The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-15
G GO ES UP.
Bic Advances s. Price as = Result
of the Strike.


il OA &SAS3 .6SCuTS luS SllkutSSL al
vantage. No, openly aggressive work
was done Saturday by either side. bn1
the miners' officials held a secret meet
ling. at which It is believed yigorou.
campaign against the New York anc
Cleveland gas coal miners to be inaugu
rated at once was decided upon. The
operators apparently are doing little
and are saying less. However, their con.
fidence in defeating the miners has not
abated in the least. The expected
trouble in the Wheeling division Of the
Baltimore 4 Ohio did not come to the
surface Saturday. The miners were
paid of as announced, but no trouble
whatever followed. 0
The effect Of the strike is being man
Tested in the price of coal. An increase
OF 80 cents ton was shown Saturday
when application was made for con.
tracts, and sassnumber of Pittsburgh
operators, not being able5to work their
own miners are seeking to buy coal in
the West Virginia field in order to reap
the advantage Of the advance. -.
Sunday marked the beginning Of the
second week OF the strike, and it gives
promise of being one of the greatest
wage struggles in the history of this
country. Thetsuccess that has attended
the movement has greatly elated the
miners and during the next few days
every effort will be made to bring out
the men in the few mines that are still
working. This will be difficult task,
but they express confidence in their
ability to make the suspension complete
before the week is As hours old.
Just now the greatest obstacle in the
way of success of the miner is the &C.
tivity of the sdiggers in the West Vir-
ginia fields. They are working night
and day, and are. getting ready to sup
ply all the coal that is needed. They
are repeating what they did three years
ago, when general suspension was
declared. At that time there were a
number of operators in the Mountain
state that were on the verge of bank
ruptcy. The general suspension was
declared, and there came a great de-
mand for coal, at prices that insured a
big profit. The operatorssraliied around
them large.number.o of men, whose
friendship and support they have en-
couraged ever since. The operators
profited by thousands and thousands of
dollars. When the season had finished
and the strike was declared failure,
they balanced their books and found
things on the proper side of their ledg-
ers. They realized that they owed
much of their profit to their miners,
and rewarded them for it. On every
succeeding pay day the faithful miners
were paid bonuses in the shape of gold
pieces, and naturally the best of feeling
prevails among the employers and en-
ployes. T.
This is the condition of affairs the or
ganizers that will go into the West Vir-
ginia district this week will have to
encounter. It is argued by the miners
that there are@more men out in that
section thanathere were three years
ago, and they express the greatest con-
fidence in bringing them out if they
can get their ears. This failing, the
railroad organizations will be appealed
to. This plan OF. campaign has been
outlined by the national officers and the
developments OF. the week will be
watched with interest.
There are a number OF operators in
the Pittsburgh district who have ex-
pressed willingness to pay the price
demanded. But the miners have said
nay. They will insist that majority of
the operators in the district pay the
69-cent rate or none. This is the ulti-
matum of the national officials, from
which there is no appeal. 1t is known
that some of the miners officials would
be glad to let all the operators paying
the 69-cent rate operate their mines.
but cannot, owing to the decision of the
national officers, who desire to have all
the surplus coal taken from the market.
The new features in the situation
Sunday were the arrival of the Ohio
and Indiana state board of arbitration,
the meeting at night of the United
Labor League of Western Pennsylvania
and the report that movement was on
foot to import new men to take the
places of the strikers at the Pittsburgh
and Chicago cOmpany's mines.
Terre Haute, Ind, July 12.-The
Pawnee, Kelly and Westville companies
of the Danville district have posted
notices of an increase of ten cents ton
IN the wages for mining coal. The Oh.
ject of this is to keep their men at work
and thus break the back of the strike.
These three companies are the largest
in the Illinois territory, and upon the
success of their movement depends
much on the outcome of the strike. at
least as regards that state. IT. i. ~
Springfield, ILL.,, uly 12.-This morn
ing 1000 miners who have been work
ing in the Springfield mines will re-
fuse to returnsto work. This action was
decided upon Sunday afternoon at a
delegate meeting held three miles from
the city, attended by over 100 delegates
and 500 other mine workers. Only three
mines in the district were not repre-
sented. n -saS LII; p ;@s =
Cincinnati, July Gl2. There are 49,
100000 bushels Of coal in Cincinnati
harbor. Other cities are drawing on it
heavily. Four hundred car loads daily
go to Chicago. The coal elevators
worked all day Sunday and are loading
coal day and night. 4
Charged with Wife-Murder.
Rochester, n. y, July II. William h
Gates was arrested at his home in the
town Of Gates Sunday, charged with
the murder Of his wife, Carrie Gates.
The two had not lived together for
come time. Gates gained access to the
room occupied by his wife and shot her.