The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-19
WAS OPERATORS DAY

WV VI e=ANAh SANO
In pittsburgh Distrlct-InJunction Made
Permanent, aud Miners Greatly Dis
conraged-striker are Indignant at
AIIns workers. officials.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1s,-Thls was
operators day and from present appear
ances they have made most effective
move and have nearly, II not quite check
mated their opponents, the striking coal
miners. The courts decree to-day In
making permanent the preliminary IN
junction restraining the strikers from
camping, marching or In any manner tn
terferlng with the New York and Cleve-
land Gas Coal Company's miners, has
had the effect Of almost depicting the
camps about those mines, and apparent
ly a general Generalization among the
campers exists.
In order to follow up their advantage,
the operators held largely attended
meeting tonight at the Monongahela
House and arranged for the starting IN
OF their mines with or without force. II
force seemed to be unavoidable, Il is the
intention 10 start a certain few mines at
OUGt NLt llOANNNloh W NNPANh.H Nt'@
whatever expense may result VIII De
shared pro rata by the mine owners.
The scheme to start the mines was
adopted to break the national strike in
1894. The operators then agreed "a bear
the expense, and two mines were put in
operluon and the men were guarded by
| deputies. The mines selected were the
Manown, OF the Youghlogheny Gas Coal
! Company. and the Durr mine, OF Os-
borne, Saeger g. Co. At the former mine
eighteen railroad cars were loaded the
| first day. II was expensive coal, but
when the bills were settled. no operator
could be found to tell what that coal cost.
Various estimates were given and II was
conceded by some that II did not cost q
cent less than s. a ton. But It had tho
| desired cffect.
A similar successful effort was made
by the operators several years ago, when
a number of colored men were brought
| in from the south and foreigners were
| imported from other localities. They re-
mained after the strike was ended and
are still In the district and among the
surplus OF miners.
President DolRn'S Opinion.
President Dolan, of the miners asso'
citation, does not believe the movement
will be successful this time, as the strlk-
ers are more In earnest than in any for.
mer struggle. 1.-THE operators now talk
| about their Inability to pay the advance
on account OF having taken contracts at
the 54 cent rate" said he. when they
made those contracts they were fairly
warned that a higher rate would be de-
| manded. We called for conferences and
! told them not 10 make any contracts on
| the low rate Of digging. So that there
could be no possibility for a misunder-
standing. we issued public notice, and
| had Il printed In the daily papers. They
| were told plainly not to make contracts
! based on q 81 cent mining rate. We did
not take any advantage Of them, for they
| knew what was coming, When / spoke
| of strike they merely laughed and said;
| We will have you starved out in two
weeks They see now whore they were
mistaken and want TO start but they
| will not succeed we will establish q
camp and march at every mine where
the attempt is made to operate. We VIII
fight to the bitter end"
Camp Determination at Turtle Creek.
was reduced In number to-day from 200
| to 80. The men who were told TO 90
home gathered In an angry crowd and
denounced the officials bitterly. Secre-
tnry William Warner came In for n large
share nf vituperatlon from the crowd.
They demanded OF him work or assist
| ance. He replied rather tartiy that he
would get them Jobs In the worlthouse.
After Warner left,a number OF the men
threatened to return to their respective
homes and 20 TO work In the mines. They
eald the strike was ilZzle Some Of the
men teft fer irwin and GFeeHsbuTg dis
| trlcts, where they will look for work.
Put u DAmprr on tho Campers.
Urlah Bcllngham, in charge OF tho
camp at Plum Creek, put damper on
the campers at that place to-day lie
had lust returned from the city, whera
he heard the courts decision In the In
junction case. He told the men there
would be no more marching and no need
nf such n large number Of men at the
| camp lie advised the men 10 dlBperse
TO their respective homes and get work
wherever they could. At this camp
whore Yesterday were 500 men, tonight
less than 100 remain. Sandy Creek camp
is practically abandoned and u X not
known whether 1t will be opened again
ar not All told there are less than 100
men now encampcd about the three
mines. II " said the men who are stlll
In the camps will remain there and VIII
march az usual In spite OF the aherln and
the courts order
President Dolan said Tonight that hl'
men would continue to march and II the
Bhorlif arrested them, other men would
take their places at once. Said be- "Tho
aherln viii have to do his duty, II we via
late the law ana arrest ua. II he IL of the
opinion that We are yiotntorR hc viii
have Ia take ~ 10 Jail ana punish ug like
any other criminal ! sent an order Ia
all the camps this afternoon to continue
the marching an the same peaceful lines
that we have been following, aud ! am
willing to abide by The result We dd
not intend to giyc up an Inch VI what wC
have gained. n We arc arrested we viii
no quietly and submit TO whatever pun.
lHhmout IN dealt ont 10 US, provided u Il
proven that we have broken the law
we dp not wish 80 BHHflC The sheriff
from the line Of bis duty"
The small showing uf mon M TIA
camps has apparently encouraged lhl
DcArmltts, aud 1t Va expected ihcy VIII
make the attempt to start thcr mines III
fun nj once
a meeting of the minors from the Niue.
ltl6rnt mines waited ON Superintendent
Il q, Dickson, dt the Mucklorat milne ui
" n, corey, and asked him II hu would
open the mine u the men returned al