The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-11
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Fight Between Operators and Labor
Unions


Unions.
Pittsburg, Pa, July 10.-The decision
of the labor leaders at last nights con-
ference in this city to send organizers
into West Virginia and furnish funds
TO bring out the miners in that state,
practically narrows down the strike TO
a contest between the coal operators
of West Virginia and the labor unions
of the country. The cry of the strikers
Will be that With West Virginia in line
the strike viii ultimately be success
full. No money or effort will be spared
it is said, to accomplish the suspension
of every mine in that state.
The miners leaders will leave nothing
undone to aid them in any way in
bringing the great struggle to sue
cessful termination.
AS a last resort the railroad en-
ployees will be brought into the fight
if possible. The heads of the various
railway organizations have been APP
pealed to for assistance if needed and
il is said that they will render all aid
possible Grand Master Arthur, chief
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, Will be asked TO issue orders
to the engineers not to haul coal until
the miners differences are adjusted.
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coal ready FOR shipment and what
might be loaded in the event of failure
10 bring all Of the miners out. When
President Ratchford was asked as 10
the truth of the report he said:
we have been keeping that feature
of the strike from the newspapers for
several days. l will say, however, that
we have communicated with the heads
o: all the railway organizations in the
country and l believe we viii have
their support in this struggle.
LAS to asking them TO call on the
railroads TO refuse to haul coal until
their trouble is settled, 1 will say this
viii only be done after we have eX-
hausfed all other means.
1T would hardly be fair to ask this
until we have used every effort TO close
down every mine in the biEuminous
coal fields. l do not care 10 discuss
this subject any further. We are GER
tain Of success and the situation today
is more encouraging than at any time
since the strike was inauguraJed.
"Orga mixers will be sent into West
Virginia. but how many will go will not
be known Tor a few days. The national
officers of the trades unions with whom
we met last night, have agreed to send
organizers but they will have TO con-
suit with the executive board in order
10 determine how many men each or
ganization can send into the field.
THE district officers will make a de-
te1lnined effort tomorrow to bring out
the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal
company'S miners. Arrangements have
been made for march on these mines
on Sunday Secretary Warner says
four brass bands have been engaged
and with a number of men a move will
be made on the mines at Turtle, Plum
and Sand creeks.
I'VE are not afraid of the injunction
against u.s. said he, las we viii keep
on the public highways and viii have
a field on which TO hold a meeting"
The latest accessions to the ranks of
the strikers are the miners employed
at Shocks 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 Pan Handle mine of Hanna &
Co. is said to have been shut down
completely today by the order of Man
ager Young. About rs men were at
work in this mine yesterday. Accord
ing to the mining officials less than 500
men outside of the 1900 employed by
the DeaT1nits in the New York and
Cleveland company entered the pits in
this district TO-DAY.
District President Dolan, who is just
back from two days tramp, said