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int**;r *• win f. • • |invr«i tomorrowMini that an effort will t** made Uj get all l*n the nu n li.to Hu*-. nitON THE RIVER. n,OhThe Miners All Pit k Up Their Tools ro, and Quit. R(.jC'AMiMKN'tA, Pa., April 21 Special] Xl Throughout the entire forenoon the K(* street*of this place were thronged with lr,i miners returning from work with pick**, sledges and shovel*. They have cleaned j up their rooms and removed all their property. Today, noon, they inaugurate w !,.it pr«to l« lh.* gr« »t» -t strike !*■ever begun on tl e river. The cord, quiet manner with which they -tart out indi- ] catea their determination to ru.ike thin the ric bitterest struggle of their lives. The ag strike hegii.s with s clean hwt-ep *o fir as trj this section of the ri\er cowl mince U coo- FI ceroed. lbCalifornia. Pa., April 2—[Special]— ^1 So far aa the lourth pool la concerned the strike W a complete sucoeso, and from 1,1 Brownsv illt to hnk N x 4 not a lick is Ilf being struck today. Notwithstanding the nr fact that Miveral oouijianlts have agreed ar to pay the tent rate the miners refused to yield and will stand firm until all 1,1 the miners in the district are granted the HI same demands. Such unity in action has never been s« t n in a strike on the Morion* p, gal.' la river, m.x p.'cuci.t point to a fl« r. . . t«*There are in the fourth pool shout 30 ^ c**al mine* employing about 5.000 men.They are al! on a strike. They are: Knob, ? Lenox, Empire, Snowden «fc Hogg, di- * max, Cleveland Gas Coal company, John A. Wood, Jones lt;t Lsughlifi, Clipper, tr t) Nlt; il A i o . ('h Jutt- \ Co , RnUloiH pi Coal Co., Crescent, Vigil uit, Shanonany. h' Cedar Hill, P. J. Forsythe, Frisco No. 3, ,u Eclij»M*, T. J. Wood, 2 minis. Snow Hill,LiUie Alps. Washington Cleveland Coal jJ corn pa n\ Piedmont, Rostra vcr and lied. aj bird. The mines arc owned by the the biggest coal operators on the river. Just as soon as a strike was announced on Saturday the Clipper, Cleveland Coal tom-! a pany and the Fayette City Coal com-j pany's men were notifleld that the 2* cent rate would be paid and they were .notified to go to work today at that price. J.The men however refused to do so and will not leave the ranks of the sinkers until at leant two-tliirds of the operators Kive in and spree to pay the name rste.The men however consider it a nigaiti- ° cant victory and are in Rood spirits all along the river. **The situation today is comparatively X quiet although a little force has been '* used already in bringing the men into line. Prior to the strike the Charleroi VPlate Glass company Kot an agreementwith their men to di* enough coal to ke. p the factary running while the strike was C1liaon. When the other miners came out on Saturday they remained at work, and also “ went to work this morning. A delegation of men from the other works visited them U and forced them to come out and join the P strikers. These mines are now idle and flt; in all probability the glass plant will have J J to shut down till the contest is over. No cue vvua improperly treated out the attitude of the strikers indicated that trouble would fo'low in case they w orked on.A big mass meeting is being held at Fayette City this afternoon composed of miners principally from that section of the river. Labor leader John Cairns addressed the meeting. Addresses were also made by a number of local leaders. No violence is feared from the river miners unless on attempt is made to import men into the region, or some of the miners break ranks and go back to work. They are determined to make the movement a success at any cost.Many of the operators, it is said, are willing to pay the advance, if it can be made universal, but they do not want to pay a higher rate for mining than others i
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Uniontown News Standard
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Apr 26, 1894
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