The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-26
1NorHEn oRrsIs IN WEsrrrRe1IA.
Ceal STRIKERS Expect TO Make Great Gains In
Their lnanka To-Day.

HuttE V-Dhy
WHEELING, w. Va, July 25.-operators and
labor leaders Of the Monongah coal field agree
that n crisis In strike affairs In West Virginia
Is approaching, and that tomorrow will deter
mine whether the diggers OF central West vlr-
ginia will give the aid for which President
Ratchford and Eugene Debs have worked SO
earnestly. To-day there were visible indica-
lions Of an unusually chaotic condition among
Monongah district miners. The persuasive
efforts of the a~gitators and n Sunday largely
given over to beer drinking form u combinn-
ton that is expected to produce something OF
vital importance TO the strike.
to return to work on Monday all Is saved. In
the southern part OF the State the strike has
Of tho Norfolk and Western, which is said to
DO almost tied up. Debs, accompanied by Presi-
dent Mahon Of the street railway examination,
morrow in time to talk to q mass meeting OF
miners. An effort will be made to induce him
to remain for the meeting Of labor leaders, on
Tuesday. 1t seems to be the general under
standing that Debs is about to attempt a con.
eerted movement Of all 9rgani5ed labor in behalf
s%a fem'% viii i" Be sought. at pfSesday's col Conference
is taken as a confirmation of the alleged plans Of
the leader of the Social Democracy.
PITTsBuRG, Pa, July 25.-Practically the
whole Pittsburg coal district, with the exception
Of De Armitt's mines. is shut down, and from
the talk OF the miners officials to-day II appears
that they are hopeful that there her will be mo no
strikers camp at McGoyern, near the Allison
mines, was. visited to-day. BY hundreds, who
strikers in camp are living high. having received
plentiful contributions of food.
IT was reported to the office OF the New York
and Cleveland Gas Coal Company that 1000
strikers had formed a marching body and had
decided to make a descent on the mines, arriv.
ing there in time to intercept the miners as they
go to work. In response to this report w. T. De
Armitt engaged eighty deputy shcritis and they
will be warned off by the deputies.
IN%PIAN4roLIs, July 25..The CommissionSr
s saI. 2 81 p The s9 str,t Moqn eoa 70 m ,dSsrs'E Tetsrn 1sS
from the mining districts last night, and will
submit their report to the Governor tomorrow.
should be- given, and viii declare that the
continuance ,E q the strike for another
ton among. the miners. especially at
Hymera, Coal Bluff, Clinton. and Shellburn. In
each Of there places the Commissioner found
entirely upon the meaKre charity of their neigh.
bors. and there is not enough provisions on hand
II is expected that Gov. Mount will issue an
appeal to the people of the State for contribu-
tfons as soon as the report Of the commissioners
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July PSI. Smith Tai.
ley, President Of the State Coal Operators Asso,
citation, says he thinks tho coal strike will be
long drawn out. but that in the end the miners
will win. The fact that the southern Illinois
miners are coming out leads him TO, believe that
the exceptional conditions will result in
success for the organizers, who are trying to
get West Virginia out. Southern Illinois has
not heretofore engaged in general strikes,
but Mr.. Talley SAYS he would not be surprised
II the digxers were brought out as far south as
Cairo. With the West Virginian miners out he
does not. see anything in the way OF an inter.
state scale. such as the men are striving them.
selves to have adopted.
BLOOMINGTON, m, July 25.-A serious aspect
OF the coal strike In central Illinois is presented
in the fact that the oats harvest is at Its height
and there Is not a pound OF coal obtainable for
the thrashing. Rain falls almost every day and
It is necessary to quickly thrash the grain or
stack 1t. Stacking oats has not been done in
recent years. owing to the quick work OF the
The farmers say II is impossible to ind men
who can properly stack oats. as stacking is now
almost a lost trade. The farmers in thei di.
lemma threaten to make a rail on the coal
which the railroad companies have stored along
their lines. Where wood Is procurable 1t serves
as a makeshift. but there are many places where
1t ia impossible TO get wood.