Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
Striking Miners Preparing to March
on Westmoreland District.
WILL Be TREATED As FRESPASSERS
JubiIant Over Their Success at De
Armitt's Mines.
BIG NJ MEETING PLAN NE D

operating in Westmoreland county and
central Pennsylvania.
An advance guard will probably start for
Irwin today. where a camp will be estab-
Iished. Other bodies will follow tomorrow
and Saturday, the advance guard simply
being silent notification that the men
coming.
By th1 first of next week. when the
strike leaders say they expect to have all
the New York and Cleveland Company's
mines closed tight, the strikers at Turtle
Creek. Plum Creek and Sandy Creek will
move on into the WeStmorelard field and
locate camps at the different mines there.
All the Westmoreiand county mines
running. and it is to stop the putting of
coal iEto the Pittsburg market from these
mines that the movement is contemplated.
Will BE Treated az Trespasscrs.
The managers of the Westmoreland Coal
Company state they Will not enjoin the
strikers. but are ready for them They
will be treated as trespassers. The men
at work for the Pennsylvania Gas Coal
Company are in the position and
the company will use the same tactics.
There is an agreement between De Ar
mitt and the Westmoreland Co. The for
nler ships west only and the latter east.
II the strikers are successful in caus-
ing suspension of work at the Westmore-
land mines the march to the central Penn
SyNdnid Hei0S VIII be taken The
miners in this district are in sympathy
with the movement. and at convention
of Cleartield and jefferson county miners
yesterday the strike leaders were request
ed to give some attention to central Penn
sylvania with view of holding gen
eral convention of all miners shipping coal
to the eastern seaboard.
Strikers Are Jubilaht.
The strikers are jubilant over their sue
cess at De Armitt's mines. The total out
put yesterday was eighteen gondola cars
Superintendent De Armitt says the Plum
Creek output Tuesday was thirty cars
ten more than the mine was given credit
for by the strikers.
Colonel A E. McCandless. surgeon-in-
chief of the Pennsylvania National Guard
ana colonel A j. Logan quartermaster
genera on the staff of Governor Hastings
were in Turtle Creek today. 1t is said
that they were looking for Il suitable site
1oT camp in case the troops Should be
called out. Colonel McCandess refused
TO affirm or deny that he was in the dis
trict in connection with the inquiries being
ade by the governor. At the present
time there is absolutely no need of troops
as the sheriff has his men well in hand
and the strikers disposed to keep
strictly within the bounds of the law.
Demonstration Saturday Evening.
President Dolan has announced that the
next demonstration at Camp Determination
VIII take place Saturday evening. 1t will
ne a record breaker. All of the steel work.
ers from Homestead and Braddock will be
present ans are being matured for the
strikers 10 march to Bradoock and there
meet the visiting contingent with their
brass bands, etc, and march back gather
Ing up recruits all along the route.
In this way they expect to bring into the
c"mp such a crowd as has never yet as
senbied about the speakers stand At
least 10000 are expected from the towns
on the MCnonge hela.
Storm Visits the Camp.
Consideration was caused in the miners
camp last evening by terrific wind and
electrical storm, which passed over the
Turtle Creek valley, doing a great deal of
damage. At Sandy Creek a tree In the
yard Of the jefferson school house. under
which Was group of the striking miners,
who are in camp at that place keeping a
watch on the DeArmitt mines. was struck
by a bolt ard shattered into match wood
sp!lnters- Two of the men, Vincent Cofiic
from the Essen mine No. 3, and George
Sedwick from the Moon Run district, were
shocked into insensibility. Their condition
is still critical. Six others were also
shocked and badly frightened, but soon re-
covered.
The occurrence caused the widest excite
meI:t among the striking miners The
storm came upon them without warning
and there was wild scurry for shelter of
which there was none at all, except that
afforded by their one small tent and the
the men were in serious condition several
of their comrades were dispatched for
medical assistance. while others carried
the two stricken men into a nearby farm
house. where they were later attended by
DR.. Wilson of RoGi-
Ordered on Dc Armitfs Property.
When the storm came up many of the
strikers, forgetting that they were going
on 10 company property, and into the com
pany of deputy sheriffs, took refuge in DE
Armitts stables. where the deputies are
quartered. They were not discovered until
the storm had passed. and they were i'm
Tediatety ordered away.
Indiana Miners ON the March.
SULLIVAN. Ind, August 5.-The miners
in the Green county field have started on a
march for the mines in the southern In
diana coal fields, two hundred strong, un-
der the command OF Jefferson Pickett, who
vas marshal in the Coxey army. The
men will go to Littles and Petersburg,
where they will be Joined by about 200
Lltn n.
TO GET KENTUCKY MINERS OUT.
President knight VIII Try to Get st.
BERNARD Men to- Quit.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, August 5.-Presi-
dent Knight of the Indiana district Of the
United Mine Workers has left for Fariing-
ton. KY, where are situated the ST. Ber-
men. and from which much coal has been
shipped through Indiana for Chicago. He
and other organizers will try TO stop the
production in Kentucky
The mar hers who started for the mines
in the southern part of the state met with
Positive opposition at Littles, where the
seventy men voted almost unanimously TO
continue work. The crusaders then an
nounced that they would be forced out.
Illinois Miners Get n Raise.
MARION, ILL.,. August 5.-The miners at
the mines OF the Ohio and Mississippi Coal
ard Mining Company struck yesterday and
secured raise Of ten cents per ton Tor
digging. returning to work within twenty
four hours.
Orders for Inspection.
Col j. c. c. Lee. assistant ouartermas-
ter general. has been ordered to inspect
the Quartermasters department at Fort
Sheridan. Ill. and at Forts Brady and