Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06

Fatally Injured.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 5.-Out OF the 1000
strikers who camped at Turtle Creek last
Saturday barely 300 now remain at Camp
Determination. In addition to the large
number turned cut of the camp and cut off
from the free lunch distribution yesterday,
many were drafted to Plum Creek, where
the great struggle for supremacy between
the strikers and the New York and Cleve-
land Gas and Coal company will be carried
on. At Turtle and Sandy Creeks, the
strikers have practically wen. Turtle Creek
mine, known as No. 4, is closed down as
tight as the strikers can ever hope to close
it by their present peaceful means of agi-
tation 1t is true that few men are still
at work in the pit, but they are not putting
out any ccal. The same holds good at
Sandy Creek. Reports from Plum Creek
are complicated. superintendent De Armitt
asserts that 255 men are still working,
while the strikers say they counted but
thirty going into the pit this morning.
Tho deputies at Plum Creek are having
hard time, many are complaining and a
number have resigned There is no such
thing ae uninterrupted rest for the deputies.
They are up from before daylight until long
after the sun has set. They are under a
constant strain al the miners are con-
nected by private telegraphfc and telephone
wires and every stranger or body OF strangers
moving along the highways is immedi-
ately reported to the nearest office by scouts
and the foremen or managers of all the pits
get notice. At the point upon which any
march thus reported seems to be directed
there Is a stir among the deputies. AS
these marches are matters of almost daily
occurrence, day and night, in all directions,
the deputies in a state OF apprehension
and activity. The feeding and lodging facil-
tiles are limited, and are not adequate to
the demands made upon them; and what
adds to the deputies discomfort is the fact
that none of them are used to hardships.
There are seventy-ive deputies on duty here,
and it was stated that this number Will
not be decreased for the present.
MARCHERS KEEP RIGHT ON.
Early this morning Superintendent Samuel
DeArmitt had a brush with the marchers.
They were on the march and they ap-
preached they opened ranks for him to p3ss
through When they neared the end OF the
road leading into the MurraysVille road he
stopped them, saying the road was the pr-
vate property of the New York and Cleveland
Gas and Coal company. The men held con
sultation and concluded to march on, which
they did DeArmitt marched with them,
threatening them with arrest, but no arrests
were made.
1t became rumored about among the
campers today that President w. p. De
Armitt had made arrangements TO bring SOO
Colored men to the mines from virginia ana
they would be here on Saturday. The officers
of the company, when seen, denied the rumor
and said that nothing of the kind was con-
templated.
Citizens of the south side who are in SYM
pathy with the striking coal miners, under
took In a novel way today to secure con-
tributions of provisions from the merchants
of the south side, to be sent to the com
missary department OF the miners camps a
local Eaad was engaged, together with several
large express wagons, and procession
headed by stand of the national colors
was formed. The band played patriotic
music and slowly moved up Carson street,
stopping at each corner The merchants all
along the route came forward with liberal
contributions of everything needed ana soon
the wagons We're filled. At the South Side
market liberal contributions OF vegetables
We're placed on the wagons.
A large mass meeting of the miners OF
the Monongahea valley was held at RoS-
coe this afternoon to devise means for car
rying on the strike and to induce the men
at the mines at Elizabeth, Bunott and Web
ster to come out. 1t was decided to organ
ize a marching party and this Will be done
in few days.
The miners families along the Mononga-
hela river are repo:ted to be wanting the
necessities of life, Deetitution Is prevalent
at every mining hamlet and hundreds OF
families have not had enough to eat Tor sew
eral days. At Monongahela City a soup
house has been started and a committee ap-
pointed to solicit provisions,
STORM CAUSES CONSERVATION.
PITTSBURG, Aug 5.-Consternatlon was
caused in the miners camp last evening by
a terrific wind and electrical storm which
passed over the Turtle Creek valley, doing
great deal of damage. At Sandy Creek a tree
in the yard Of the Jefferson school house
under which was a group of the striking
m W
ing watch at the DE Armitt mines, was struck
by a bolt and shattered into matchwood.
Two of the men, Vincent Coftc and George
Sedgwck We're shocked into insensibiity
and their condition Is critical. Six others
were also shocked The occurrence caused
the widest excitement among the striking
miners. The storm came upon them without
warning and there was a wild scurry for
shelter, of which there was none except that
afforded by the small tents and trees. AS
soon as 1t was seen that two of the men were
In a serious condition. several or their COM
rades were dispatched for assistance while
others carried the men into a nearby farm
house.
When the storm came up many OF the
strikers, forgetting that they were going on
company property took refuge in DE
Armitts stables where the deputies are
quartered, They were not discovered until
the storm had passed and they were imme-
diately ordered away.
The strikers are preparing to march on
and central Pennsylvania. the advance
guard will probably start for Irwin today
where a cRmp Will be established. Other
bodies will follow them tomorrow and Satur-
day. the advance guard simply being
silent notification that the men are coming.
BY the first of next week, when the strike
leaders say they expect to have all the New
York and Cleveland compauys mines closed
tight, the strikers at Turtle Creek, Plum
Creek and Sandy Creek will move on into
the WestmoTeland field, All of the West
moreland mines are running and IL is to stop
the putting of coal into Pittsburg from
there that the move is contemplated, The
managers OF the Westmoreland Coal com
pany state that they will not enjon the
strikers but are ready for them, They will
DC treated as trespassers. The men at
work for the Pennsylvania Gas Coal COM
pany are in the same position, and the
company will pursue the same tactics
There is an agreement between the De
Armitt and the Westmoreiand company and