Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-05
De Armitt's Diggers Continue TO Throw
Down Their Picks,
TWENTY MORE MEN JOIN The STRIKERS
About Half the Force Of the Preceding Day
Remains at Work.
COMMITTEES WORK IN MINERS HOUSES
Enlist Sympathy Of Women and the Latter
Do the Rest.
ONLY ABOUT FORTY MN At PLUM CREEK
Complete Closing of the Mine Likely
TO Occur soon-output of Coal
- Now Very Much
Restricted.

gained another victory at Plum Creek this
morning by inducing twenty more men to
Join the ranks. All Of them were dlgEers
This leaves the mine working with about
half the force OF yesterday. Committees
are working industriously in the houses Of
the miners. They first enlist the sympathy |
Of the women and then the men are more
easily induced to quit. The strikers are
turning their attention entirely to the dig
gers knowing that If they come out the /!
employees will be forced to follow. On the |
other hand the New York and Cleveland Gas /
Coal company is making every effort to Keep |
them in II is aeserted that all the Plum !
Creek miners ara working. v! ht the strIk- |
ers say that not more than to.ty men are
IN the pit The 1ul. fierce Of thst mine lis !
$40 men Before the campers came the out
put was from 100 to 14O cars day. This
output however was about forty cars above
the average when the other mines are wo'k-
ing. The output yesterday was thirty-nine
cars. With twenty more men out today the
outnIt is not expected to exceed twenty
cars. -
BIG DECREASE IN OUTPUT
The complete closing OF the mine will be
expected in few days The march to Plum
Creek mine was commenced at l o'clock ths
morning by the campers at Center school
house They were reinforced by large bodies
from Sandy and Turtle Creek. The com
bined forces arrived at the mine al q,
remaining until o'clock. when they marched
hack to camp taking with them In triumph
twenty dirrers who came out The camp
ers at Sandy Geek had little TO do Tn,
mine is to all intents and purposes shut
down. The output Is not more % man Nv
cars lay. The capacity OF the mine hcs
been 100 cars a day. The normal output
with the three mines in operation. ts
seventy cars. There has been no change s.
far at Oak Hill. A statement mace by the
miners that only two men were working
NAV be true In that case the output Of
eight cars given for Monday and Tuesday
will he dec eaeed to one car. The extra
ordinary capacity Of the mine is l2o, ard
the normal capacity ninety cars.
The demonstration against De Armitt has
had the effect OF decreasing the capacity
Of 34O cars to forty-two cars with the proba-
bility Of further reduction
The campers at Turtle Creek were on the
march at a. m. and went to the Oak Hill
mine They marched back at 6;3O a. m
and had breakfast. The camp lie has been
reduced to system. One hundred men
verc sent TO Plum Creek and 300 sent home
leaving 600 men IN camp. They nave dl-
yided into companies OF 100 each. under
lieutenant Provisions seem TO De p!ehtIul'
The camp viii be poiiced by strikers sworn
in by Burgess Teats. aR borough pollcemen
The hearing OF President DolRn and the
other ofHr'als charged with riot and UT
lawful asseublage is set for O'Clock TINS
afternc on. 1t is thought the case VIII D.
dropDed bv the defendants giving bail for
court and noIle PROSE- being entered later.
OPERATORS TAKE IT EASY.
One of the notable features OF the strik
by the miners has been the absence OF
EFFORT by the operators TO get their miners 10
work There has been no meeting by them
IN consider the situation nor have there
hpen any attempts 20 start the mines with
new men. This was explained To-Day by
an operator who said he Is satisfied to have
the strike continue until January, as he has
enough coal 10 last him or can get II al
prices which will enable him to make
profit The lower river markets are re-
norted 10 be well stocked with Pittsburs
coal and by reason Of almost continuous
navigation from January until July large
stocks have been accumulated in New Or
leans Louisville and Cincinnati markets and
no cosI boat stage OF water can be expected
now before November Some Of the rail
operators have plenty Of ccal, one producer
claiming 10 have not less than 2ooO tons
available for his contracts ana DINERS can
buy coal al q price almost as low as they
can produce IT, Ruling prices are - cents
( o. D. cars al shipping point for run 0l
the mine and 81 TO $l.25 for screened coal
The miners at schmick's mines on me Rea,
stone branch OF the Pennsylvania railroad
came out today and the mines are once more
closed down When the news was received
in this city the price Of coal jumped 10 81 a
ton ana brokers said prices were likely 10
advance to 81 so before next week,
President Alfred De Armitt OF the New
York and Cleveland Gas Coal company says
his men are not on strike and are not IN
sympathy with the movement They have
been iuiimidRted" said he, and have no
doubt All would return 20 work II the strik-
ers encamped at the different mines were
withdrawn.
UNDER MILITARY DISCIPLINE.
The miners camp is now under strict
military discipline and everything Is NOV
ing ike clockwork The customary maren
will be made 10 Plum Creek in the early
morning and will be continued daily, the
miners officials say. until the suspension OF
the De Armitt mines Is complete.
At the hearing 10 the case Of President
Doen and oths-s for riot and unlawful as
semhlage this afternoon before Justice Sem
mems a number Of witnesses were heard, but
the justice reserved his decision until to-
morrow afternoon.
The hearing Of the four miners arrested
last week at the MeGoyeru mines. near
Cauonsburg. for trespass, was concluded this
afternoon. No evidence connecting the de-
PENDANTS directly with the song Wen hang
black sheep to a sour apple tree" or with
the use OF opprobious epithets was produced.
None OF the defendants appeared 81 the hear
ing and they were held In contempt At
tAChments were issued for their arrest
SecrttaTy Narner paid his compliments
20 President De Armitt Of the New York
ana Cleveland company. In not very choice
terms The reason for this was the publioa-
tfon Of the story that Mr. De Armltt had
said that $4,000 had been sent into the
Pittsburg district by the West Virginia
operators IN order 70 hTing about strike Of
miners in this district and thus force the
price o. coal m. Both the secretary and
president, A. F. CArrick OF the painters and
decorators who characterized the story as a
cahsrd. said that i was true they
wonld hardly send organizers into that dis
trict 20 induce the men 20 strike II possible.
Organizer Cameron Miller is arranging for
meeting Of business men ana miners 10
take place az Roscoe. In The fourth pool az
o NJ tomorrow. He expects that about
lslo mea wIll be m Attendance coming
from all the mines in the fourth pool. from
punleyy 10 California TIE meeting will