The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
THE MINERS STRIKE
EFFORTS NOW TO SETTLE THE
MATTER BY ARBITRAT ION
A Conference Of Leaders on b. 9TH Sides-A
Dispute as to T. rms on Which Miners
Shall Return to Work Pen ding Arbitra.
tion-Strikers Attacked by working &
Miners-Three of The IN wOunded-A
Brush with Deputy She riffs

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug ust ga conflict
took place this afternoon between
working miners a nd strikers during
none seriously.
Five Of the men who are working for
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
Company this afternoon went to Will
liam SeamCn's boarding house, about
one and a half miles from Oak Hill tip
ole. where a number Of strikers are
quartered, for the purpose of persuad-
ing the strikers to go to work. The
meeting was a stormy one, and result
ed in Antonio Podasky being shot near
the heart, the bullet going almost
through his body. Grogron Pimboldw
was shot in the eye, and Bostiste Dal-
meso was cut with a razor. The in
jured men are all strikers. the ag-
gressive wOrkmen escaped before the
men on the oak Hill camp were aware
of the fight.
Yesterday morning there was a clash
between deputy sheriffs and strikers at
Plum Creek, which resulted in the ar
rest Of five miners. The deputy sher-
ifs and a body Of marchers on the pike
and Chief Deputy Samuel Young told
them they would have to turn back.
The men laughed at him and tried to
push on. There was a mix-up. Young
arrested two Of the men and told his
deputies to follow his example. The
strikers turned back, but about dozen
of the more obstinate started to run to-
ward the mines. The deputies caught
up to them and placed three more under
arrest The five were brought to Pitts
burg and released on their recOgnizance
for a hearing August 31st.
Pittsburg, Pa, August 23.-The shoot
ing affair among the Italian miners
Of the New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal Company was made the occasion
of a call for a general meeting Of or
ganiZed labor tomorrow evening at
knights of Labor hall.
President Patrick Dolan, of the
miners organization had narrow es-
cape from death at o'clock p. m, and
John McLuckie, the camp cOmmissary,
was badly hurt by being struck by
train. The two men were hurrylng
along the Pan Handle tracks to catch
a train al Sturgeon station. They did
not see that the train they were to take
was on the same track and it came up
behind them. McLuckie was struck on
the right side and fell. He was stunn-
ed and DOlan was showed aside. He
called to McLuckie to lie still, for if
he had moved a couple of inches he
would have been crushed.
The eighteen strikers who were ar
rested at Camp Injunction, at the Bu-
nola mines, for disorderly conduct and
sent to jail for ten days, were released
this morning. All returned to the
camp.
This evening National President
Ratchford made the following state
!, md hno op,I hn
purpose of the conference explained.
In coming here 1 was ignorant of it's
object, excepting as it was explained
by President DOlan. He said it was to
be an interstate conference and that
was my impression. When I heard
Colonel Rend talk in the meeting, I
learned that the object was to submit
the matter to arbitration. Being fav-
orable to arbitration and also an inter-
state conference l decided that both OBJ
jects were worthy and during the af-
ternoon we discussed both of them.
There is a feeling of opposition upon
the part of the operators against an in
ter-State cnference for certain business
reasons. The general feeling among
them is in favor Of arbitration. To this
we have no objection. We favor arbi-
tration, but insist that this Ques-
tion, if arbitrated, must be arbitrated
on the basis Of living wages. Further
than this, we will not go. The opera
tors, on the other hand, believe that
work should be resumed at the old
prices, pending arbitration, at retro
active rate. We struck against the
OLD price because it did not afford our
miners living and we will not resume
work at any price less than the price
demanded, which is the lowest possible
rate that men can labor for
Pittsburgy August 23.-Everything is
quiet al the miners camps tonight, but
another attempt will be made to march
in the morning.
Antonio Todasta, the striking miner
who was shot yesterday at his boarding
house near Oak Hill, was reported to
be slightly improved, although his con-
dition is still critical. The others who
We're hurt in the fight~a are not danger
Gus and VIII recover. The Belatina
brothers, who did the shooting. were
arrested shortly after the affair and
brought to Pittsburg today. None of
the negroes implicated in the shooting
at Unity yesterday have been arrested.
The campers are arranging for an
other big turnout Of the farmers next
Tuesday night.
At GreenSburg this afternoon Judge
Mcconnell, continued the restraining
order against the river and Herminie
strikers, issued few days ago. 1t
was developed at the hearing that the
Aroma and Madison mines were nearly
all IN favor Of working and no further
trouble is anticipated.
The hearing in the injunction pro-
ceedings against the strikers encamped
at McG0Vern was begun before Judge
sullivan, of Washington. today. The
present action was to add the names Of
Others to the injunction which prevents
the miners from marching along the
road in front of Cook e Sons mine.
Miners to resume work at the "a cent
rate pending a decision of a board of
arbitration. Miners to resume work at
an Intern ediate rate between the rate
demanded and the rate paid prior to
suspension pending a decision of board
Of arbitration. Miners to resume
operations without price named pend
ing a decision O. a board of arbitra-
ton. These three propositions
submitted by the special cmmitte Z
railroad coal operators Of the ePittsburg