The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-06-10
SOFT COAL miners.
Strike in the West Virginia and
Virginia District On.
There Are 10000 Miners in the Field,
and 1t Was Expected That 1900
Will Be Out in the Course
of a Few Days.

DlngeSS, w. va, June 7.-SeVen
hundred miners at the Pearl Mining
Co.'S mines went out on strike here
at noon Friday.
Montgomery, w. Va, June lone
thousand United Mine Workers in the
Kanawha field signify their intention
of joining the strike. A few hundred
quit work here Friday afternoon and
practically all miners in the New riv-
er district will also strike Saturday.
The Cabin Creek miners, 800 in num-
Der, stated Friday night that they will
not join in the strike
Elkhorn, w. Va, June 1.-THE great
coal strike in West Virginia is now
on in the Flat Top, Elkhorn, Tug
River and Dingess fields Friday even
ing probobly 10000 miners, all men,
bers of the United Mine Workers of
America, came from the mines with
picks on shoulders and declared their
intention to remain out until the op-
orators make them the concessions de-
manded at the Huntington meeting a
few weeks ago. From present indica-
tions not more than a dozen colleries
in the region along the N. & w. will
be at work. The miners in this field
are made up of Huns, Poles Negroes
and whites, but all belong alike to the
United Mine Workers organization,
and all seem determined to wage their
fight to the bitter end
Wilkesbarre, Pa, June 7.-President
Mitchell said Friday that the strike of
the engineers and pumpmen is practi-
cally complete. The mining superin-
tendents say that as far as they are
concerned there has been no change
in the general situation.
Hazleton, Pa, June AT their
meeting at Freeland Sunday afternoon
the employees of the Delaware, Susque-
hanna & Schuylkill railroad unani-
mOusly refused to handle any trains
carrying special officers, deputies or
nOn-unionists. The following resolu-
ton, addressed to Luther c. Smith,
superintendent of the road, was adopt
ed:
Resolved, That owing to the strike
of the anthracite miners we, the en-
plOyes of the Delaware, Susquehanna
& Schuylkill, will refuse to handle any
trains carrying deputies, coal and iron
police or non-unionists during the con-
tinuance of the present trouble.
1t is understood the company will
not ask the men to continue doing this
work, but will depend on the Lehigh
Valley railroad in the future to take
these special trains from one colliery
to the other. Some of the Lehigh Val
ley trainmen declined during the past
two days to handle these trains and
crews were recruited with some diff
Guilty.
The Lehigh Valley trainmen held a
secret meeting here Sunday after
noon and decided that they will not
handle any coal mined at the collieries
or any soft coal sent over the Halle
ton division to displace anthracite dur
ing the continuation of the miners
strike. They will continue manning
trains, carrying officers and deputies,
and men recruited in the big cities II
they are not imported in such large
numbers as to enable the companies
to resume the mining of coal with non
union forces.
Northfork, w. Va, June 9.-The coal
operators here have given notice that
all the strikers must vacate company
houses Monday. Several hundred non
union men were at work here Satur-
day. The strikers met Sunday, and it
is believed violence will be resorted
to if nen-union men attempt to enter
mines again Monday. The operators
say they will protect all the non-union
men who desire to work.
Davy, w. Va, June 9.-There has
been no serious trouble here yet, but
the operators announced Sunday that
Monday morning they will. operate
their mines with non-union labor. The
strikers say that no non-union men
shall enter the mines. The operators
are putting guards armed with VIM
chesters about their property and Sc
Tious results are expected
Clarksburg, w. Va, June 9.-The
miners strike was unchanged Sunday.
Several small secret meetings were
held by the strikers, but nothing was
given, out. The operators say most of
the men will be working Monday.