The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-21
MINERS RETURN TO WORK.
STRIKE LOSING GROUND IN THE
WEST VIRGINIA MINES.

ducement to Remain Out-sOme or the R1en
tn tho Pennsylvnnin Field Also Go HACK.
WHEELING, W. Va, July 2o.-The most i'm
portant feature Of the coal strike situation in
Wost Virginia is a combination Of circum.
stances which indicates almost to q certainty
that the sympathetic suspension of work Is not
permanent. The strike Is losing ground all over
the State. In the Monogah district many men
returned to work to-day, and new diggers from
the Connollsville region are finding ready en-
%ployment. Dobs Is discouraged and tho oper-
ntoIs are jubilant.
The hve Watson mines, the ruling concerns,
are working to their fullest extent, and all Of
forts to dislodge their men have proved unayail.
ing. The backbone Of the strike Is undoubtedly
broken thoro. The fact that 100 miners ut
Glendale and Moundsville. near this city, ceased
work tonight will have no effect on the general
situation, rs they are pudding mines. In tho
Norfolk and Western field It Is estimated that
200 OF tho old diggers returned to work to-day.
The operators are paying high wages. and coal
is going out at AN unusually heavy rate.
Sympathetic action by railway organizations
is now talked OF by tho strike agitators, but in
this State the fact that the Baltimore and Ohio
is tho hands OF the United States courts pre-
scnts a difficult problem to the agitators.
P~ITTspURG, Pa, July 20.-Although there is q
general opinion among coal minors and opera
tors that the uniformity agreement will como
to naught, news came tonight from Cleveland
that the operators there are willing to further
the movement.
Commissioner Joseph n. Bishop telegraphed
to Commissioner Schmid that he found the gen.
eral feeling among the operators doing business
there to DO favorable to the movement. Nearly
all those whom he visited expressed their will
ingncss to sign tho agreement and 10 lend their
influence to secure the requisite 95 per cent. OF
the operators in this district.
Investigation shows that miners and opera
tors base their opinion of the improbability Of
putting through the uniformity agreement on
their belief that W. r. De Armitt is inslncere,
while operators friendly to MIR. De A~rmitt-and
there are some such in tho Pittsburg district.
despite the well cultivated impression that
he stands alone-say that the operators who
doubt Mr.. De Armitt's sincerity are really not
themselves in favor Of the uniformity move
ment and are cndeavoring to relieve themselves
from MI blame should the necessary s5 per cent.
are satisfied that De Armitt Is sincere.
rea sas to G;2 march hi'o oD the exc Rse TsnS m fspor again 10 th Gs
norninR did not appear. Many Of the miners
asessed for work early this morning and stood
ON their door steps and reconno!tTod. Finding
a .Ds S S%rn .e clear a. they sg, srok s,r for the o,l P.s mouths ,1tss
= intercept them, but the miners we're In too
They mad struck yesterday when they heard the
ett;Scrs' 6"a IS band playing in the distance.
The usual appeal to charity in behalf OF the
striking miners is about 10 be made. This IS
gGneraiis lone within a wsok or two after Z
snccis Station last night, and this morning the
mInSrs whom he had addressed refused TO go to
Hurst s. Co. and the Lynn Coal Company's
miners nlso failed to 50 !, TO s wp 81, The mines on
ana Charleston Railroad are idle. Representa:
tivcs O. the miners union went to Scottdale to
fnNnSfiynf % tho rannTta thar tho nnRrntnFG h ra
We're %sssippins caai. The. coal mined in thar
region is generally turned, into coke. The re.
ports were .ounG to be baseless.
STRIFE OF coal miners in the ~Fairmont, W. Va,
and the Connellsviile region will be a mat.
. &c; q 40, only 2 week eig OR two fno, Cameron ssTO y Miller Her
ritory, about Uniontown. Mount Pleasant, and
Scottdale. He brought word that, a, big
"Wednesday morning and will be attended by
delegates from the two districts, named: The
ment of which, he says, will cause a strike;
ly i gwen oEe ss 2 10 e'ttEEe e pio %da's5tS,i 0 OF e coke K .'Ff e,
Interests and those OF tho Conceivable district
o ofs thsFe Of tha sd Gnited Nine II %"p #o afksnsstfb; eli rR;
that IL The Fairmont district and Connel!syillt
s saH e8 WSieh viii aid S 9ho Punitsd Nine ZINES workers Srii RS
strike.
miners have no connection. The Connellsvill,
COOKERS have an organization and officers of theiI
eHt Strike has 81 t the Gnifed M h1SsSsEl Mssh r tsS Rsss
grieyHnsss against Il =. their OPERATOR p 2 and I'D SO have
the H9EsTs IN N the The f tso a@istr fissri in one III bo SGii Il 4
believed The cookers will be better able to effect
Fe @en 2 rom thf f sffl9vantoe are sh now SG in shs c OF;
SSdii ie region Sng stirring u rs sentiment rhInf ar,. Ths hump %b,
miners are paid by the wagon, and they have
contract with thu, coke operators that the wager
must be lsyei full a. the 4; face go Of the the coal % vein z
and Oy the time u wagon has made its tril
or a mile or 80 to the coke ovens the coal ha
Mine bosses have lately, forced he miners 1
overiill the wagons, forming q hump" Of COO
level by the toitins. The miners say they ar
cheated by this system out of 200 or 300 pound
Peter MeNsel, two o. the dallitzen sSsl strikers
or the charge Of incitinF a hot at the mines.
shator and McNeal headed a procession o
horns to escort the non-union men from work
The bad feeling between, the strikers and non
the Sheriff. by making prompt arrests, hopes t
prevent tho conflict that seems impending.
in the Town Hail to-day to consider a proposl
:iSPo AIR. spss s@s S Ssss R ssifs sS M s'f 1hs nsstin
adjourned without arriving at q decision.
and visited the homes OF tho non.union worI
men. giving each q serenade. interposed wit
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 2o.-The suffering
coal miners and their families are angry becaus
unauthorized collectors for relief funds or foo
have been ahead of the regular committees no
only in tho cities and towns, but in tho agrlcuI
tural districts as well. The accredited com
mittees, report. that they are unsuccessful 4
many places where they had expected q read
short OF the needs Of the strikers. a fact whic
Is having its effect on their temper.
In sullivan and vermilIion counties the stril
ers are beginning to show thoir bad temper O
the passage OF, long trains OF Kentucky, COZ
which H. carried into Chicago over the ChicaR
ard Eastern Illinois TO be supplied TO consumer
oi Indiana coal. The men think IT is from col
vet mines in Kentucky, and that increases the
des.ce TO obstruct Its passage.
The information that tho National Executiy
board OF Miners ut Columbus decided to PORN
eacl State division to decide for itself II
would accept the offer for operators to pay th
columbus scale for which the mon arc strikinl
T. thought 10 mean that a majority of the il
diane miners will soon go to work.
There - authority for saying that q numb'
OF operators who control tho situation in tn