The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-10

warrants and election IL they don't return
Preacher Green, the miner who was
! chairman of the meeting at the Forty-foot
| cut, Snowden, yesterday, was again in the
field last night and presided at a meeting
| of the Gastonville diggers at that place.
| Several fiery speeches We're made, resulting
| eventually in a unanimous vote favoring
| the strike. In a letter to Secretary War
ner, Green stated that the whistle for the
men TO go to work at Gastonville blew this
morning as usual but not miner from
his home entered the pit. Only few were
| in yesterday
Another wrote Secretary Warner this
morning from the Jumbo mines saying that
| only seven men were at work at that pit
to-day as he had made special investiga-
| tiOn in order to get the facts in the case.
| From the same source it was learned that
| everything was quiet and idle on Miler's
run The Jumbo was reported to be work
ing, and it is pretty certain that nearly
one-thiTd of the Panhandle miners of
| Hanna & Co. are at work to-day. The
miners officials had no definite informa-
tion from there to-day, but claim the pit
was practically deserted. From opera
tor it was learned the mines of the Wash
| ngtOn Coal and Coke Company in StickleS
hollow are working full, and yesterday
| loaded one hundred cars of coal which went
| to Cleveland. where there is said to be a
scarcity. This mine Is on the line of the
Pittsburg Mckeesport S Youghogheny
| Railroad and has not heretofore been con-
sidered in the Pittsburg district The best
information puts the present state of the
strike in this district as about complete,
with the exception o1 5,a ne pits or the New lew
small mines and several others in the
fourth pool
UPPER RIVER SECTION.
1t seems that the officials arc having
more trouble in getting out the miners of
the upper river section than in any other
portion of the territory. 1t is true with
that of the Dearmitt mine, the vital point
of the district. Stiong efforts will be
made this week by President Dolan to get
i,,to
By his efforts yesterday the miners at
Whttsett and West Newton were out.
Some of the reports from the Monongahela
river district Indicate that many of the
miners of that section are weakening and
that some have already returned 10 work,
with prospects OF more following thelr eX-
ample before long. The Chammonnl mines
of the Tide Coal Company. the miners of
the Charles Jutte Company aud the Samuel
| Neiu mines at Fayette. and the Jones
mines at Monongahea were at work to-
day This condition. OF AFFAIRS is causing
much excitement in the valley. "A special
from Fayette City says:
Crowds of idle miners are gathering,
| and unless the miners of these places in
operation lay down their tools at once 1t is
said a march of miners, beginning at ray,
ette City, with a brass band leading, Will
be made, and every man persuaded to quit
work The miners, When spoken TO, were
| in deadly earnest. ana will not rest until
every digger comes out and joins the gen.
The serious condition of affairs in the
valley has been made known to the miners
officials. and President Dolan will probably
arrange a mass meeting at LucyVille or
MOnongahela within the next forty-eight
hours. A miner from the valley who was
at headquarters to-day said 1t was neces-
sary to draw out all of the miners in that
section If success was desired AT some
of the places now working, he said, the
mine owners have commenced to load coal
for rail Shipment. If this be permitted to
continue the men need not expect VIC
tory since it will be only a question of time
until all of the river miners return to the
pits. | understand committee has peen
appointed to lay the serious state OF az
fairs before the miners othclals.
The operators claim the following mines
are either running full or partially to-day:
Pittsburg and Chicago Gas Coal Companys
mines at GastonVille and Snowden; Jumbo
mine of the Pittsburg Consolidated Coal
Company and Columbia Gas Coal Com
pany mines. near West Newton; Newton
and Cleveland Gas Coal Company mines,
at Turtle Creek. Oak Hill and Plum Creek;
j. r. Coreys Dequesne mine, in the Penn
sylvania Railway district; DIcksQn s f1aInP-
ton mine, in the same district, Whitney q
Stephenson's Manor shaft; Westmoreiano
mines, at Irwin; Berwynd, White Company
mines, in the Pennsylvania Railroad dis
trict. and the Keystone Coal Company
mines at West Greensburg. The most of
these mines are repeated in full operation,
and the operators say the PennsylVanla
Railroad handled thousand cars of coal
yesterday. Most of 1t, they say, went 70
the Western markets. The following is
Secretary Warmers list of the pits now
working and how strong:
LIST OF MEN AT WORK.
At the Boone mine, Cannonsburg Coal
Company, rs men; 100 men at Allison mine
of j. v Cook & Son; 1900 men at three
mines of the New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal Company; few men at Painters Buff
falo and Cincinnati mines and the men at
the o. 1. c. mines of w. j. Steen, working
for 50 cents, but he was sure that the Wick
haven miners would be out in the morning.
of the 5000 river miners at work. The Off
cials of the United Mine Work
ers, both local and national, re-
aiize that this is a critical time
in the strike movement with the greatest
interest centered in the Pittsburg dlStrlct.
Efforts will be made to get out all the
working river miners and the Dearmitt
men, such as were never made before in
the history of a coal strike. Much depends
on their success, and, in fact it Will like
ly be the turning point in the moVement:
at the mines of the New York and Cleve-
land Gas and Coal Company and none is
expected to join the strikers. President w.
P. Dearmitt says the men are perfectly sat
isfied with the price and the conditions.
They are receiving 10 cents ton above
what is called for in their contracts NO
deductions are made and they are paid in
cash instead of store goods A number of
the miners who were spoken to this after
noon say they will not join in the move
p1ent as they are satisfied with the pay
they are receiving. The miners, Leaders ,Is are are
determined, however, 10 DTlHS IIIeIH out anu
claim they will succeed.
Trouble is expected on the Wheeling divi-
sion tomorrow, as it will be pay day. 1t is
estimated that fully $4,000 will be paid out
in cash. An effort will be made by some
of the operators and railroad officials to
have the licensed saloons at Finleyville
closed Tomorrow claiming that there will
be rioting If the men who have money
patronize these places. There are many for
| eigr RS employed at the mines and they
are considered dangerous when under the
influence of liquor.
An unusual quantity of coal came in from
the Fairmount region of West Virginia
over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and is
crowded in the Genwood yards. Most of it
will go to the lakes The mines on the
| Pennsylvania Railroad are running to their
fullest capacity and operators in need of
coal are making heavy purchases. one op-
orator purchased $50 carloads yesterday
from the keystone Coal Company.
The shortage of coal is severely felt by
the railroads. Wholesale confscations are
the rule on all lines shipping West. Bead
ling Brothers reported that the railroad
had taken eight loaded cars shipped by
them yesterday, but by making vigorous
The movement among the operators to
get conference with the miners leaders
has not yet assumed any definite form. Col.
w p. Rend, the Chicago operator, and sew
eral others are working hard to this end.
The colonel believes the controversy can
be arbitrated, but the majority of operators
will not listen to the proposition.
A
COAL FAMINE AT CLEVELAND.
Railroads Seize the Coal and Big In
dustries Forced to Close.
CLEVELAND July 9.--The situation in
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