The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-07-23
THE STRIKERS
ARE PEACEFUL.
Miners Of the PittSburg District Not
RiOtOuS.
WEST VIRGINIA MINE GUARDED |
A Slight Disturbance at the Hite Mine,
Near Paramount, in Which There is
Some Shooting Done by a Mine
superintendent, but No
body blurred.

Pittsburg, July 23.-Excitement was
at fever heat in local coal miners cir
cles yesterday. The operators appar-
emily We're preparing for any demon
stratlon, and before nightfall they were
convinced that matters had taken a
serious turn. Early In the morning
about 500 miners from the Finleyville
district marched on the Bunola mines,
and succeeded in bringing out the men
at work Sheriff Lowrey Of this county,
has a force of deputies ready for duty
at a moments notice, and trouble is
looked for at any time. The deputies
are in readiness to go to the mines Of
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
company A march on the Turtle Creek,
Plum Creek and Sandy Creek mine is
expected at any time 1t was learned
from reliable authority that such
march was in contemplation, but would
not take place until the latter part Of
the week.
The miners leaders continue at work
in an effort to persuade the miners in
the Connellsville coke region to stop
work, but dispatches from Uniontown
and Dunbar indicate that they are
meeting with poor success. A Union
town dispatch says the leaders are very
AlAhNAA hAaAiS fAA AOlASN anu etbAlAt pAAN cLAG
ly that they have failed to create any
strike sympathy. The Redstone min
ers, 1t is claimed, will be back next
week.
Dunbar dispatches say there is very
little probability that the coke region
will become factor in the strike The
new state law to compel coal operators
to weigh the coal before it is screened
and TO pay the miners on it's basis is
to be tested to its fullest extent, and
the whole uniformity agreement hinges
on this test. A large number of oper-
ators are quitting in scales so as to
weigh the coal according to the new
law, but others are preparing to fight
1t. Among the latter is w. p DeArmitt
who says the law can be abrogated by
the right of private contract, and he
intends to test It by the contract he
has with his men. He claims the miner
has a right to mine coal to be paid
after screening, and that the operator
can also Pay the miner in this fashion
A member VI the arbitration COM
mission said last night that the new
anti-screening law would cut a figure
in the new agreement, and the law
would be thoroughly tested before it Is
incorporated in the agreement.
The arbitrators were at work among
the Plttsburg operators yesterday, and
they are trying every means to bring
about a meeting of the operators. So
far they have been unsuccessful in ar
ranging for a meeting, but it is hoped
to accomplish this shortly. Mayor
Ford said yesterday that he had not
consented to call a meeting, and that
he would not do so, although 1t had
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proceeding would be the best thing tc
do under the circumstances.
The second march on the Allison
mine, operated by ]. w. H. Cook &
Sons, was made last evening by about
800 strikers from Millers Run and the
Bridgeville district. The strikers reach
ed the coal tipple just about dark, but
were met by a deputy sheriff, who
served an injunction on the leader,
Andrew Savage. After some parleyins
the men marched back a few hundred
yards and camped in an open field
They are prepared for a siege Of several
days and seem contented as long as
they can keep the mine closed The
managers say they will not attempt
TO operate the mine until after the
hearing on the injunction, which takes
place this afternoon.
A Wheeling dispatch says the miners
at the Bogga mines refused to come
out when requested by a committee Of
strikers to do so yesterday, and ar
rangements are being made for a dem
onstration of strikers. While it Is de-
| elared to be a peaceful demonstration
another refusal to come out may pre-
cipitate trouble.
A Fairmount, W. Va, dispatch says
Armed deputy sheriffs of the county
now guard the Hlte mine at Kings, thre,
miles above here on the Tygarts Val
ley river. The sheriff was called ther,
yesterday afternoon, as the operators
feared an outbreak, but no arrests wer,
made. Early in the morning the driver.
at that mine Joined the strikers as
result of the efforts of Crawford Tenn
pie, a MononEah miner. who, sine,
Joining the union, has proved as eflci
ent a missionary as the organizers
could desire. The operators secured
( new drivers IN an hour, and at nool
over half of the miners came out. TheI
the second lot of drivers threw up thei
positions, and some of the men hogai
stoning the miners who were forced t,
leave their work and Who had as
/ sembled In front of the mine Rolf Hite
the superintendent, soon had his Win
chester IN his hands. and three shot
= quenched the enthusiasm of all tn,
strikers but one, who made for Hit
with a pick but he was driven of
at the point of a revolver The oper
ators however, feared another out
break and called ON the county Off
eials for aid. "At our conference" sal,
President Ratchford last night, 1T wa
| decided to give the FairmOunt distric
more attention, as we feel oonhden
that the miners can be gotten out.
speak at Monongah this afternoon. an,
at Fairmount tonight"