The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-07
THOUSANDS OF IDLE MINERS
WORK IN SIXTY-rW0 RAILR01D
 MINES 1T | ST4NDSTILL.

Officials of the Striking Organizations
 sanguine of victory-A Fair Estimate is
 That from 10000 to la,OOO Miners Are
 Now Out.
 Pittsburg, July 6.-According to the estimates of the miners officials, 62 rail- road mines are idle and 26 are still in operation. They report that in num- Der of cases they have heard no news from certain mines and take it for granted in many cases that they are in operation. The mines idle are: lnger- son. Allen, Amyville. Summerhill, Bechmont, Nixon, Big Chief, Hackett, Federal. Bowerhill, Youghgas, Forest Hill, Fidelity, Nottingham, Germania, Harrison, Gas, Banksville, Cliff, Mon- teour. Fair Haven, Lake Shore, Web ster. Star, Mansfield No. 2, Moon Run, Essen Nos. and 3, Charters, Hickman, Laurel Hill Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Bishop, Nickel Plate, Boyd, Grant, Osceola, Slope, Belle Vernon, Standard. Phoenix, Oic Stockdale, Shepler, Pacific, Atlan- tic. Ocean Nos, 1, ?, 3, 4 and 5, Guffey, Oak Ridge, Creedmor, Pan Handle and Man Own.
 Those reported working are as fol- lows: Boone, Tough Slope. Harrison, Eureka. Ramon, sloop Creek, Handy Creek, Whitesett Deer, Painter, Bore land. Baskerville. Snowden. Port Royal, Jumbo. Champion, Gienshaw, First Pool. Will Grove. Washington Nos. 1 and ?, Smithson. West Newton and Lock Haven.
 The miners officials say the operators will claim a mine to be in operation as long as there are but two men at work.
 The operators claim that the Pan Han- dle mines operated by M, A. Hanna, where the iron clad contract Is in force, worked as usual to-day. The miners on the other hand maintain that the entire miners in the Thomson district where these mines are located are out on strike The operators themselves ad- init that there was not the usual num-
 Der of men at work in the Snowden and Gastonville mines operated by the Pittsburs and Chicago company, where
 the iron clad is also in force.
 fair estimate shows that there are about 10000 of the 12000 railroad miners now out A list of the mines idle along the river could not be obtained here to- night and reports concerning the river situation are conflicting. The operators assert that the river mines are nearly all running, while the miners officials claim they are all idle. Specials from Monongahela City say that 5000 out of the 5000 river miners are on a strike w, F. Deamitt. president of the New York and Cleveland Gas company. was. emphatic tonight in his statement that the strike would be a failure. We had more men at work today" said he. | than any. day for a number of years E Iafter a holiday I attribute this to the fact that the men came to work be- cause they did not care to be identified l with this movement. More than twen- ty-five mines were working in the Pitts burg district to-day"
 At the miners headquarters Pres1- dent Dolan was in the best of humor. He had received reports from nearly every part of the district and seemed
 pleased with the prospects. More | miners will join the movement before the end of the week." he said, and am perfectly satisfied with the progress made Yet there are some mines that
 hoped would be idle that were running l to-day"
 In West Virginia the miners have l been slow in responding to the strike
 order. A dispatch tonight says that a general strike in the state is not prob
 able. The men are not organized and
 they are inclined to regard the strike
 elsewhere as favorable to their chances
 for securing plenty of work at good
 prices while 1t Is pending. Great pres
 sure is being brought to bear upon them
 by the United Mine Workers officials
 to join in the strike, but so far without | success.
 | The impression among miners in this
 state is that West Virginia will be able 1 to supply the demand for coal in the
 event of a prolonged strike and that the operators will be justified in offering the miners inducements to remain at
 work as they did in 1894 Chief Mine Inspector Paul says that he does not | look for much response to the order He says: If the West Virginia miners re- main at work during the strike in other
 states new markets will open up for
 West Virginia coaIs, which West Viz
 ginia operators can hold after the ter
 imitation of the strike During the
 strike of 1894 the opera tors were pushed
 to supply the demand for coal and were
 able to give the miners bonuses to re-
 main at work"
 Pittsburg, Pa, July GA report was
 received at the Baltimore and Ohio of fees this afternoon that three of the mines along the line of that road are still working, notwithstanding the gen. eral order to strike. Men are also work l ing in the mines of the First Pool at I Gastonville. The mines of the Eureka Coal company are working half force
 and the Ohio and Pennsylvania com pany's mine at Port Royal is said to be running full. Three thousand men on
 the Cleveland. Lorain and Wheeling railroad are at work.
 The mining officials are working might and main to get the individual contract miners out. Their success in the case of the Pittsburg and Chicago mines has given them renewed hope and they now expect to induce the men at the New York and Cleveland mines lalso to come out. While the strike prac- tically commenced to-day in all of the live states concerned in the movement, Inc accurate account of the actual mum Der of men who will take part in the
 strike can be known until tomorrow
 Prominent operators at Irwin l Irraar ChDYtr nth o;y,t. oJo tl,