The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-07

Plum Creek men live in company
houses on the company's land. The
workmen do not have to leave the De
Armitt property to get into the mines,
and strikers get no chance to stop them
ON the road.
The deputies do not allow any one to
get near the houses, and the workers
and strikers are entirely without COM
munication except through the women
1t now seems that the Plum Greek
siege will be a much longer and much
harder battle than at any of the other
mines.
Prices for coal moved up 10 cents
ton since yesterday, the. assigned rea-
son being that the prospects are that
the strike will expand and embrace the
Northern Pennsylvania districts. Coal
is being boarded for possible future de-
mands, when prices will be still higher.
Ruling prices are now 81 10 for run OF
mine in barges and cars, Pittsburg,
and and 6 cents a bushel for slack
in the river.
BROUGHT THEM OUT.
MONONGAHELA (Pa.), Aug. 6.-Be-
tween 300 and 400 striking miners
marched on the Buenola mine this
morning, headed by the G.. A. r. of
this place. The Buenola miners were
brought out and the strikers estab-
lished a camp to see that work is not
resumed.
ACTIVE WEST VIRGINIA MINES.
WHEELING CIV. Va), Aug. g.
Ratchford's statement here yesterday
that a most vigorous campaign was TO
be made in West Virginia is timely, if
the United Mine Workers ever expect
to shut off the supply of coal from this
State.
From day to day strikers have been
going back, until to-day, aside from
Clarksburg, no field in the State shows
any diminution in its output. Miners
day was a failure from every point of
view.
The injunctions granted by the Ma
rion County court and by the United
States court prevent any sort of activ-
ity in the Paramount field, and the an
nouncement is made that these in
functions will be spread as the strike
agitators spread their field Of opera
lions.
ILLINOIS MINERS CONVENTION.
SPRINGFIELD Gid, Aug. 6.-At to-
days session of the State Miners Con-
vention a resolution to invite Governor
Tanner to address the convention
brought forth much talk unfavorable TO
the Governor. State Secretary Ryan
and Vice President Hunter emphati-
cally refused to act on a committee TO
wait on Governor Tanner.
The Governor was invited however
to deliver an address. He said he was
in sympathy with the miners, and be-
lieved they would win the strike II
they carried it on in a law abiding way,
as they have been doing. The Governor
put himself on record as willing to do
all in his power with citizens to assist
the miners in satisfactory settlement.
A resolution was passed that a body
of miners be sent to Decatur, Coffene,
Murphysboro and four other small
mines, and endeavor to get the miners
to suspend.
Resolutions were also passed to en-
deavor to organize all miners now
working and get them out.
President CarN1n reported 1000 men
working in the seventh district and
asked that action be taken to get them
out
The scale committee will report later
The scale decided upon by the commit
tee and likely to be adopted is as fol-
lows: District No. /, 5S1a cents and
Is cents added for brushing; Granville,
Braidwood, Pontiac and La Sale, 5Si2
cents and 10 cents added for brush
ing; Streator and Clark City, 81 cents;
District No 2, Peoria and Catlin, Al
cents; Springfield, 40 cents; Chicago
and Alton Railroad, South Springfield.
80 cents; Pana Company, furnishing
miners supplies, 80 cents; Danville
District, 40 cents; Duquoin, 46 cents;
Sherrard, As cents; Gable, % cents;
Gilchrist and Wanlock, 80 cents;
Peoria and Canton machine
men, shooting by ton, 30
cents; machine runners by day, So 80;
machine helpers by day, 81 10; load
ers by day, 50; Athens machine coal
machine runners, l Ito cents square
foot; shovelers, l cent square foot.