The record-union., 1897-07-11

mines on Sunday Secretary Karner
says four brass bands have been en-
gagged, and with a number of men, a
move will be made on the mines at
Turtle and. Sandy Creeks.
I'VE are not afraid of the injunction
against u.s. said he, "as we will keep
up on the public highways and will
have a field on which to hold meet
ing"
The latest aecessions to the ranks or
the strikers are the miners employed at
Smock's mines, on the Red Stone
branch of the Pennsylvania road. The
coal from these mines has been going
to the Eastern markets. Efforts will
be made to bring out all who are load
ing coal for the East
The Panhandle mine of Hanna & Co.
is said to have been shut down COM
pletely to-day by the order of Manager
Young. About seventy-fi men were
at work in this mine yesterday Ac-
cording to the mining officials, less than
QUO men outside of the 1,200 employed
by the De Armits in the New York and
Cleveland Company entered the pits
in this district to-day
District President Dolan. who is lust
back from a two days tramp, said
there is not speck of coal being
mined in the Yough Valley. Thursday
night at IL O'Clock he arrived at Bort
Royal. He had learned that the men
We're to go to work there through a
misunderstanding of orders When he
explained matters TO them, they de-
cided to remain cut. A meeting of the
iC ICi,
Bower Hill
coal IS very scarce in the Pittsburg
market, and it is impossible to buy in
carload lots. representative of an
OIL Well drilling firm made application
to-day for carload, but was refused.
The oil men said if fuel could not be
procured it would cause. a suspension
OF Held work in this section.
operators are making every effort to
protest contracts for future delivery
Failure to deliver on these conditions
Will entail heavy loss, as thousands of
dollars will be forfeited A prominent
operator said to-day that the local mar
ket will be cleaned up well by the
END of the week, and higher prices will
result.
Pay day along the Wheeling division
is passing off quietly. About $1,000
was pald out to the strikers to-day.
COAL GETTING VERY SCARCE.
CLEVELAND, July 10.-Dan Hanna.
of the firm of Hanna & Co., declared
this morning that the West Virginia
miners would never quit and that coal
could be secured from that source, if
the railroads were. prepared to haul it.
Colonel Myron I. Herrick, receiver, was
not prepared to say this morning
whether the Wheeling and Lake Erie
would haul West Virginia coal He had
received advices from Miltonvale that
his miners are still out.
The events of the morning were the
frantic efforts of the little dealers to Sc
cure coal from the big dealers. to sup
ply the retail customers The price of
steam coal is now 81 above what it was
Thursday. The demand is becoming
greater every hour and the supply is
constantly becoming less The feeling
OF alarm is beginning to spread among
the men who yesterday viewed the sit
uation with disdain. The big operators
and manufacturers are beginning to
consider the strength of the strike and
to-day there is CONSERVATION among
coal dealers, marine men, manufactur-
ers and workingmen in general
The railroads are continuing to con-
fiscate coal, though one manufacturer
made so strong protest that the Lake
Shore gave up one car this morning.
AT the breweries and packing houses
the situation is regarded with general
alarm, as coal must be obtained to pre-
vent incalculable damage to beer and
meats.
Thousands of workingmen out of
employment, factories and mills closed
down, street car traffic suspended. will
shortly be the result in Cleveland un-
less a compromise is effected in a few
days.
Shipments by water have been cut off
entirely and charters have been can
celled by the wholesale AS more than
half the coarse freighters have been
compelled to go out light, it has in
creased the offerings of tonnage for
down cargoes materially, and has
weakened the freight market all
around. Nearly all the coal consigned
to the head of the lake is being held
up by the railroads. The fixed price
for fuel is ST so, but to-day vesseImen
are paying 50 and on Monday they will
be paying 81 % Steamers are taking
slack and in fact almost anything that
will burn.
THE REPORT DENIED.
CLEVELAND, July 1O-The atten-
ton of Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers was directed
to the report that he had been asked TO
issue orders to engineers not to haul
coal mined by miners until differences
had been settled.
Have you issued any such orders
Mr.. Arthur he was asked.
There is absolutely no truth in it,
he replied. I'VE have received no com
plants whatever. Our attention has
not been directed to the strike situa-
ton"
DO you contemplate issuing any
such orders?" was asked.
mo, sir, we have no occasion to is
sue any such orders. We cannot act
until we have something to act upon.
We cannot act until our men come to
use for advice. They have not made
any complaint whatever. They have
not asked for any advice. and we can
not act until they do. There is abso-
lutely no truth in the report whatever"
MOORS SUBMISSIVE.