.TPHE'EVENING,GAZETTE‘
lil’iCi-iiils} to
Views of President of Mine Workers’
Union on the Strike.
‘ A GREAT ARMY OF MEN IDLE
The Orders For a Discontinuance of Work
Generally Complied With Through-
. out the Coal Regions—The Fight
For Higher Wages Now On.
Columbus, 0., July 6.—Telegrams re-
ceived by President Ratchford of the
United Mine Workers indicate that the
order for a general strike of the miners
_has been complied with generally
throughout the mining districts of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and western Pennsyl-
vania and in sections of West Virginia
and Kentucky. It will take several
days, however, to determine with any
degree of accuracy the number of men
involved. President Ratchford roughly
estimates the number at 200,000, but this
is regarded as very liberal. He is
pleased with the unanimity shown by
the miners and says that he has the
greatest confidence in the successful
outcome of the strike. He thinks the
prgspects are better than in 1894, when
a general strike was inaugurated. At
that time the scale of prices was being
paid in many mining localities. notably
West Virginia, where a majority of the
miners continued at work and thereby
greatly weakened the strike. 1 He has
30pm that the West Virginia miners
may now be brought into line, inas-
much as they are receiving wages far
below the scale, and their condition is
not any better than that of the miners
in other states. The coal production of
West Virginia has increased so rapidly
in the last few years that the output
of that state now exceeds the output of
Ohio. During the strike of 1894 trouble
was caused by the shipment of West
Virginia coal through Ohio, the Ohio
miners endeavoring to stop this traffic.
The railroad companies promptly ap-
pealed to the state for protection, and
almost the entire Ohio national guard
was placed in the field. President
Ratchford does not believe there will be
any repetition of these troubles in the
present strike. Special efforts are tqpe
made to enlist the sympathy of the
West Virginia miners. President Ratch-
ilord is encourage g) beligve that this
may be accomplis ed by the fact that
the miners have signified their intention
to strike in many places where efforts
to enlist their co-gperation have failed
ongne—vicus occasions.
As; to the probable duration of the
strfite, President Ratchford says that
will'be governed entirely by circum—
stances. It: will last several weeks at
fill. The miiners are in a better posi-
tion to withstand a long strike at this
time, as. great many of them have
garden goduce on which to subsist,
and there will be no great hardship en-
tailed such as would follow a strike in
the winter. The fact that there is a
fair supply of coal in stock and the de-
mind for domestic consumption is
small: will- have a tendency to prolong
the suspension.
.The contracts for coal for lake ship-
ment will cause the greatest trouble.
The bulk of these contracts are held by
Pittsburg operators, but the Ohio oper-
atorsalso have a fair share. The Ohio
opemgtggrss £92173. not yet held a confer-
ms to consider the matter, but are
considerably worried. '
=~ :WW they say the strike is ill timed
and 1 ely to fizzle out they will close
down their mines for a short time at
least until they can determine how gen-
eral the suspension is. A partial sus-
pension only in the Pittsburg district
would be ruinous to their business
should the Ohio miners refuse to work.
The Situation In the Pittsburg District.
Pittsburg, July 6.——The coal miners’
strike is now on. The success' of the
struggle for higher wages in five states
depends on the miners in the Pittsburg
district. If they fail to refrain from
working, the movement will be a fail-
ure. ' ‘
A strong effort is being made to get
the co-operation of the river miners in
the fight. If they work, they can out
quite a figure in supplying coal, as the
fuel for local points can all be supplied
by water routes.
The operators are making no effort
to conciliate the miners. Not an oper-
ator can be found who will not say that
the miners are entitled to what they
demand, 69 cents a ton. No effort will
be made'to operate the mines, unless it
should be the river miners; hence, no
trouble is anticipated.
Great apprehension is~felt as to what
course the vast number of foreigners
will take in the strike. They do not
conform to the customs of the Amer-
ican speaking miner, and the latter has
very little influence over him.
One of the points made by the oper-
ators is that more mining companies
have gone into the hands of theiheriff
this year than during any year in the
history of the trade. “There are too
many mines," said Patrick Delan, "not
too many miners. It is the surplus of
operators that causes such sufferings
and low wages.”
The question of securing sustenance
for the vast army of idle men is the
most serious question confronting the
offloi! I who are managing the strike.
President Knight’s Statement.
Terre Haute, Ind., July 6.—President
Knight of the United Mine Workers of
Indiana says he is convinced that prac-
tically all of. the miners in the state
will join in the strike. He thinks the
block men will strike for the fact that
those at the meeting Saturday were
representative men from every part of
the country. ,
President Knight says the present
strike is little else than a fight against
starvation. “One miner in the northern
part of our field told me,” said Mr.
Knight, “that he had drawn $8.50 for
the past two months’ work. He had
had four paydays in that time. His
highest was $2.50 forltwo weeks, and
lowest $1.60. With this amount he was
forced to try to keep himself and 'his
family from hunger. Does anybody
think he could do it?”
Mr. Knight says the Columbus report
to the effect that 375,000 men will be
involved in the strike is a gross exag-
geration. I-le estimates that the total
number of miners who will be idle will
be between 110,000 and 125,000. His fig-
ures are as follows:
In Pennsylvania, 22,000; Ohio, 25,000;
Indiana, 8,000; West Virginia, 20,000,
and Illinois, 35,000. This makes a. total
of,.110,000.
will. ’
PEOPLE WE KNOW.
They, are Norwalk People
and What’ They say is
of Local Interest.
When an incident like the following
occurs right here at home it is bound
to carry weight with our readers. When
so many strange occurrences go the
rounds of the press, are published as
facts, when the'lntelligent reader knows
they cannot be true, there is no wonder
that people become skeptical. On one
subject skepticism is rapidly disappear-
ing. This is due to the actual personal
experience of our citizens, and their
public utterances regarding them. The
doubter must doubt no more in the face
of such evidence as this. The public
statement of a reputable citizen living
right here at home, one whom you can
see every day, leaves no ground for the
skeptic to stand on.
Mrs. John Grace, of 32 Plattsville
avenue, says: “.31 am well up in years,
and for quite a long time I have suifered
with my back and kidneys. The pain
often extended dowu into my limbs and
was frequently so severe that I sup-
posed I had rheumatism. I was advised
to use Doan’s Kidney Pills, and began
taking them. I think the pills are a
good thing, they cured me.” '
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DYING IN POVERTY.
Miserable Fate of Maria Moncriefl‘e King,
Relative of English Peeresses.
Chicago, July 6.—-On a soiled, grease
stained pallet in a sweltering room
scarcely 10 feet square in the basement
of a dilapidated house on Calumet av-
enue lies Maria Louisa Moncrieffe King
in a dying condition. Poverty is stamp-
ed everywhere—on the untidy bed. the
dilapidated chairs, the pitiful attempts
at decoration and the ragged carpet. At
her side watches a patient, soggy pent
woman, her only daughter, while frérd
the room beyond come the cacklings
and boastful utterances of an old man,
half quackdoctor, half shyster lawyer,
the husband of Maria King, now Mrs.
Cummings.
First cousins to this woman dying iii
miserable poverty are half a dozen
wives of promingnt peers of the United
Kingdom, the famo’us Moncrieffe sis—
ters, who were enabled through money
loaned them by Maria King's father to
make a series of the most brilliant
matches in England. Among these
cousins are the Duchesses of Athol,
Lady Forbes, Lady Dudley and Lady
Mordaunt.
ARE THEY AFRAID or US?
Europe Disturbed Because This Country
Is Growing So Great.
Berlin, July 6.-—Bismarck’s Hamburg
organ contains an article on America
and Europe, the writer of which con-
siders that the leaders of European
opinion view the growth of the giant
states of the American union with par-
donable alarm. Those states, he says,
are still behind the European states in
strength for war and in culture, but
there are three important‘factors which
promise them supremacy in the future—
their unity, enormous size and the ad-
vantage they have of lying in different
zones. The article continues as fol-
lows:
“In comparison with this uniform Co-
lossus, Europe, with her high cultiva-
tion and many political divisions, re-
minds us of ancient Greece when it split
and fell before the growth of Macedonia
and Rome.”
The writer thinks the growth of
America most dangerous for England
and that the conflict of the future will
be betweem the United States on the
one hand and Spain, Japan and Eng-
land on the other. ‘
THREE PB01EL DROWNED.
West Point-er. Loses His Life Trying to
Rescue, a.\Voman and Child.
Highland Falls, N. Y.', July 6.—A
party of West Pointers, consisting of
Charles Mickel, his Wife and daughter,
Mrs. Holtz and Adam Meissel were row—
ing in Long pond when the boat cap-
sized, and Mrs. Mickel and her child
were drowned.
First Sergeant Anthony Brechbeil of
company E, battalion of engineers,
swam out to the rescue, and he, too,
was drowned.
Long pond is situated two miles west
of West Point. It is a large sheet or
water and very deep. Mrs. Mickel
leaves three small children besides her
husband, and Sergeant Brechbiel leaves
a wife and daughter. He was one of
thesbrightest noncommissioned ofiicers
at the post and was in a fair way of re-
ceiving a commission. His body-was
recovered two hours later by Edward
McGinn, a telegraph operator. G. W.
Flood, a druggist of Highland Falls,
dived and recovered the other two bod-
ies. Intense excitement prevails here
over the unfortunate affair.
A Mysterious Drowning Case.
New York, July 6.—A week ago the
County Cork Men’s association of this
city had their annual excursion to Syl-
van Beach. Miss Nora Murphy attend-
ed the outing in the company of _Bar~
tholomew Murphy.
On the way home
the young couple fell from the boat in
the upper bay in some mysterious man-
ner and were drowned. The corpse of
Miss Murphy drifted into the Liberty
street ferry slip on Sunday and was re-
covered.
Mussulman Bioters Overawed.
Calcutta, July 6.——The police and mil-
itary have at ‘last overawed the Mus-
suiman rioters, and the city has re-
sumed its state of normaquuietude.
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