The suburban citizen., 1900-04-21
MORE MINERS QUIT.
ELK GARDEN MEN sTIKE FOR AN
INCREASE OF PAY.
THREATEN OTHER MINES.
Organized Labor in Entire Region, strike
Leaders Say, VIII be Called Upon to
stand by the Georges Creek Men-DaVis
Company's Manager at Piedmont offered
Arbitration.

Piedmont, W. Va, (specal.) Seven hun
dren miners employed by the Davis Coal
and Coke Company, in this section OF the
Elk Garden mining region, have struck
Like their brothers Of the Georges Creek
region. the miners demau deco cents per long
ton,
The mines involved are the Franklin Big
Vein. franklin Gas Coal and the Six Foot
Vein. in Maryland. and the Hampshire Big
Vein and Hampshire Gas Coal, and the slN
Foot and the Four Foot Mines. in West Nlr-
ginia. Onicials OF the company urged the
men to arbitrate their differences, and offer
ed to pay the men whatever the operators OF
the Georges Greek region decided upon as
the scale to prevail in that region for the
current year.
Speaking Of the situation General Mana
ger Landstreot, of the Davis Coal and Coke
Company. said "There is no reason to fear
coal famine or great increase In the
price Of coal. Some regions have been una
BILE TO market their product because OF lack
OF motive power and cars. There will be as
much coal on the market as ever but the
quality may not be qui so good. now
have in my possession an offer from one OF
the greatest coal mines in the country, ouer-
Ing to accept the contracts Of the Davis Coal
and Coke Company so we have no fear oil
being unable TO MI all contracts.
"In my talk with the men l attempted TO
explain something 10 them as to the differ
entails IN freight rates but they were not
there to listen to reason or anything else.
They were there to strike"
According to a mining expert here, the
strike will not materially affect the general
output Of oal, and there should be no fear
OF coal famine. approximately" said
this expert, "the Georges Greek and this
section of the Elk Garden region produces
A. 500, 900 tons OF coal year. Compare this
with the 10000, 900 tons produced In West
Virginia, the 20 OOO, 900 tons of Pennsylvania
and the 2l5, ,0OO,l 90 of the United States, and
you'll see that It Is drop in a bucket.
The organizers announce their intention
OF operating in the upper section OF the Elk
Garden region at the mines OF Fairfax,
Thomas. and Coke Ton, but the company
officials say they have every reason TO be-
lleve in the loyalty Of the men Of these mines.
Said Organizer Dicher; eve will push our
claims along the West Virginia Central, and
expect to get organized up around Elkins
and Patterson.
Georges Creek Situation.
Frostturg, Especial. THE only new incl
dent IN connection with the strike of the
miners Of the Georges Creek region was the
decision of the union men to order the fifty
laborers who have been employed at the
Ocean Mine since tho strike began to join
the strikers. 1t was also announced that all
the aborers throughout the region will be
called out.
Organizer Dilcher said that everything
was quiet throughout the region. The men
are reported as being more determined than
ever to hold out for the 6O-cent rate. They
are gratiAed at the action OF the miners OF
the Piedmont, W. Va, district in joining in
the movement.
The strikes are having a most depressing
effect on business throughout the region.
Homecoming, Frostburg, Barton, Cumber-
land and Piedmont merchants, and those OF
the smaller towns, expect siege and baye
stopped ordering supplies.