Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-05
STRIKE sYMPATBIZERs TO As
sENBLE IN PITTsBURG.
CROWD OF 10000 EXPECTED.
. STRONG EFFORT - TO BE MADE
TO RAISE FUNDS.
EuUene Debs 10 BE One of the speak
crs-IIftIe Change in the strike
situation Yesterdny-NO
Gains I'm West
virginia.

pt,tsburg Pa. Aug. 4.-The miners strike
-t,,,atfon has not changed materially to-
dav. Everything about the Turtle Creek
camp was quiet, the only ripple Of excite
nent being the hearing OF President DcIdh
and other officials Of the miners Tor Tlot
and unlawful assemblage. The strikers
claim twenty new accessions to their ranks
froro the Plum Greek mines to-day. care
mi estimate Of the men now at work IN
that mine shows 215 out Of the usual total
NJ gs5. No work was done at the OAK hiH
or Sandy Creek mines. The camp was re-
duced in numbers to-day BY 800 men. They
y,ere sent TO their homes for two reasons
10 lessen expenses and because these men
were not inclined to respond 10 the nuneF-
Gus marching orders imposed on them. Inc
camp has been costing 500 day TO keep il
I'm proyisions. etc, being at the rate OF
cents per man per day. as against y cents
rer day in the National Guard encamp-
merits The camp is now under strict mil
ftarv discipline, and everything Is moving
like clockwork. The customary march VIII
be made to Plum Greek in the early morn
ing and will be continued daily, the miners
officials say until the suspension IN the De
Armit mines is complete.
Al the hearing in the case Of President
Dolan and others for riot and unlawful as
semblage this afternoon before Justice
SIenmens. a number of witnesses were
heard but the justice reserved his decision
until tomorrow afternoon
The herring Of the four miners arrested
last week at the McGoyern mines. near
Canonsburg for trespass. was concluded
| this afternoon. No evidence connecting the
defendants directly with the song, We II
Hang Black Sheep to a Sour Apple Tree,
| or with the use of opprobriOus epthets.
| was produced. None of the defendants aP-
| reared at the hearing. and they were held
| in contempt. Attachments were Issueu iOi
Secretary Warner paid his compliments
! TO President DeArmit. OF the New 1orh
| and Cleveland company. IN not very choiSe
| terms The reason for this was the pun
| Lcation Of the story that Mr.. DeArmit had
| said that so go had been sent into the
/ Pittsburg district by the West virginia
] operators in order to bring about STRIKE
/ of miners in this district and thus force
| the price of coal up. Both the secretary
! and president A. p. Carrick. of the paint
| ers and decorators. characterized the STORY
as a canard and said that II II was trus e
| they would hardly send organizers INTO
| that district to induce the men 10 strike
| - Organizer Cameron Miller is arranging
| for a meeting of business men and miners
| 10 take place at Roscoe, in the fourth pool,
| at ! p. m tomorrow. He expects that
| about 1 500 men will be in attendance. com
! ing from all the mines in the fourth pool.
| from Dunlevy to California The meeting
| will be addressed by President Dolan and
Arrangements have been completed for
! omen air demonstra tions under the auspices
OF the United Labor League OF western
! Pennsylvania tomorrow evening. on the
I Duduesne wharf, in the interest Of thc
| striking miners. The leaders expect ZDUV
! people to attend. They are urging every
body to attend, to show by their presence
| that they favor a free speech and the rlghl
| Of peaceabIe assembling. The speakers WI
| talk from a wagon. The meeting viii %
| addressed by Eugene V. Debs. Mrs. Mary
Jones, of Chicago; NJ. NJ. Garland: presi
I dent and w. A. Carney. vice president. o.
| the Amalgamated Association; United Min,
| Workers Organizer Cameron Miller. NJ. +
! Carrick national secretary Of the Painter
| and Decorators Union. and NJ j. Couna
! han. national secretary of the Plumbers
| Union. ,,, 4,
After the addresses, an appeal will b
| made TO the audience for financial! assist
| ance for the striking miners, and the lead
| ers expect that the result Will show ina
| the public is I'm hearty sympathy with tn
| miners in their struggle for living wages
| The miners claim that II they can only ge
| a little more financial assistance they WI
| easily win the strike. and they are strain
| ing every nerve to raise more money.
| The miners at the SchmOck mines on IN
| Redstone branch OF the Pennsylvania rail
| road came out again to-day. and the mine
| are closed down. This caused the price o
coal TO jump from 75 cents TO 81 a ton. an
brokers say there will probably be anothe
advance to $50 before the end of the mex
week.