The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-22
IN THE FACE OF HUNGER
COAI MINERS, TROUGH DESTITUTE,
 ARE YET FIRM.

Failure Are Inspired-Trouble Feared Near Pittsburg-Authorities Will Take Drastic Measures should the Mob Com init Any Overt Act.
 Pittsburg, Pa., July 21.-Trouble and much of 1t, seems to be in store for the Allison mine, three miles west of Can- nonsburg. The men want to go to work, but are afraid. They fear anoth- CT invasion of the strikers, and do not want to be targets for a mob, that is liable at any moment to lose control of itself. Tonight everything was quiet about the mines and the citizens of Cannonsburg were awaiting the ar rival of the invaders. It was the inten- ton of the strikers to begin their march to Cannonsburg tonight, but a tele- gram from Bridgeville announces that owing to the heavy rain of this even- ing it was decided to postpone the tramp until tomorrow.
 The men are fully determined to car ry out their threat of making the march. They expect to start with six hundred men and be reinforced With about the same number from Bridge vile and Toms Run. The men will start with several days rations and ex- pect to be in shape to watch the offend ing mines for several days. This morn- ing a number of men going to the Alli- CIT ,,tx, z%r NY tee of strikers. Many of them did not go to work. J. H. V. Cook said that the names of the strikers would be pro- cured, and they would all be arrested for intimidation of his employees.
 Sheriff Werner Clark of Washington county is fully prepared for any army of marching strikers that may invake his domain. It Is not generally known that at 6 o'clock last night he had nearly 300 deputies sworn in who are available at any time. From the most reliable information 1t was learned that they are all ready with the requisite number of firearms and are prepared to do business. The sheriff is on the ground in person and If there is a false movement made on the part of any of the strikers, drastic measures will be resorted to.
 At the Boone mine a game of peek-a- boo Is in progress. The men want to work as long as there are no strikers in sight. Manager Hitchman of the mine said that he would not make an at tempt to operate the plant as long as there was any indication of trouble. He said he was prepared for any emer- gency and intimated that the trouble would blow over in a few days.
 At committee meeting at the min ers' headquarters in this city this af- ternoon the question was discussed how it would be possible to march a body of men to stop the mines of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company from working. Every phase of the subject was discussed, but no plan could be hit upon. It was the general opin- ion that the mines of this company are impregnable to attack because of their geographical position. The expected meeting of the board of arbitration did not take place tonight, the western members not reaching the city. As soon as they arrive arrangements will be made for a general meeting of the operators.
 The situation in this district is prac- tically unchanged. The suspension in complete with the exception of DeAr- mitt mines, and though considerable Restitution and suffering are reported among the strikers and their families, the determination to fight it out is ap- parently as strong as on the first day of the strike
 Cleveland, O., July 21.-The Cleveland Rolling Mill company shut down at noon to-day for want of fuel. The com- pany refused to pay the advanced price. Over twelve hundred men were thrown out of employment.
 Birmingham, Ala, July 21-All the idle miners of the Sloss Iron and Steel company, and all except those at Blue Creek employed by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company, returned to work to-day, having compromised with the operators at 371a cents per ton, a. reduction of two and one-half cents. The same scale, 1t Is expected, will be signed with the Blue Creek miners to- day.
 
 ternoon the Aurora and O'Donnell mines organized a union with eighty members The women of Monogah presented the strikers flag which was carried on the march this afternoon. Over four hundred miners, with their wives and children, were in the ranks. At Pritchard twenty men joined the strikers.
 Peoria I'll, July 21.-F'ifty striking miners at Pennington seized Bur | lington freight train at Il o'clock this morning, demanding that it carry them | to Dunfermine, where they intended to call out the two hundred and fifty miners at work, their wages having been increased three per cent. They refused to pay or get off and held the train until o'clock, when the conduc- tor cut off the engine and ran to Can ton returning with the sheriff and the | state attorney They argued with the men and the latter finally abandoned the train after holding it five hours. he Peoria county miners are threat ening to march across country to Dun- fernline tomorrow to force the men cut. The managers of the mines there say the men want to keep at work and are preparing for trouble
 Pittsburg, July 1.-Chairman Little
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