The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10
COAL GETTING SCARCE.
Cities Begin to See a Black Dia.
mond Famine.
MORE MINERS ARE QUITTING WORK

Indications That There May Bo Clash
at DilIonville, O.-Quiet Meeting of
Springfield, His, Miners Desperate Sit
uatiOn of Affairs at Cleveland Some of
the Fueling Firms Have Nearly Ex-
hausted Their supply of Coal.
Chicago, July 1O.-Chicago Joliet, FL
gin and other Illinois cities begin to feel
the shortage Of soft coal consequent up
on the strike OF the miners. Railroads
pursue their policy Of conhscating coal
wherevei tound. and public institutions
which use soft coal for fuel are facing
a serious problem. A typical case is
that of Elgin,- whence a correspondent
writes:
"Elgin is threatened with a coal fam
inc. The Illinois mines that have been
closed were supplying nearly all Of the
factories here, and the supply is very
limited. The city pumping station has
a ten days supply, as have the street
railway people. The city may be left
| in darkness, as the electric light de-
| partment has practically none on hand.
The asylum. watch factory Elgin But
| ter company anu tOlutllNill5 ld%AbilSS
! have a limited amount"
Encouraging News to strikers.
News encouraging TO the strikers is
the general Walk-out of dggers all
along the Wheeling division of the Bal
| tmore and Ohio road in West Virginia
This cuts off a supply of coal on which
| operators relied with certainty. Arbi-
tration is making little headway on the
surface w p. Rend, the Chicago oper-
ator, has gone to Pittsburg to urge the
| operators there to try arbitration. Mr..
Rend is quoted as saying that the min
ers have been getting too little and are
now asking too much-more at least,
than operators can afford to pay.
From Dillonville, o.. comes this sug-
| gestion of trouble i'm embryo: Antci-
pating trouble, Receiver Herriek and
| Robert Blickensdorfer of the Wheeling,
Lake Erie and Pttsburg Coal company
and the Wheeling and Lake ERIC Rail-
road company have issued the Follow
ing notice:
All Persons Warned.
( "All persons are hereby given notice
} that these mines are being operated by
J the undersigned as receivers of the
J United States court. All persons I'm our
employ will be fully protected by the
I United States court All others are
| hereby warned that they must not mo-
] lest in any way the persons in our en-
ploy or the property in our possession"
The receivers have issued an order to
all the agents along the road tosfefuse
( to haul whisky or any other intoXioants
! consigned to this town. Mount Pleas
I ant and Long Run. The strikers held
! another massmeeting, principally for
/ the purpose of perfecting a permanent
organization. One of the first resolu
! tions adopted was one refusing en-
| phatically to return to work and to
I prevent others from doing So The Eng
( lish speaking miners are determined but
! careful, and they will not permit vio-
! lence.
The miners of the Springfield (Ills)
( district held a meeting Thursday after
( noon, and discussed the question Of
I striking.
! Adjourned Until Sunday.
There was a small attendance and
| only nine out of the twenty-six mines
| were represented Owing to the small
| number present the meeting was ad-
| journed until Sunday afternoon at 2
| o'clock at the Old Starnes junction. An
effort will be made to have the state
) officers present
| There was some discussion whether
| the miners should work Friday and Sat
urday. It was decided to leave 1t to
] the men themselves.
| The 5000 Alabama miners who are
| Idle pending the arrangement OF
\ wage scale for another year met by
| representatives in convention in Bir-
| mingham The session was a closed
one, bit 1t is stated the sentiment was
heartily in favor OF returning to work
| II any honorable agreement could be ef-
l factad