The record-union., 1897-09-10
There is a Disagreement on the
Basis of Settlement.
Northern Illinois Men, 1t is Said, Would
Reap No Benefit.
Some Leaders Who Favor a Con-
tinuance of the Strike-Ohio
Delegates to the Miners Con-
vention Fear the Union Will
Lose Ground in West Virginia
on the Basis of the Present Set
t1ement.

tlement.
COLUMBUS CO), Sept. 9.-The Ma
tional Convention of United Mine
Workers has struck a snag. Among
the delegates has grown a feeling that
even were the strike settled Ohio and
Pennsylvania would be the beneficiar-
les. There are men of this belief in
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and West Vir-
ginia, the two first States being prac-
tically unanimous.
President Knight and Secretary Ken
nedy Of Indiana believe a settlement on
the basis proposed would adjust mat
ters IL Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Eastern Illinois, but would have
little or no effect in Northern Illinois.
These men are substantially in favor
of a, continuance of the strike. The
delegates from Illinois and Indiana, SO
far as can be learned as the session
is being held with closed doors, are
acting in harmony.
Certain Ohio delegates are standing
by West Virginia as a settlement with
out advantage to that section, from
the miners point of view, would be
tantamOunt to the union losing the
ground it has gained there.
Some Indiana and Illinois delegates
feel that they have been the catspaw
of the movement. They say they have
time and again struck at the request of
other districts, and when such districts
gained what they wanted the contest
would be declared off, leaving Indiana
and Illinois without substantial benefit.
The MaSSillOn, o., delegation was
numbered among those who object to
a settlement as proposed. They say
the lowest wages they have been paid
was 81 cents per ton and a settlement
at the proposed Pittsburg rate of 90
cents would only increase the Massil-
Ion rate , cents per ton. They want a
differential Of cents between the Mas
sillOn and Hooking Valley fields.
President Carson of Illinois says they
will stay out whether the strike is set
tied or not.
Pittspurg made a fight to-day for ad-
ditionM delegates and it is understood
the proposition was granted.
A Pittsburg delegate says a settle
ment will be reached
DEPUTIES IN TROUBLE.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 9.-At s o'clock
this morning deputies evicted a family
from one of the company's houses at
Plum Greek Little resistance was Of
fered at the time, but as soon as the
house had been emptied and the fur
nitura piled up in the middle of the
street. the women gathered in front of
the house.
After the deputies had gone the min
ers forced an entrance to the house and
carried the furniture back. Desperate
resistance will be offered in case a sec
Ond attempt is made to evict the fam
lily.
Three hours later sixteen deputies ar
rived at Clarksburg and evicted John
Puke and his family. They are Polish
people, but have many friends at
Clarksville.
The furniture was carried into the
house again and Puke, his family and
several friends have installed them
selves there. prepared to make trouble
for the deputies if they again attempt
to evict them.
The deputies have sent for Superin-
tendent De Armitt and he is expected
here at any moment. The news of his
coming spread like wildfire, and the
women of CIarksville have gathered
outside of Puke's home. They are all
armed in one way or another, and are
sufficiently aroused to attack the depu-
ties as soon as they return.
At L o'clock superintendent Samuel
c. and Thomas de Armitt, together
with Deputy Sheriff Samuel Young and
a posse of twenty-five special deputies,
appeared, and the eviction was all done
over again. A party of twenty women
from the neighborhood had gathered,
and nearly all of the striking miners
from Camp Isolation were present.
They jeered the De Armitts. The wo-
men We're armed with baseball bats.
picks and other things. They con-
Quoted themselves in such belligerent
manner that the De Armitts were glad
to remain within doors while the evic-
ton was going on.
Mr.. de Armitt came out on the porch
and asked the men and women if they
would permit him to make a few re-
marks. They consented to hear what
he had to say, and he entered into an
explanation of the contracts which the
miners had made with the company
the purpose being to show to the es-
sembled people that the company was
not doing more than it had a right TO
do. Then he launched into a discussion
of the strike generally, and said the
men had only themselves to blame for
their troubles. for they had allowed
themselves to be led and their leaders
had simply sold out again.
Mr.. de Armitt concluded by inviting
Uriah Billingham, leader of the strik-
ing miners at Plum Greek, to reply to
his charges. Mr.. Dillingham; accepted
the invitation, and the result was
period of warmth that threatened to be-
come a riot. BilIingham made a denial
of De Armitts accusation, and asked
for proof of the charges He wound
up his remarks by denouncing Thomas
B. de Armitt as a 'grinning liar
Cheers came from the assembled min
ers and the women, and Deputy Sheriff
Young came from the house Young
essayed to place Billingham under ar
rest, but that man appealed to some
deputies who were in wagon to prove
his assertion that De Armitt had in
vited him to make a speech The strik-
ing miners moved forward to the sup
port of their leader, and Young con-
cluded not to make the arrest. Billing
ham succeeded in getting the strikers
to return to their camp, but the wo-
men remained, and remarked that they
wished to get at the De Armitts. The
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