Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-08


coal at good prices. Last evening the
operators in the .Pittsburg district is
sued the following brief summary Of the
situation from their standpoint: The
Young slope mine was loading coal all
Day and calling urgently upon the B.
and o. railroad for more cars. The Port
Royal started up again today and the
Wick Haven was running full. The
Panhandle, West Newton and Beading
mines had more rcen at work than yes
terday and loaded more cars The
Pittsburg and Chicago loaded nearly
its full output. The Pittsburg and Lake
Erie railroad moved 246 cars, which is
over 25 per cent. Of their normal load
ing"
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company, acting under its legal right,
confiscated a number of cars of coal
which had been shipped by Henry
F1oresheim to the United States engineer
for Davis Island and Hers Island
dams. The coal is badly needed by the
government. and also by the railroad
company. The United States engineer
offered to compromise with the Balti-
more and Ohio IL it would release half
AZ the coal If the offer is not ac-
cepted the question will be submitted to-
the United States district attorney to
determine where the coal shall go.
STORM CENTER OF THE STRIKE.
It Has Already Shown Flashes Of IntIlni.
dation Neutrality-suspicious. Coming.
Wheeling, w. Va, July S.-The storm
center Of the big coal strike bids fair to
be located in the vicinity of Wheeling.
Already the operators In the Fairmont,
W. Va. region are preparing to send
great quantities CT coal into Ohio and
to the lakes and Wheeling Is the gateway
through which all this coal will pass
Three rcads-the Baltimore ard Ohio,
the Wheeling and Lake Erie and the
Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling-will
carry it through to it's markets. Along
the line Of each road in eastern Ohio are
located many coal mines, nearly all of
which have closed down since the strike
was declared last week. 1t was in this
area that the turbulence CT three years
ago occurred. when several thousand
men of the Ohio National Guard were
out. The fear is now becoming general
that the ccas from the West Virginia
mines passing through will provoke vio-
lence on the part of the idle union min
ers and their friends in eastern Ohio.
handles and clubs, the striking Wheel
ing and Lake Erie miners at Long Run,
over the river. proceeded to Dillorville,
short distance away on the same road,
and forced the working miners at the
latter place to come out en- strike. The
deputy United States marshal from Gin
cinnati had not yet arrived. At Wheel
ing Creek. opposite Wheeling, in Ohio,
the miners union met yesterday after
roon and decided to strike in obedi-
ence to the request of the United Mine
Workers. Back Of Bellaire on the B.
and 0. read two railroad mines are
working at the rate demanded by the
miners-60 cents-but the striking min
ers elsewhere are determined that the
men shall not work at these mines until
the strike Is settled.
Strikes were inaugurated yesterday at
the non-unicr mills OF Anderson, Dupuy
& Co.. and the Wayne Iron works. The
employees of Anderson, Dupuy & Co.
struck against 20 per cert reduction.
About 2.4e0 men are affected The wayns
Iron company's employees want the "a. so
per ton pudding rate. Painter 4 Sons
mill. which has been operated by the
Amalgamated men, will be started nom
union as soon as enough men can be Sc
Suicu. 4SStSIUdy morning the nrm ad-
vertised for workmen to take the places
of the old men. If the mill resumes with
non-union men trouble will probably fol-
low.
Compromise az an Illinois Point.
Bloomington. Ills, July ga mass
meeting OF miners Of Bloomington last
night decided not to enter upon a strike.
The meeting ratified the agreement CT
the miners and coal operators to the eff
feet that If the miners did not go out
the operators would ship no coal out of
the city whatever. except the daily
supply for the locomotives of the Lake
Erie and Western. If this agreement is
lived up to by the operators there will
be no suspension of work here Three
hundred miners and company men are
affected by this action
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
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