Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
GOVERNOR ORDERS ALL OUT
CONTINUED from FIRST Pase.l


teriy meeting Of the directors Of the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron q Railroad company. held
here today. the directors endorsed the ac-
ton Of the emcefs OF the company in
their refusal to accede TO the demands OF
the striking miners IN the Alabama mines.
President ID. n. Bacon OF the company
said: Tho position taken by the officers
Of the company has the support Of the full
board Of directors. The trouble arose in
this way: Some Of the miners we're willing
to pay 81 a piece a week for the support
Of the striking anthracite miners and som
we're not. The men who were willing TO
pay the money were , IN a majority and
they made a demand upon the officers OF
the company that The men who would not
pay up to the union should either have
the money taken out Of their wages or be
discharged.
Convicts Employed.
THE company declines to do this and
the strike is on. The strike affects us to
the extent Of about q quarter Of our out
put. About 1900. men are out, but we have
a large force Of ,conyicts, at work. We hire
them of the state, which examines each
man, rates him as physically able to do
30 much work and charges us accordingly.
These c%onviets are we'll treated. getting
paid at the regular mining scale for what
ever coal they mine above the states rat
ings."
PARIS. Oct. s.-gThe delegates to the con-
vention of the National Convention Of
French miners will decide today whether
an immediate general strike is to be or
dered. Agitation in favor of this measure
has been in progress for SOM time. II is
estimated that $4,000 men have already
etapnad AurnrI q, tbnN novfharn coaI fdoidq
but no serious disorders have yet occurred,
the government having sent gendarmes and
troops to the Threatened points. The de-
mands Of the miners include fixed mini
mum wages, an eight hour day and the
establishment of old age pensions. A
strong minority of the miners is actively
opposing the striker
Many. Purchases Abroad.
LONDON, Oct. 6.AReports from Cardiff
say that twenty-five steamers have been
secured for early sailing from South Wales
ports for New York and Boston and 1t is
expected that Amek Jean purchases during
the last week at Ca bin alone totaled 1OO,-
900 tons, of which $4,000 tons were for
New York. The purchases at Swansea last
week totaIed 10000 tons. Il is estimated
that the Welsh sales OF coal for America
aggregate 200, 900 tons since the rush began.
Anthracite coal is now quoted at the high
est price which 1t has ever reached in this
country.
A prominent dealer on the Coal exchange
said to a representative Of the Associated
Press today: ,"I should not be Surprised
II retail coal in London reached $40 per
ton during the next few weeks"
A representative OF a big Swansea an
thracite company said "while we are sell
ing every ton OF hard coal We can spare
for America the increase in price is AFFECT
ing us adversely in another way. We have
spent $1,000 yearly during the last ten
years to popularize hard coal for house
use in England. Weahave kept up stove
stores and agents in London and elsewhere
and we were Just beginning to make head
way. and now thi Big jump in prices
threatens to put bel Our crusade for sew
eral years at least A.
The French miners strike has not yei
affected the Welsh market. but II il spreads
there will undoubtedly be a further ad-
vance in prices. Ocean freights are also
rising. although the earlier shipments were
taken at normal rates.
BERLIN, Oct. 6.-The coal strike in the
United States is attracting more and more
attention here. The papers are printing
more and more fully the reports Of tbs
conferences. at Washington.
The Frankfurter Zeitung, regarded as thu
best financial authority in Germany, de.
votes a leading editorial to the strike. Il
alludes to the spirit OF the operators al
'lunacy Of fahcied greatness" and adds
when the coal combination sees II is abl'
to throw 7O.0O0,00O people into anxiety anc
need, and remain beyond reach, IT will
naturally get the idea that it holds pos
session by the grace Of God, like the pc
~tentates of old Europe"