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Show FOREIGNERS IMPORTED IN BULK- Tha Htiuat'oa la tha Pennsylvania Coke Regions Tha Strikers Losing Oraaad. Pittxih-ru, May I). Foreigners are coming into the coke region in bulk. An operator says that he can turn .1000 men into the region in twenty-four hours, but cannot shelter them. A peculiarity pe-culiarity about this wholesale importation importa-tion is that the strikers are as tirui and uubroken as ever. Today the labor otlicials say there will soon be a supply of money" and tents for the needy, bui this they have been promising promis-ing Uir weeks. It is particularly noted that the aid pledged from the Federation Federa-tion of Labor has not yet made its appearance. ap-pearance. The strikers are losing giouud, though the region as a whoie is making a poor showing in coke shipments. ship-ments. Mitsittc of several pacific eviction?, and one occasion where a blackleg was forced to quit work by strikers, all is serene. The leaders aiid men are preparing pre-paring for a vigorous campaign between be-tween this and Monday and will endeavor en-deavor to talk with every worker.either by mass meeting or individually, in order to induce them to stop work. The effects of this concerted move will be kuown Monday. In addition to the inconvenience suffered by the near town furnaces owing to the coke strike, a general complaint comes today from the Mahoning Ma-honing nnd Shenangi) valley furnaces, that ate estimated to produce one-eighth one-eighth of the pig iron in the country. Ttie furnaces in these valleys shut down last Junuary for two months, but the coke strike came upon tbnm just as they expected to resume, and for live imtiithii iii.nir Itl.iut forneea ill tha valleys have been dead. Tho operators would be glad to resume, but the coke supply is too weak to be depended upon. up-on. In figuring up the losses, no attention at-tention has yet been paid to the rail-mads rail-mads thai are really the greatest losers. The lines running through the coke regions have missed their WMMJ cars of coke per week far three months, while the roads in Shenango and Mahoning valleys for five months have found a failing in shipments of millions of tons of coal, iron ore and finishing articles. All this loss, exclusive of wages'of tbe men on every side, aud tho profits of the coke and furnace and null operators, opera-tors, will present figures of loss almost beyond belief. |