THE EyENING GAZETTE ’ . COAL Minn S'llllllll. Its Scope Is Not So Great as Was Gen- erally Supposed. THE MEN IN WEST VIRGINIA They .lre Reported to Have Absolutely Disregarded the Call—Some Other Gaps, but the Leaders Are Satis- fied With the Outlook. Pittsburg, July 7.—Reports from all the fields affeCted by the coal strike show that the scope of the conflict is quite as great as the miners’ leaders expected. President Ratchford, at the Columbus headquarters, has received some news encouraging to him. The reports that the men of the Jackson county and Massillon fields in Ohio would not strike were incorrect. Messages from the leaders in both those sections to President Ratchford say that the rumor is untrue; that the men in both fields will maintain.their previous records, which are character- ized by a readiness to strike. The reports sent out by the local strike leaders are favorable to the min- ers’ side. The reports in Columbus from this section say that the miners employed by the New York and Cleve- land company, M. A. Hanna,& Co. and the Pittsburg-and Chicago Gas Coal company will strike before the week is out. The strike, as seen from the na- tional office of the United Mine Work- ers, will be short and decisive, and the chances of success are, it is said, over- whelmingly in the miners' favor. There is a scarcity of coal every- where. The shortage is nowhere so keenly felt as in Ohio. President Ratch- ford was busy refusing permission for men to work for companies that are willing to pay the price asked. One of the biggest concerns in the Hocking valley district telephoned to Ratchford that it had not coal enough on hand to fire its boilers. None of the closed pits will be allowed to start at the scale rate just yet. The miners’ leaders will wait until a sufficient number of oper- ators are willing to accept the terms of the miners to influence the others to comply with the terrilET~ ' '3. meeting of all the operators of the states affected by the strike order has been called at Detroit tomorrow to dis- cuss the situation. It is given out that a large majority of the operators be- lieve that this demand of the strikers is just, and attribute the condition of af- fairs to the competition. The meeting has been called for the purpose of devising means to remove this. trouble and not for the purpose of arranging to fight the strike. The con- ference will be a most important one, and the result of the meeting is await- ed with great interest by the miners and the public generally. it} > West Virginians May Joip. Columbus, 0., July 7.--'l‘ghe big strike of coal miners is ‘on in the Pittsburg and Ohio districts. The officers of the United Mine Workers express confi- dence that the miners of West Virginia would join the strike in a few days. The men in that district have thus far ignored the strike order, and have not even met to consider it. All who have work are keeping at it, and others are looking for employment in the mines. 1311 is: reported from Bellaire, .O., that the miners of the Shick mines, on,the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, who went to work yesterday morning, will refuse to join in the. strike. The management of the Shick mines granted the demands of the United Mine Workers. This ac- tion was unexpected, and has done much to break the effect of the strike in eastern Ohio. The 3,000 miners along the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling railroad voted yesterday not to strike, and efforts 'made last night by representatives of the state organizations to induce the men to go out were not successful. Miners in the Illinois, Indiana and Iowa coalfields are about equally di— _vided as to indorsing or, ignoring the‘ strike order. The men in the Wilming- ton coalfields in Illinois, those at Gloucester, 0., and those at Brazil, Ind., have indorsed the strike, while at many col'lieries in Iowa and Illinois the inen have continued at work. It is reported from Chattanooga that the miners in that district are all at work, but that a general strike through- out the district may begin at any time. Apathy In Some Quarters. Wheeling, July 7.—The ofiicers of the Mine Workers’ union are utterly aston- ished at the lack of support accorded the strike movement by the West Vir— ginia diggers. Thus far it seems safe to say that of the 25,000 or 30,000 miners in the state less than one-tenth have struck. Those who went but are scat; tered through the New river and Poca’-' hontas districts, in the southern part of the state. To them it was about as profitable to strike as to disobey the order which went. out from Columbus. They were making practically nothing in the mines, and the condition of those ' depending‘upon them is said to be de— plorable. In the northern part of the state, and in the Panhandle districts especially, hardly a mine is idle. Many of these mines are. small pits that supply simply the local demand. ' The diggers in many of them make more money than is asked by the or- ganized miners. Today 9it was an- nounced by union miners that attempts would be made at once-to induce all West Virginia diggers to strike. They are disorganized, and 10,000’ or more are classed as not of good standing because they have long ceased payment of dues to the union. A meeting of district offi- cers may be called soon, and an urgent appeal will be made to all miners to aid the strike. Coal Supply Very Short. J oliet, 1115., July 7.-——Coa1 dealers are at a, loss to know how they are going to take care of their big customers. The mills have only enough coal to last a fortnight. The rolling mills, the Lam- bert wire mills, the electric light plant, the waterworks and other‘concerns on the canal cannot secure water power enough to operate their plants and have to rely on coal. Rubber Manufacturers Fail. Chicago, July 7.—Roberts Bros, man- ufacturers of mackintoshes and rubber goods, made an assignment today; as- .ets, $35,000: liabilities, $50,000. Business depression is given as the cause. crushed here. inflated, it shot up 60 feet with Colton , V 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 intelligent 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: “:I am well up in years, and for quite a long time I have sufiered with my back and kidneys. The pain often extended down 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. ’7 Dean’s Kidney Pills are for sale by all dealers, price 50 cents per box, 6 boxes for $2.50. Sent by mail on receipt of price. Foster—Milbu’rn Co., Buffalo, N . Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan’s and take no other. SALE OF A BIG PLANT. French Syndicate Buys the Cleveland Ml chine Screw Company. Cleveland, July 7.—A deal has been consummated in this city within the past few days which involves $1,000,000 and the transfer of one of Cleveland’s leading manufacturing plants to a French syndicate. There is much se- crecy about the deal, and at this time both bankers and. counsel in the case positively refuse to reveal the name of the French syndicate, but both admit the transaction. The plant the sale of which has about been consummated is the'Cleveland Machine Screw company. It is to be sold at a figure between $950,000 and $1,000,000, and the first installment, amounting to $50,000, was paid through the Cleveland Trust company a week ago. The particulars of the transac- tion were to have been kept from the public for two or three weeks yet, when the deal Would have been completed and all the money paid into the Cleve— land bank. Garfield & Garfield, sons of the late President. Garfield, are the attorneys for the foreign syndicate. Capitalists in this city who have a thorough knowledge of the extent of the plant of the screw company and the amount of business the company does say that the big end of the deal is in t_he hands of .the Frenchmen, $1,000,000, though a profitable price, being too small a figure for the immense plant. Officers of the company say that the .last year has been the most profitable period of production in the 'history of the plant and that the indications for the next six months are for an immense increase in the output, giving the im- presslon that the sale is not a forced one on account of business depression. J UBILEE AFTERMATH. Colonel Bay to Give .a Dinner In Honor of the Monetary Commission. London, July 7.—It has been erro- neously reported that the expenses of the United States special embassy at the queen’s jubilee were £8,000. and probably not a quarter of this amount has been used, as Mr. White'law Reid and his secretaries are paying their own expenses. Mr. Reid went to Windsor this after- ‘noon at the queen's invitation, and is to dine and sleep at Windsor castle. Embassador Hay gave a dinner to- night at his residence on Carlton House terrace in honor of the United States monetary commiSsicn. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Hay the following guests were present: Senator Edward 0. W01- cott of Colorado and Mrs. Wolcott, former Vice President Adlai E. Steven- son of Illinois and Mrs. Stevenson, General Charles Jackson Paine of Mas- sachusetts,Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the chancellor of the exchequer, and Lady Hicks-Beach; Mr. George J. Goschen,- the first lord of the admiralty, and Mrs.‘ Goschen; Lord and Lady Rothschild, .Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Grenfell, Mr. and Mrs. George N. Curzon, Lord and Lady Tweedmouth, the Earl and Countess of .Erroll, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Foster and 'Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British embassador to the United States, and Lady Pauncefote. Fatal Accident to Aeronauts. Eureka, Cal., July 7.—Professor George Weston, the .aeronaut, and his assistant, H. S. Colton, were fearfully When the balloon was tangled in the ropes. LHe was dropped to earth and will die. Weston clung to the parachute and was carried with terrific force through some trees, and he, too, dropped mangled in a horrible * manner. . Congress of Naval Architects. London, July 7. —The international congress of naval architects and marine engineers opened today in the Imperial institute with full attendance, the for- eign delegates including a number of Americans. The Prince of Wales, who was accompanied by the Duke of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha and. the Duke of '5 York, welcomed the delegates in the name of the queen and in his own name. A Vomano 1n Eruption. Tacoma, July 7.-—A1aska papers of June.26 state that the volcano on Doug- lass island, opposite Juneau, is in a state of eruption. The entire town of Juneau was'watching with interest the immense clouds emitted from the cra- ter. stomach distresses, dizzineSS, heart- burn blurred eyesight black specks, etc. Munyon’s Bethe-D Y S d' ~ . 3 aiSZ’aSe?efEi‘§£1e°£§ealir§l°gliPE P ' t . - - CURESffz‘E c6323. 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