The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10

small foreign settlement in the lower
part of Plymouth, was destroyed by |
fire today, and there are conflicting |
blaze Mrs.~Musol claims that because |
her husband did not quit work the |
strikers and their sympathizers set her |
home on fire. This is denied by the |
strikers who say that the building was |
fired either by her children playing |
with matches or by the upsetting of a |
lamp.
The hanging in effigy Of j. Pierpont |
Morgan in one of the streets of South |
Wilkesbarre by a crowd of men and
boys was the only incident to mar the
stiffness of the Wyoming Valley today
After the efigy had been hung the
crowd cheered and pelted the object
with stones until the police came along
and dispersed the several hundred per-
sons that made up the thrOng
Reading, Pa, June General Su-
perintendent Luther, of the Philadel-
phia and Raeding Coal and Iron Com
pany, was in Reading today in confer
ence with President Baer at his private
office. The situation in the coal regions,
as far as the Schuykin field was con-
cerned. was gone over. Mr.. Luthed de-
clared that no trouble was being ex-
perienced in securing ali men that were
needed as far as engineers, pumpmen
and firemen are concerned. All that is
needle is protection. he said, and that
they shall have.
Grafton, w. Va, June THE situa-
ton among the miners IN this section is
critical Rosemont, the Pennington
Coal and Coke Company, Foster mines
and Sand Lick mines, all Of this county,
and the Imperial, Newburg and Hite
mines of Preston county, came out yes
terday and today. The Colonel T. B.
Davis mines at Sampson are half out,
while the New York mines at the same
place are working full. The. miners in
Barbour, along the G. and B., are work
ing full. At Belington some disturb
ances are rumored, but are still at work.
The whole number Of men out will ex-
ceed eight hundred. 1t is predicted that
more will come out within the next few
days in this and Bartour counties.
A special from Eckman 70 the Times
says the strike is general throughout
the coal fields. From Vivian to Will
Hanson, not miner is working and
everything is tied up. Not q car is be-
ing loaded east Of Vivian. Only a few
mines are in operation and few men are
at work
Mr.. Steel, superintendent of the Key
stone operation which employees about
thirty-five men, has given notice for all
his men to meet him tonight so that he
can come to terms. 1t is feared, and is
almost certain by Monday, not a miner
will be working. Railroad employees are
being cut off. 1t is reported that two
foreigners were killed near Davy, Va,
last night in a row caused by their re-
fusing to come out on strike. Mine
owners are trying to get coal from other
fields to fill orders they have on hand.
Everything is uiet, and only crowds of
miners are standing al ound talking the
situations. They seem determined to
win. The Elk Horn mines are working
with about one-fourth their usual num-
Der of men, They doubtless will come
down Monday.
A telegram from Bristol, Tenn, to the
Times tonight says: 1.-The strike failed
to materialize today as regards the
several thousand miners employed by
the companies doing a coal and coke
business in Wise county, Va. Labor
agitators are persistent but the opera
tors feel that the miners are too we'll
satisfied with the present conditions to
yield to the pressure.