Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
THEY ARE SURE TO COME OUT
Immense Pressure Being Brought
20 Bear on West Virginia
Miners.

Fairmont, w. Va, July 1.-THE
events of yesterday show plainly that
IL is the intention OF the miners Of this
region TO come out and the time for ac-
ton is supposed to be today, when
Debs, Sovereign, Ratchford, and Com
pers are billed here for al address.
1t is announced positively that the
0'Donnell miners will come out. The
meeting here today is being looked
forward to with great interest by both
miners and operators, as it is expected
TO be the turning point.
Parkersburg, w. Va, July T.-Ihere
Is an undercurrent of uneasiness
among the operators and dissatisfac-
ton among the miners and there is
no doubt that today will settle wheth-
er there will be a strike declared or
not. There is a strong probability
that a general strike for this region
will he declared. New men continue to
arrive here and all are given work,
and operators are loading all the cars
the roads furnish.
Charleston, w. Va, July 1.-THE
coal diggers at eight mines in h
Kanawha coal fields quit work yester-
1ay. They number about 600. The
probability is that all Of the miners
between Charleston and Montgomery
will be idle by tonight. They number
about 1900.
Williamson, w. Va, July 1.-THE
miners working in the Logan Consol~
dated mines in Mattewan county came
out yesterday and joined the strike.
superintendent Hunter Of the Logan
mines. will put on "a force Of n%on-union
men today at the old price and this
may provoke a disturbance, although
all is now quiet.
1t is reported that the men of Poca-
hontas in this field came out yesterday
Indications now point to IA general
strike in the Norfolk and Western
icld.
Hannn Urges Arbitration.
Cleveland, o., July 10.-Icstcrday in
Washington Senator Hanna sent the
telegram to NJ. A. Hanna d.
Co., of Cleveland:
See other coal operators and urge
them to join "A movement for the am
cable settlement Of the coal strike at
Pittsburg."
Senator IIanna's representatives viii
visit the Pittsburg operators in CleVe-
land today, but a representative o.
he Associated Press called upon them
yesterday. In every instance the OPP
orators declared that they would co
operate to the fullest possible extent
N reaching an agreement.
Miners In n Bad Plight.
indianapolis. July ia staff cor
respondent of the Sentinel has been in
yestigating conditions in the Indiana
coal fields this week and reports "A de
Dlorable condition, the miners already
practically facing starvation. The
block coal miners Of Clay county, $500
N number. are all out and a commits
snry has been opened at Brazil to feed
them.
Eight thousand Indiana miners are
On strike, about 90 per cent Of the to-
al number in the district. The mines
n the vicinity of Evansville are the
Duly nes that are being worked and
th" operators there are jubilaut.
Information comes from Park Gun
~ that the men are beginning to grow
! restless in that district. At FOntcucl
he miners, while they were at work,
we're forced to accept ~ cents, 1 cents
Dclow the recognized scale Of the state.
Governor Mount spent n good deal of
The time yesterday c~ndcavoring to
complete the organization of II COM
mittcc of citizens To go To the mining
districts and inquire into the condi-
ion of the striking men. For the en-
ire block coal district, including Clay'
owen and IA part Of Parke counties,
state Mine Inspector Fisher says the
miners haze not had on m average
over forty days work in the pnst six
months.