Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02
OPERATORS ACTIVE.

Having Their Plans to Resume OperAtao1a
WIN Furnish Protection to Men, and
WIN Open Their Mines Whenever the
Miners are willing to Accept the Sixty
Nine Cent Scale-Awaiting Develop
ments-
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 2S.-Coal OPP
orators of the Pittsburgh district have
not been asleep during the past few
DAYS. The impression in certain cir
cles that there would be no attempt
made to start the mines seems to have
been established for a purpose, and
that purpose was to divert the atten-
ton of the miners officials. 1t has
been definitely decided to start several
mines along the Wheeling division OF
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The
preliminaries were all completed last
night. and decisive move can be ex--
pected almost any time.
1t was given out that the Cleveland
operators had gone to their homes for
the ostensible purpose of awaiting the
result of the ST. Louis convention.
Some of them went. but others did
not. Those remaining behind were
members of the newly appointed com
mittee, whose duty it is to perfect ar
engagements 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 to cooperate with the operators
in bringing about, if possible. an era OF
activity in the coal-producing industry
of the Pittsburgh district. 1t was
made very apparent that the railroads
were losing large amount of BUSH
ness, and that they were fellow-suffer-
ers with the coal operators. The ques-
ton of expense of getting imported la
Dor into the district was discussed, and
the 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 a 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 unloaded in close prox-
unity to the pit mouths. They can
also be 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 reason advanced is the fact
that the mines along this road have
been supplying coal for the locomo-
tives of the railroad, and if coal is not
furnished United States mail trains
cannot 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 all been completed, and the
work is well under way.
President Patrick Dolan shook his
head when the question of the starting
of mines by the operators was
preached yesterday.
II don't believe they will make such
an attempt" he said. II am of the
opinion that they will wait until after
the conference at st. Louis. just now
it would be big undertaking to start
mines in this district with imported
men. Yet they may be sincere in their
intentions"
District Secretary Warner does not
anticipate that general strike will be
declared at st. Louis. He says it is not
needed; as the miners officials are sat
isfied with the progress the strike 10
making.
Henry Floersheim is trying to get
his miners to agree to go to work at
the ea-cent rate. and says they would
do so but that they fear personal vio-
| loroa no 4haaa ha haa Ynada the nroYl-
osition that he will care for their fam
lilies in case they are killed. Other OPP
orators who are willing to pay SO cents
do not think Mr.. Floersheim can get
his men to work, and are not going to
make any effort to start until the strike
| is over.
Barring & McSweeney's detective
agency on Fourth avenue has been
hiring men for the past day or two to
go and guard the miners, and is said to
have secured over 100. It was reported
that they were to be sent to mines on
the Panhandle. which are TO be started
in pursuance of the agreement mndO
| in Cleveland. This was denied by tho
superintendent of the agency, who said
they were for a mine in Central Penn.
sylvania, though he would not disclose
where it is.
James Jones & Sons posted notices
at their Catsburg and Ivil mines yes
terday morning to the effect that the
mines would be started up at the 60
cent rate whenever the men are will
ing to go to work. About 500 miners
are affected and a meeting will prob
ably be held TO consider the PROPOSE
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