The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-21
the Commercial Tribune from Wheeling,
w. Va, saws:

w. Va, says:
Changes that have an important bear
ing upon the coal strike situation in West
Virginia came to-day. The State taken
as whole is against the strike for
financial reasons and all who have struck
have been brought out under the pres
sure of the organizers and agttators
from elsewhere.
Generally they have been shamed into
striking and their minds change when
the agitators move on to other sections.
In the Fairmont regions Debs admits
that he is sorely discouraged. Seventy
six of the Monongah men brought out
yesterday returned this morning. The
Fairmont monagers declare that If the
Watson men, about 1000 in number, can
be kept at work, the other mines will
be working Thursday as usual. Debs
spoke at Rivesville tonight to the Wat
son men but he was not so successful
as at Fairmont and no union was organ
lied. Tomorrow he will speak at
Worthington and MinersvilIe to more OF
the Watson men. 1t is generally predict
ed that he will have no better success
there. The Watsons and their men are
on excellent terms and neither side has
any grievance.
1t transpires to-day that Debs has
been shadowed by two Pinkerton men
and that he has been threatened with
death if he goes to Kanawha. He will
go, however, on Thursday. A gang of
one hundred and fifty Italians are to ar
rive at Fairment tomorrow. They were
have to worked on a new railroad, but
will try mining. In the Kanawha valley
there is no material change, the success
of the organizers at one point being off
set by assumptions at others.
Sixteen hundred cars of coal were
shipped to-day the biggest shipment in
years. There have been threats of hold
ing up trains at Kenova and over in
Ohio and more watchmen have been
placed at danger points. Senator Cam
den to-day said there was no strike at
the mines of the Camden Company and
that Fairmont is working as usual except
for few idlers who do not want work.
Gov. Atkinson was here to-day. He
thinks the strike will become general
and hopes the men will win. He says he
has not been consulted about using the
military and that none but the most
| violent outbreak would call for its use.
| The Glendale miners near Wheeling
came out to-day. They threatened to
march upon the Boggs Run mine to-mor-
row and this will cause trouble. There
| is no cessation Of coal shipments nor any
| interference, train load after train load
passing through Ohio.
Charleston, w. Va, July 20.-At Sc
cret meeting OF strike leaders at Mont
gomery it was decided to demand a re-
| instatement of the scale OF 1884, which
was seventy-six cents per ton for hard
coal and ffty-six cents per ton for soft
coal. A committee was appointed to wait
upon the operators and make formal
demand. Nothing will be done till after
Thursday when the operators will be
waited upon for their decision.
! Altoona, Pa, July 20-Two striking
miners, who went to the mouth of one Of
the Gallitzen mines and beat drums with
the intention of getting the non-union
men out, were arrested and locked up
by the deputies on duty. The strikers
held a meeng to discuss the situation
but no conclusion was reached. 1t is pre-
dicted that compromise will be effected
and that all the men will go to work
| The Mitchell Coal and Coke Company
got an injunction with Judge Bell at
| Ebansburg to-day restraining striking
miners from interfering with the miners
or property of the company at Gallitzen
or Of any OF its employees. The company
will seek to recover from the county on
account of the expense incurred in de-
Tending it's mines from the strikers.
Birmingham, Ala, July 20-The dis
agreement between the coal miners and
operators in this district was ended to-
day by compromise-the operators a.
greeing to pay the miners thirty seven
and half cents per ton, a reduction of
219 cents. Tomorrow about 1000 men
who have been on strike since July /,
will resume work.