The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-26
.THE MINERS STRIKE.
Another Demonstration at Canons-
burg Last Night.
DEPUTY sHERIrrs ORDERED OUT.

Debs and Other Leaders Are in West
Virginia and Expect . Crisis Soon.
The Kansas Miners May Be Asked
to Join the Strike.
Pittsburg, July &C. Sixty deputy
sheriffs have been ordered out and are
at the Union station awaiting orders
TO move. Their destination is kept a
profund secret, but It Is supposed they
are to be sent to the mines of the New
York and Cleveland Gas Coal company
in anticipation of any raid that may
be made. But as the strikers officials
declare that the contemplated march
has been abandoned no conflict is ex-
pected. Another march on Canonsbure
was begun last night. A big meet.
ing of the miners was held at Reissine
at o'clock yesterday afternoon. They
were informed that the Allison mine
ing, and in very short time 1t was
decided to make another tramp across
the country and reinforce the 100 strik-
ers that have been on guard.
They will remain until tomorrow
morning. There was a great hurrying
to and fro in all the mining settlements
In that section before the sun went
down. Every man decided to take two
days rations along. Women, as has
been the case during the present strike
were among the most active agitators
They advised their husbands and
sweethearts to take another irksome
tramp across the country in order that
their conditions might be bettered.
Before evening more than 500 deter
mined men from Cecil, Reissing and
Bridgeville were mobilized at Bridge
vile. Shortly after o'clock they start
ed on the march, with the American
flag at their head. Nearly all the men
carried a dinner pail, and they looked
like regiment of toilers going to their
work. '.9ss-f;;2s ", TOD >rs,-.'
The whole country side along the line
of march turned out to witness the
sight. They reached the Allison mine
ut about 10 o'clock, and made the best
of their quarters,
1t was learned that the deputies were
supplied with Winchester rifles and
dispatched to the New York and Cleve-
land company's mines. The request for
deputies, 1t is said came from Mr.. De-
Armitt. who received word from a
scout that large body of men were
marching towards the mines, coming
from the direction Of McKeesport and
the Youghiogheny district. Nothing
more definite than the above is known
here.
Fa!rmont, w. Va, July 26.-Eugene
V. Dabs held three good meetings at
the various mines yesterday, and is
confident that the men will be gotten
out. although he will not say he ex-
poets the move today. The general
impression Is that if the break is not
made today 1t will not be made at ALL
1t Is hard to tell what the men will do
when the morning comes. Yesterday
the operators succeeded in keeping
many of them from the meetings, and
1t looks as easy to keep them in the
mines. Mahon has gone to Clarkshurg.
where he and Rea addressed a good
meeting.
All the mines are guarded by depu-
ties and no men are allowed on the
company's grounds. A body of the
organizer men win stay at each of the
different mines tonight and her
culean effort Is to be made to induce
the men not to go to work. Rumors of
all kinds are anoat, but no trouble is
expected. Today will certainly settle
the strike one way or the other so far
as this region is CONCERNED.
Debs will be the hrst of the labor
leaders to arrive in Wheeling to at
tend the conference of executive Off
GERS of the various labor organizations
of the country called by President
Ratchford to consider ways and means
to bring success to the coal strike. He
left here this morning, and will be met
at Wheeling by a committee of recep-
ton appointed yesterday afternoon by
the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor AS
sembly. Advices received by local Ia
Dor leaders are that nearly all of the
executive officials Of the national labor
organizations will come to Wheeling
for tomorrow's conference. AS to the
outcome of the conference, there is
much uncertainty, though 1t Is claimed
that the result will be the calling upon
the fremen, brakemen and conductors
to refuse to haul trains carrying West
Virginia coal.