The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-15
MORE MINERS ARE OUT AND THE
OUTLOOK as FAVORABLE FOR
THE MEN.
BOTH SIDES APPEAR CONFIDENT
trict Admit More Men Cult Work
Than They Had Counted
Upon at First.

| llllSDuTS, July ~ oIty-elSHt louIs
| after the Inauguration of the great Goa
| miners strike comparison of state.
ments from both sides engaged in the
| contests show favorable results for the
diggers. Counting the miners official
! announcement by the presidents opin-
ion there is no question that the work
men have scored a decided advantage
in this district, and it il belieYed that
us the Pittsburg district goes, so does
the country.
The conservative estimates place the
number of miners now striking in the
district at from 10000 to $4,000 men, IN
increase of about 5000. This leaves
from 1000 to 5000 men still working.
The key to the whole situation is
whether the strikers can secure the CO.
operation of the men now working for
the New York and Cleveland Gas and
Coal company. Without these men the
strike can hardly succeed.
Patrick DOlan, president of the Pitts
burg district miners, is confident that be-
fore the present week closes he will have
succeeded in getting all of these men to
join the ranks of the strikers. and when
this result is effected the battle will be
practically won.
The operators are just as confident of
gave out statement, claiming Il large ac
cession of men from different parts of
the districts and Il heavier shipping list
than usual. One thing in favor of the
operators is the freeing of the naviga
tion in the Monongahela river, which
went into effect to day. Ten million
bushels of coal which has been in stocks
will he brought to this harbor at once
and be available for the present demand.
Notwithstanding the advantages claimed
for the operators the consensus of Opin-
ion appears to be i'll favor of the miners.
inasmuch as the operators can only de-
pend on temporary relief with their pres
ent facilities, but the miners officials
seem to be in fair way to cripple even
these, by constantly adding to the num-
Der from the ranks of those remaining
at work.
When the miners headquarters were
visited this evening the officials were in
high glee over the result accomplished
today.
Prom all reports l have received"
said President Dolan, there are no more
than 1000 miners at work in the Pitts
ants in the field inform me that more
than So per cent of the men in the dis
trict have joined the movement for
higher wages. The best news received
was that the men working under contract
mt the Panhandle mines of NJ. A. Hanna
& Co., had quit work, and also that the
Ribbins first pool mines were idle and
no coal was loaded at the mines of the
Pittsburg and Chicago Gas Coal COM
pany at Snowden and Gastonville. The
strike is greater success than the one
of 1894 All the men in the Mononga
hela valley, the Panhandle, the main line
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and
along the Wheeling division have quit
work. The total number will approx
mate $4,000. If we can get the men at
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
cOmpany'S mines out we can settle this
fight within Il week, and | believe we
can do it"
The leading operators in the district
profess to an entirely different view of
the situation. They admit that the
miners have succeeded in getting more
men to strike than they expected. but say
they are not worrying over the outlook,
and that the strike will not last a week
Ex-senator Camden of West Virginia
has plenty of coal and is now trying to
lease cars to take it to the market Pitts
burg operators whose mines are idle have
requests for their individual cars. One
operator sent 100 cars to West Virginia
yesterday.