The record-union., 1897-07-27

same effect, as the men VINO work un-
der the ground cannot stand the heat.
AS far as the Fairmount District is
concerned, the strike is a failure.
To-day the Monongahela Coal Com
pany, Senator Camden's plant, and
West Virginia Coal Company, ex-Gov-
ernor Fleming's plant, got out an in
junction before the Circuit Court re-
straining Eugene Y. Debs ct al. from
interfering with their men. The ct ais.
take in Mahon, Rea, Crasslet, Miller
and over 100 miners. and all these can
not now hold meetings on the compa-
nys grounds or on roads leading there
to- Intimidat ton and threats are men
toned, and miners cannot now loaf
around the ground.
COLUMBUS (O), July 26-Mr. Ma
hon wires President Ratchford that be-
tween 5000 and 5000 miners are out
at Fairmont, and the victory is won.
Mr. Ratchford predicts good results
from the Wheeling meeting.
DISCOURAGING OUTLOOK.
CLEVELAND, (O.), July 26.-Thomas
E. Young, the manager of NJ. A. Hanna
& Co., does not feel very hopeful over
the conference of operators at Pitts
burg tomorrow. He says that the
outlook is most discouraging for a set
tlement.
All the Cleveland operators will at
tend the conference, and they express
themselves as eager for settlement
upon some satisfactory agreement. The
coal supply is low.
ONE NINE RUNNING.
CANONSBURG Pa.), July 26-Cook
& Sons mine at McGOvern was run
ming to-day About 100 men We're at
work
The camping strikers are still on the
scene. About 100 fresh recruits ar
rived there yesterday morning, and
about fifty more this morning.
The strikers are still hopeful Of win
ming out, and are determined to re-
main until and end is reached.
OPERATORS RESPONSIBLE.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 26.-Commis-
sioners Connor end Terhune, appointed
by Governor Mount to visit the Indiana
coal fields and report on the condition
of the miners, submitted their concIu-
sions to-day. They find that about
5000 miners and families Will need as
siStance if the present conditions con-
tinue Operators are quoted to the eff
feet that they are responsible for low
wages and the condition of the miners
for they have forced down prices under
competition which has driven them to
it. The report calls attention to the
fact that no lawlessness exists and
that there are no signs of any unruly
spirit
The Governor has decided to issue an
appeal suggesting some kind of a rea-
sonable relief for the striking miners
and their families.
NO ARMED GUARDS ON TRAINS.
BALTIMORE, July 26.-GeneraI Man
ager Green Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, said this morning that there
was no coal being confscated by the
company, and that all commercial coal
was being promptly forwarded to des-
tination
He also absolutely denied the story
that armed guards had been placed on
passenger trains through Pennsylvania
and West Virginia
The strike situation in the Fairmont,
West Virginia, District, of the BaIti-
more and Ohio, was as follows, Greene
said:
The Monongah mines increased the
number of men, and at the CASTOR.
Montana, New England and Shaft
mines the men went to work earlier
than usual. Some of the men at the
Pritchard mine returned to work and
few at the Hutchins mine came out
Palatine and Aurora miners are still
out, and it is thought that the Aurora
miners will return to work to-day or in
the morning"