The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-23
BECOMING GENERAL
Under tho Assiduous La borsof ~,
Agitators.
More Miners Coming Out Every Dny Ana
An Early settlement of tne ..r..,
strike Hoped for No scarcity
OF Coal Felt Anywhere.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. July l7.-Dulln...
At miners headquarters and in .ll 81.
mines In the Pittsburgh distric, and
unusual activity in the coal mark,
characterized the features OF the s,ril,..
yesterday. For strike SO general 4,
causes the least excitement. n..,,.
seems To prevail everywhere. but hn,y
long this state of affairs will confirm.
To exist cannot be even guessed. TN.
miners are apparently willing To he
iule' ana as yet no suffering of con
sequence has been reported AT diS,ric,
headquarters.
The miners officials were very much
eiated over news from West Virginia
several kilograms from organizers in
that section of an encouraging mature
were received.
There is nothing startling To report
from any of the districts" said Pres.
dent Dolan. The men, with the ax
ception of very few, are out and wa
are satisfied with the situation"
Coal took another tumble in price
yesterday. 1t sold for Sl2s at the
mine, drop of % cents from the dav
previous. A tour among the operators
demonstrated that there was plenty ~
coal on hand. 1t was learned that tho
Pennsylvania Gas Coal Co., Westmnra.
land Gas Coal Co, Manor Shaft. Kew.
stone Coal Co., Washington Run Coal
Co., the Boon and Allison mines were
furnishing considerable coal. 1t wa,
estimated that the mines east of Pitts.
burgh are furnishing $50 ears day.
Nearly all the empty coal cars in the
Pittsburgh district are finding their
way To the West Virginia coal fields
The Baltimore * Ohio took severn,
trains of them yesterday. 1t was also
learned that $50 cars day were going
from the Pocahontas field in West Nir.
GINA into Cleveland. The records
show that cargo of 1900 tons was
loaded Wednesday, similar one on
Thursday and the North Wing was
loaded yesterday with the same
amount. Another cargo will be loaded
to-day. The price is 80 alongside or
free on board the vessel.
1t was learned last night that the
programme of the miners officialsisto
bring out all the men possible ia the
West Virginia field and then bring all
the organizers to Pittsburgh. 1t is x-
pected that the terms will be made
here, as the district is looked upon as
the most interesting point after West
Virginia has been disposed of.
The miners hopes are high and
they are confident that there will he
good story to tell from West Virginia
Monday morning. The lukewarmness
of National President Ratchford and
the belittling attitude Of District Presi-
dent Dolan has put somewhat of
damper on the true uniformity plan,
but President Dolan says notwith
standing his private opinion concern
ing Mr.. DeArmitt, he has been and will
continue doing everything in his power
to further the the scheme.
Gen. Little and MIR. DeArmitt left
last evening at $ o'clock for Philadel-
phia to consult with officials of the
Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. Key
stone ahd other coal companies along
the line of the Pennsylvania railroad
with the end in view of securing their
cooperation in the uniformity plan.
All of the arbitration board except
Ii. Frank Schmid, of Indiana, are now
out of the city. Edward Ridglev and
Horace Calef are in Chicago, and L. 7.
Mccormack at indianapolis for the
purpose of interesting operators in
these states in the proposition fora
settlement of the strike. They eN
pect to have a general meeting Of the
tor af h.. Gx-.A -.
burgh next Monday or Tuesday, when
the commissioners believe an amicaos
settlement will be reached.