The Bourbon news., 1897-07-27
THE MINERS STRIKE.
If the West Virginia Diggers Are Not
Out by Tuesday Morning
They Never will Come Ont Ia the Opinion
OF Senator Camden-President Ratch-
ford Receives Encouragement From
Other Labor Organizations

FAIRMoNT, w. Va, July 26.-Monday
morning will be the deciding point in
the great mining contest, If they are
not out by Tuesday they will never
come out" said Senator Camden, who
was called here Friday night from Park
ersburg by the seriousness of the situ-
alton. Senator Camden is president of
the Mononagh Co. Saturday is pay
day. and it will be the supreme effort
of the organizers to get all of the men
to decide not again to enter the mines,
and to cast their lots with the strikers.
Before leaving early Saturday
morning, Ratchford received sew
eral kilograms from the lead
ers of other labor organi-
cations assuring him that they were
with him. Il am very hopeful" were
his last words at the Fairmont depot.
Saturday morning there was no change
in the situation, no new men being
out. Friday, Hite, the operator, was
arrested for drawing a gun on one of
the miners, and has been held till next
Friday for hearing. The speak
ers all made quite a point out of
this Friday night, saying the first
man in the strike that broke the law
was an operator. Vice President Rae.
of the Brotherhood of Painters and
Decorators, arrived Saturday morning.
He and Debs go to Clarks burg Satur-
day afternoon. w. j. Lunn, editor of
Coal and Coke, is in town, and says
that after a careful study of the situ-
alton he thinks the men in this dis
trict will be out Monday noon. He
thinks Dearmit's men can not be got
ten out if the Fairmont district do
come out.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 26.-If the
plans as outlined do not fail, the ma
jority of the coal operators of the
Pittsburgh district will get together
at the courthouse in this city next
Tuesday at IL o'clock a. m. The call
was sent out Saturday and .enough
signatures were attached to it to
make the meeting a very interest
ing one. The names are: w. P De
Armit, of the New York Cleveland Gas
Coal Co.; Frances L. Robbins; NJ A.
Hanna and Co.; Col w. P. Rend, j. B.
Zerbe; Eclipse Coal Co.; George Lysle
& Sons; d. Nj. Andrews; Imperial Coal
Co.; Bower Hill Mining Co.; Moon Run
Coal Co.; Blithe Coal Co.; Slope Mine
Coal Co.; Federal Coal Co.; E. w.
Bowers; j. F. Hosack; Ella Coal Co. !;
j. A. Oneil; Joseph Walton e. Co.; Es-
sen Coal Co.
These are the heaviest producers in
the district
The meeting will be the first held
by the operators separately from the
miners since early in 1896, when the
uniformity question was before them
in all its vigor.
If Gen.. Little, of the arbitration
board, can have his way, nothing of
the past will be referred to. Neither
will the present strike be discussed.
The point at issue will be the fitness
of the old agreement to cover the sit
uation as it now exists. All the op-
orators who have signifed their will
ingness to be present at the meeting
are in favor of the re-esta blishment of
uniformity, and their signatures will
go long way toward making UP the
require 95 per cent. of the operators in
the Pittsburgh district, as outlined by
Mr.. Dearmit.
The action of w. P. Dearmit in the
proceedings has given confidence to
many operators.
Gen. Little intimated Saturday that
the conflicting elements for the first
step should have been eliminated. Ow-
ing to his position he said it would not
be policy at the present time to go
into details. He was satisfied,
however, and was in the best
of humor over the prospects. 1t is
very probable that the commissioners
from other states will be notified to be
in Pittsburgh Tuesday. They will bring
with them other signatures, and it is
expected that whatever action will be
taken will at least be binding on
those that attend the preliminary
meeting.
AS near as can be learned, the object
of the first meeting is to determine
what grievances the various operators
have.