The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-23
THE ESTRIKERS PEACEFUL
Miners Of the Pittsburg District
Not Riotous.
WEST VIRGINIA MINE GUARDED.
ASlight Disturbance at the IIite Mine,
Near Paramount, in Which There Is
Some Shooting Done by a Mine Su-
perintendent, but Nobody Injured.

perintendent, but Nobody Injured.
I Plttsburg. July 2S.-Excitement wa
at fever heat in local coal miners cir
cles yesterday. The operators appar
! emily were preparing for any demon
| stration, and before nightfall they wer
| convinced that matters had taken
serious turn. Early In the mornin.
about 500 miners from the Finleyvill
district marched on the Bunola mines
and succeeded in bringing out the mel
at work. Sheriff Lowrey, of this county
has force of deputies ready for duty
at moments notice. and trouble /.
looked for at any time. The deputie!
are in readiness to 70 to the mines oi
the New York and Cleveland Gas Goa
company. A march on the Turtle Creek
Plum Creek and Sandy Creek mine is
expected at any time. 1t was learned
from reliable authority that such a
march was in contemplation. but would
not take place until the latter part OF
the week.
The miners leaders continue at work
In an effort to persuade the miners in
the Connelsville coke region to stop
work, but dispatches from Uniontown
and Dunbar indicate that they are
meeting with poor success. A Union.
town dispatch says the leaders are very
much disheartened, and admit private.
ly that they have failed to create any
strike sympathy. The Redstone min.
ers, it is claimed, will be back next
week.
Dunbar dispatches say there is very
little probability that the coke region
will become a factor in the strike. The
new state law to compel coal operators
to weigh the coal before it is screened
and to pay the miners on its basis is
to be tested to Its fullest extent, and
the whole uniformity agreement hinges
on this test. A large number Of oper-
ators are quitting in scales go as to
weigh the coal according to the new
law, but others are preparing to fight
1t. Among the latter Is w. p. DeArmitt,
who says the law can be abrogated by
the right of private contract, and he
intends to test 1t by the contract he
has with his men. He claims the miner
has a right to mine coal to be paid
after screening. and-that the operator
can also pay the miner in this fashion.
A member of the arbitration COM
mission said last night that the new
anti-screening law would cut a figure
in the new agreement. and the law
would be thoroughly tested before it Is
incorporated in the agreement.
The arbitrators were at work among
the Pittsburg operators yesterday, and
they are trying every means to bring
about a meeting of the operators. So
far they have been unsuccessful in ar
ranging for a meeting. but it is hoped
10 accomplish this shortly. Mayor
Ford said yesterday that he had not
consented to call a meeting, and that
he would not do so, although 1t had
been suggested to him that such a
proceeding would be the best thing TO
do under the circumstances.
The second march on the Allison
mine, operated by J. W. Fl. Cook G.
Sons, was made last evening by about
COO strikers from Millers Run and the
Bridgeville district. The strikers reach
ed the coal tipple just about dark, but
were met by a deputy sheriff, who
served an injunction on the leader,
Andrew Savage. After some parleying
the men marched back a few hundred
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