Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-03
STRIKERS SLOWLY GAINING
DeArmltl'S Men Coming On. in Small
Bodies.
No scarcity of Provisions-Libsral DO.
nations Coming in-wonen Take
Hand.

strikers arc slowly winning theii
poinis about the DeArmitt mines. They
nave already practically closed the
SANDY creek AMI Oak hill mines and
the Plum creek men are coming Out
10 email bodies.
The matchers claim they have sue.
ceeded III inducing those of the min.
era VINO live at Coalpori, whore the
Plum Creek tipple is located In ioiL-
.DR tho ranks. This reduces the
uumber OF men in the mine by fifty.
rhs Plum creek miners living at Cet-
ter, near the pit mouth, entered the
mine, some OF them in the usual wsy,
and others through an opening thnt
was not guarded. There are $50 men
near the niue and ~ soon as possible u
large tent win he procuteJ Tor them TO
sleep In. They nave brass banu ana
his morning their lerder wns adde /
~ by u wagon load OF provisions. The
uocess OF tue campers In bringing out
the Coplport miners frightened the
spirits oi the men ard made them
more positive OF victory.
AT SIN. they left camp and went
to tue main entrance OF the mine,
esvlng the Center pit mouth un.
guarded, through which N Jst Of the
Al gers ut ~orS psGseu. 1t oeing i'm.
pJssible to Induce the msn to cjme to
the meelings, the campers hau com.
mite to call at the houses OF the
miners to talk over the stu stivn with
he families. Gooi results are expected
Oy the mnitlees.
lpe MINERS In camp. near Sandy
oIsek began the march Of $3.50 an,
auJ took position near the pit mouth.
rney were elated by seeing only lhree
men 20 In. They could not tell, hpw I.
evet, whether they were digg.rs or
day meB. No matter what they are,
the strikers point out the TACT that the
men cal dig but Little coal. The Turtle
creek campers, numbering 1900. ui-
vided iulo two bJdi.s al 4p.m. One
pafty stopped at Newlown aud the
Uther coutihued up the roau uUtll they
came to Ihe pit mouth. They re-.
manned until L'clooa. When being
salished that out lew men entered
the mine,tIey returned to camp where
a breakfast was awaiting. There is No
scarcity Of prOvisiOLs. Liberal dont-
tons are being continuously
received. Turtle creek mtrchants
are doing nil thy eau to feed
ihe men, but to satisfy the hunger OF
Q 900 men Ia not An easy task. Tho
leaders are considering the question OF
thinning out the campo.
The men were pleasantly surprised
Thu mOrniDg, when dc zen women,
half OF them with their children,
walked into camp. They are the wives
of miners ami said they mad come to
stay As long as their husbands and
brothers were there, and would cook.
They were gwen three cheers,
President Dolsn expressed himself
that the minert' strike would be- over
IN two weeks after DeArmitt's mines
are closed.
The total output Of the Oak Hill
mine yesterday was eight csrs, ana 1t
VIII be ltss today, AZ only four men are
ut work. When running fun time the
capacity IL equal TO 100 care. The new
men are not at work now, Doll hav-
Ing found way 10 keep thsLi out.
rhess men, It Is claimed, were Italian
iaOorers on the Pitttburg, Bessemer
and Lake Erie railroad and were
promised Is cents more q Idsy. Dplan
learned wners they were boarding and
sent bis men there 10 sleep. They In.
duced the Italians 10 return to work on
the railroad.
a hungarian miner wss attacked
by wCmsD this morning rs he was
entering the pit at Plum creek. The
Hungarian had ventured alone in the
pr. There were no deputies guarding
MIN, ami Just as he was congTaiulating
himself that the miners had not tried
to stop him, he found himself lace to
ace WIN miner's wife. She had
Iock la each hand,
"Fdr shame" shouted the Indignant
S'msn. you dirty biHckleg, tina
YOU are. Go home and let these men
win the strike. Now 70"
Then the woman raised a rock and
Inc Hungarian attempted to dart past
her A. ne ran tho woman threw the
hTst roci! 1t grazed past his right
cheek. The Hungarian how lod,
tucked and shled ami ran toward the
pit mouth. Then The second rock
sailed nier him, but went wide OF thu
mark.
hs the Hungarian duu bled his epeed
INV woman gave chhse aud she coon
caught up the fleeing coal miner anu
caught him by the neck. Before she
had time 10 hit him, six strikers ran
,oTWAru and made the woman release
h.r captive. They hau to hold her
uhtli The Hungarian was in thu nine
AS she uisappeeTsd she shouted out
70 hlm that che would be waiting for
aim whep he lett the mine.
Mt ali OF the miners wives acted
as this one had done. Two OF them
we're sefn going to the pit with diu0er
uuckels In their haDus. A short time
is'et they were sten returning IRON
'ne NINE with two other buckets. 1t
was learned that the husbands OF these
"omsn are In the mine ana are afraid
70 IeaVe' TAsy prefer to sleep In the
u 10 running the gauntlet of the
tttlkers to 10 hCms. Their wives sup
ny Them with TODD, carrying II to
lhem Ia dinner buckels.