The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-02
OPERATORS ACTIVE.

I tAytbR IiFiB ! ais 10 nfeutht vptHatlOUh
VIII Furnish Protection to Men, and
WIN ope" Their Mine. Whenever the
~ Goa, $3.50 u.i,,n, n.,s,an.
m.ut.
PIrIsEuRGm. Pa, Aug. 2s.-Coal OPP
~eraturs OF the Pittsburgh district have
! not been asleep during the past few
| days. The impression in certain cir
clcs that there would be no attempt
made to start the mines seems to have
been established for a purpose, and
that purpose waa 10 divert the atten-
tiOH Of the miners officials. 1t has
been definitely decided to start several
mines along the Wheeling division OF
the HlitimOre 4 Ohio railroad. The
preliminar.es were all completed last
nI4At, am! L decisive move can he *
pcrted almost any time.
1t was given out that the Cleveland
operators had gone 10 their homes for
the osten>iblc purpose of awaiting the
result oi the st. Louis convention.
some Of them went, but others did
not. LAos remaining behind were
49, AN''Ht 'fl~'f'N - ~oA-
|IutLee, whose duty it is to perfect ar
ranEeDlenta for starting some of the
mines and in the end break the
strike.
One Of the first moves was to get in
touch with the railroad companies.
The officials Of the railroads at once
agreed t. co-operate with the operators
IN bringing about, II possible. an era of
aetlvIty in the coa!-producing industry
II the Pittsburgh district. 1t was
made very apparent that the railroad,
were losing Il large mount of busi-
nrss, and That they were fcllow-sutter-
erN with the coal operators. The ques-
ton OF expense OF getting imported la
Dor INTO the district was discussed, and
inc railroad companies agreed to stand
their portion of the outlay.
After this arrangement was made,
the work of hiring imported labor was
taken charge of by IA committee. just
when they Will be brought into the
district could not be learned. One of
the principal reasons for selecting the
Wheeling division of the baltimore Il
Ohio IS the fact that men can be
brought in and nnloadcd in close proX-
unity to the PIT mouths. They can
also he brought INTO the district from
the south by way of Wheeling and
would not have TO be transported
through much OF the Pittsburgh dis
trict.
Another reaso advanced is the fact
that the mines along this road have
been supplying coal for the locomo-
tives Of the railroad, aud if coal is not
furnished United States mail trains
be run, and the wheels of the
national government would be inter
fered with. Protection would be forth
coming, with no cost imposed on the
operators. as the government would
be bound to protect and maintain its
property at its own expense. These
plans have ali been completed, aud the
work is well under way.
President Patrick Dolan shook his
head when the question of the starting
of mines bv the onprators was
Yesterday.
Il don't believe they will make such
AZ a~ttelnpt" he soid. 81 am of tbc
opinion that they will wait until after
the conference Mt ST. Iouis Inst now
it would be a hiy undertakino to stsrt
mines in this district with importea
men. Yet they may he s~iur.re in their
Intentions"
District Sccretnrv Warmer docs NIT
pp~,icipate that n general strike will, he
declared nj 81. Iouis. He saws if is mat
needed, as the miners officials mr., sat-
isfed with ,h, n,or,..s IA. .~,,,,, l.
making.
Henry F~loershnim is trv;ng tn ,ra,
hi, miners To agree to on tn wort. nt
the Gg-cent rate. and SAYS they would
iu 81 INIT ,hot thew fear narsonol win.
.ence. TO thes, he has maaa In, nron.
,sition that he will care for their Fam
lies in ease they are killed. othnr on.
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