the Long Run and DlionVaie
mines OF the Wheeling. Lake Erie &
Pittsburgh Coal Company, from which
1t is reasonable to presume that the
wheeling & Lake Erie people have
abandoned their expressed Intention to
operate their mines during the strike.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

VICTORIA. b. C.. July 2O.-Thls city
is full OF prospective miners waiting for
steamers to take them north. Scores
Of men IRE throwing up good positions
in order to seek their fortunes in the
Ki6ndyke sold fields. John Piercy. a
wholesale merchant. has offered to pay
the Dominion government $4,000 per
annum. for n period of ten or i've years,
for the privilege OF collecting duty on
goods going into the Canadian section
OF the Yukon country. The authorities
have not as set youchsltsJ an answer,
but It Is believed that customs officers
win be sent UP there TO collect the duty
on American goods which are being ia
ken into the country
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Speclal Dispatch 10 the InteIIlgehceF
WASHINGTON, d. c., July co.
Among West vlrglnlans in the city are
L. ]. Foreman and W. c. Mooma, of
Grant county, and Captain C. W. Gra-
ham. Of Harper's Ferry
Captain c. l.. Williams. OF Parkers-
burg. who Is prominently Identified with
the projected railroad up the Little Ka-
nawha from Parkershurg, is ia Wash
lngton, consulting with the secretary of
war In respect to the construction OF
the necessary bridges over the river. He
reports as probable that cars Will be
running to Elizabeth. Writ county, be-
fore December
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Special Dispatch to the 1ntellgencer
CHARLESTON, viva. July 9O.-The
fight between the city council and the
county Is growing more bitter every
day. The saloonlsts who were granted
license By the eight members OF coun-
eli and the county court. are arrested
daily and have been receiving fines OF
S25 aud costs
To-day the mayor raised the fine TO
$50, md warns them he will make It $50
tomorrow. Bond Is given by the sa-
loonlsts and each case appealed to the
circuit court.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

BUFFALO, N. Y. July Coin the
suit Of i, Edward AddIcks, to restrain
the Burralo Gas Light Company from
transferring it, property and franchises
Ia the Mutual Gas Light Company Jus
tlce Woodward has decided that the In
junction secured by Mr.. Addcls to pre-
vent the transfer must be vacated. The
court holds that the rights OF the mi
nOrlly stockholders nre amply protect
ed by The statutes. aud that under the
circumstances there can be no reason
for continuing the injunction, which II
vacated and set aside
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Working for a Communication,

Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencer
CHARLEsToN.w Va, July 2O.-The
friends OF Albert Volrs. convicted OF
the murder Of Charles Gibson. II Mont
gomery, and sentenced to be hanged
August 25, arc working zealously to Sc
cure Communication OF sentence TO life
imprisonment. They argue that Wiley
Lewis, Wilbur Slaughter and Mrs. Glib
son all escaped with sentences In the
penitentiary, and therefore Yoirs
should receive the same sentence. Gov
ernor Atkinson win review the case
when he returns from Chicago.
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his men had not yet come up with Ma.
son. The Marshall county commlssions
ers WIN ofier reward OF 1900 for the
capture OF the murderer,
There Is great indignation IN Mounds
VILE over the cowardly deed. Il Is
thought the murderer would be given a
dose OF the swiftest kind OF justice
when caught
Early this morning II was stated BY
the attending physicians that While,
the younger brother, cannot recover,
and viii likely die some time to-day.
The older brother, Stanley, Will prob
ably be dead when this Is read.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

NASHVILLE. Tenn, July 2O.-Thls
was Baptist day at che exposition,
among the visitors being 1900 delegates
from the National convention OF the
baptist YOUNG Peoples Union at Chat
tanoogi President Thomas and Rev
j o. Rust, ot Nashville delivered adj.
dresses OF welcome, and President
Chapman and Rev. Mwiiiiams, of New
York. responded.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

VIM. vlgor and vlctory-thesc are the
characteristics Of De Wits Little Early
Rlscn. the famous little pills for con-
stlpation. blllousncIs and all stomach
and liver troubles, Charles Il, Goethe,
Market and Twelfth streets; Chatham
Sinclair. Furty-slxth and Jacob streets;
A. H. Schcele, No. 500 Main street; Ex-
Icy Bros. Penn and Zane streets; Bowie
A Co nFldrpport
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A FIEND'S WORK.
Children Attacked by altman
Brute Near MOundsvills.
ONE OF THEN PROBABLY DEAD
Now and the Other May Live Only
Short Time.
A BRlAR HOE THE INSTRUMENT
Used in.the Most cOwardIy and In.
human Crime in
A BRlAR HOE THE INSTRUMENT
THIS STATES CRIMINAL ANNALS

The Two chudrsn were I.sst At Homs
While Their Mother spent the Day at a
NsIghbOr's House Doing wsShinR-A
Risnd Ia Human Form sIakssA Murder,
suS Assault. Cutting Throat, Breast and
Hsad-rhsn He Cons,als Himself and
Awaits The sIeihsr, bat by a chAnes She
EseaPsI-suspleion Polnts to the Has
band Of the Woman as the Murderer.
Mayor OF moandsvlIIs oHsrs Reward
for the Apprehension orth1 Man.
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~ CRAVE but ono Minute" said
the public speaker IN a husky voice,
and then ne took dose VI one Minute
Cough Cure. and proceeded with his nr.
nlury one Minute Cough cure IA un.
cluillel for throat ana lung troubles
Charles 70 uuctzc, Market ana Twelfth
Streets Chatham Sinclair Forly.hSlh
1nd Jacob streets. A. H. schcelp. NJ
Goa Main slroct ESlcy uros, pouu and
Zane ulrcetsi Bowie n Co.. bridgeport q
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Charles Tape, of the Eighth ward,
yesterday morning was fined $50 and
costs by Mayor Shepherd. OF Benwood,
for dumping night soil in the river at the
latter town. He had hauled It from
Wheeling for this purpose. The Ben
wood authorities are determined to pros
ecute all like offensea.
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GOVERNOR CoNsIDERISa
Possible Pardon OF Christie aud Kelly
Convicted aIurderer..

Ex-senator D. n. Dorsey, of Marshall
county, yesterday placed before Cover
nor Atkinson certain facts pertaining to
the conviction OF Christie and Kelly, the
convicted murderers Of Policeman Joe
Glenn. The crime was committed In this
city several years ago With many leo
pie there has always been more or less
doubt as to the guilt Of Chritle and Kelly
and II Is Said that Mr.. Dorsey has been
able 10 bring some new developments TO
the attention Of the governor The gov
ernor Will take UP the matter later.
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coNsTANTINoPLE, July 2o.-The
ambassadors have forwarded to their
respective governments their Joint sug-
gestlons relative TO the measures they
think necessary In view of the con-
tumacy OF the porte.
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it seems Mr. and Mrs. Mason
separated In anger aud there was some
trouble about the children, whom she
kent after che separation. As stated
,ibovo. Mason moved to Putnam coun-
~. Tho connection Of this man with
tho crime crises. however principally
from me fact that reputable citizen Of
Mo1ndHylllc. Mr.. Wohoy Smith, who
know Mason when he lived near
MnundsVillo. says that he saw Mason on
q street In that place last night, and
that he hurried past without speaking.
This, NJ course. was before the knowl-
edHe Ut the crime Mt fcrrcifB had
spread.
The reason II n believed that Mrs
Maaon was also an intended victim, II
that Edwards passed over the route
usually taken nv Mrs. Mason In rc.
turning home nftef belnE away Tor the
day. Last nyeninR. however, SIM cnmo
home ~ another path Il Il supposed
that the nsaalinnt Of Edwards thought
h. was Mrs Mason when he struck ut
him Then, seeing h. had made q mis-
take. h. got away a. quickly ~ pos
nhin
Mayor PnrdY. NJ MonnasyIIie has NJ.
ford foWnfd NJ go Tor the capture ~
the criminal Al nm early hour this
morning II was said Marahal steele aud
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BLUEFIELD. W. Va, July 2O.-The
boiler at Brewster Brothers saw mill,
on Dry Fork, exploded to-day, killing
II. J. white, a sawyer. OF Weston. W.
Va, and Smith Hicks, engineer. Of
petersyille.
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color m In youth cause II To grow
abundant and RlronH, there In no better
preparation than Halls Hair Rcnewer.