Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
IHE GREAT STRIKE.
Condition ht Afiairs In Cleveland, Ohio.
NeooinInE Despnrntp.

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Clcvelatn, o., July The situation
| 10 this ciiy over the coal strike Is ho-
coming desperate.
The intbr- Ocean Coal CO., ono OF the
heaviest flieling firms on tho lakes, has
only coal enough TO last its customers a
few days, Several other fueling firms
have nearly exhausted their supply.
/ The Pennsylvania 81 Ohio Fueling Go.
has suspsnded businoss altogether in
| CleyelnnG
The MorisCoalOo Go. has ceased shipping
coal ultogbtner, and In fact coal dealers
us a rule have delivered naarly all their
coal The great -plaut Of the Cleveland
Steel ca closoil' this fnoruipg, owing
to lack OF fuel. A number Of other
plnnts are preparing TO shut down.
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Moweaqua, ILL.,, July 9. Authentic
information received here to day is that
the minors are all out at Pana, Taylor
vile. Assumrtiun and Decatur, as well
az this place. The Pana mines win
close down. Over 2, 600 miners are idle,
and not q shaft is operating in this
| section.
| Wheeling, w, Va, July 9.-.It had
been announced by the Wheeling e.
Lake Erie management that its Dillon
No. 2 mine, ut Dillon Vale, would re
sumo this morning with the miners pro-
tortcd by largo posse of Unitad States
marshals. At tho blowing of the whistles
not man entered the mine. The men
| had got together during tho night and
| decided that If IL was necessary for
them tu bo protected by United States
marshall they would not work. The
management, IL Is said, will endeavor
to secure othor miners and operate the
mines If possible.
Baltimore. Md. July 10 Baltimore
4 Ohio railroad officials report that all
| tho mines In the gas coal region he
tween Pittsburg ard Connellsvile and
all the mines on the Wheeling division
between Pitisburg and Elm Grove are
closed
Wheeling, W. Va. July 12. "A great
| change has tome over the miners of this
Stnte, and the operators tlo not disguise
their intention TO 10 their best to keep
the organizers from doing effective
work. Meetings were held at ThsclScr,
Elkhorn and i3luefield last evening, but
no definite action was taken. though
sympathy for the strike was Expressed
Gov. Atkinson and Adiutant. General
Appleton are preparing for trouble
Within week 5U0 stands OF arms
have heen secured from the government
for the militia, with half n million
rounds of ammunition, including Cat
| ling cartridges. The militia will he
used aa soon as there is any reason for it,
All the commanders have been CON.
municated with, and ordered to bo
ready.
Chicago, ILL.,, July 12 Col. William
L. Rend, the millionaire Chicago coal
operator, has returned from PittHburg,
whore he was in conference with other
coal mine operators and with the
officials of tho miners organization rela-
tive to settlement of the atrike. Mr..
Rend says there is no telling right now
when the strike will end. 1t will be
fought out, no says, in the Pittshurg
district. Whether or not it will spread
to other fields of labor he cannot say,
for strike, like confirmation, some.
times spreads to everything within
roach. but he hopes for an early and
peaceful settlement by arbitration.
Cleveland, o., July u. The local
coal operators took more hopeful yiew
OF the strike situation this morning.
Dan Hanna, manager of M. A. Hanna
& Co.. aaid that az long as ths Wost
Virginia coal was mined there could be
no particular stringency, us there is
sufficient coal out of the earth already
to last until winter. Small dealers,
however, are squirming over their in
ability to get coal for retail orders.
The heavy dealers will not part with
their supply Not n pound OF coal on
tered the city yesterday.
Cincinnati, o., July 12. --There are
10. 600, 900 bushels of coal in Cincinnati
harhor. Other cities are drawing on il
heavily. -Four hundred carloads daily
go to Chicago. The coal elevators
worked all day yesterday and are load.
ing coal day and night.
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