Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-15
MINERS STRIKE.
The Strikers Score an Advantage In
the Pittsburgh District
WORKING MINERS MADE TO STOP.
The Men Mt DIIlonville Made TO Go Out on
Strike-The Railroads Are Begin-
ming to Seize Coal for Their
Own Use.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July Sporty
eight hours after the Inauguration O.
the great coal miners strike compar
ison of statements from both sides en-.
gagged in the contest shows favorable
results for the diggers. DESIGNATING
the miners official announcements by
the operators opinions, there seems nc
question that the workmen have scored
adecided advantage in this district, and
tits believed that as Pittsburgh goes SO
goes the country. Conservative est.
mates place the number OF miners now
striking in this district from rs, 600 to
$4,000 men, an increase Of about 5000
over Tuesdays record. This leaves
but from 5000 to 5000 men still work.
ing. The key to the entire situation
from present appearances lies in the
success or defeat Of the strikers in Sc
curing the cooperation Of the men now
working for the New York & Cleve-
land Coal Co. without these men the
strike can hardly succeed, because
they will be able, in a measure, to sup
ply the demand long enough to tide
over the present embarrassment.
Patrick Dolan, president of the Pitts.
burgh district miners, is confident
that before the present week closes he
will have succeeded in getting all Of
these men to join the ranks Of the
strikers, and when this result is
effected the battle will be practically
won. The operators are Just as
confident of success as the miners
are, and last night issued
statement claiming a large accession
OF men in different parts of the dis
trict and a heavier shipping list than
usual. One thing slightly in favor of
the operators is the freeing of naviga-
ton in the Monongahela river, which
went into effect yesterday, Ten mil
lion bushels Of coal which have been
stocked in the pools above here await
ing this event will be brought to this
harbor at once and be available for the
present demand.
Notwithstanding the advantages
claimed for the operators, the consen.
sus OF opinion appears to be in favor of
the miners, nasmuch as the operators
can only hope for temporary relief with
their present facilities, and the miners
officials seem to be in fair way to ef-
fectually cripple even these, by con.
stantly adding to their number from
the ranks OF those remaining at work.
Reports received from the river mines /
In the Pittsburgh district indicate that
there was almost total suspension of
works in the pits yesterday and that
the strike so far as the river miners is
considered is general.
WORKING MINERS MADE TO STOP
WHEELING, w. Va, July S.-Ycster.
day morning, armed with pickhandles
and clubs, the striking Wheeling e.
Lake Erie miners at Long Run, over
the river, proceeded to Dillonvillc, a
short distance away, on the same road,
and forced the working miners at the
latter place to come out on strike. The
deputy United States marshals from
Cincinnati had not yet arrived. At
Wheeling Creek, opposite Wheeling, in
Ohio the Miners union met yesterday
afternoon and decided TO go on
strike in obedience to the request of
the United Mine Workers. Back of
Bellaire, on the Baltimore & Ohio, two
railroad mines are working at the rate
demanded by the miners, 60 cents, but
the striking miners elsewhere are de.
termined that the men shall not work
at these mines until the strike is set
tied. There mny be trouble at these
two points
COAL FAMINE Is on.
CLEVELAND, O., July s.-The rail.
roads have already begun TO seize coal
for their own use, no matter to whom
1t is consigned Whole trains are sent
out to railroad yards and unloadcd, re-
gardless of who the coal is destined
for. The con6scation began slightly
at the first talk Of the miners strike,
and is now becoming general, Nearly
every manufacturing establishment ia
this city has been the loser by this,
and with some of them the situation is
so serious that the closing Of the yorbs
will soon be necessary