The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-26
MINERS SEEM TO HAVE GAINED
AT LEAST A TEMPORARY
VICTORY.
OPERATORS ARE DIVIDED.
ATTEMPTS TO OPEN THE MINEs
DELAYED FOR PROBABLY A
WEEK.
PRESIDENT DoLAN UNDER ARREST
charged with Violation of the In
junction FOrbidding Marching
mt the Mines.

PITTSBURG, Aug. 25.-Operators of
the P1ttsburg district have made a de-
clded change in front since yesterday.
internal discussions, mixed with fear
On the part of some, caused a split in
thelr forces and d change of base. On
us lace the move looked to many like
temporary surrender to the United
wine workers of America This, how.
ever, Is denied in most emphatic terms
W the most prominent lake shippers, who
say they are going to start their men
anu supply the demand from the
northwest and not stand idly by and
le- large volume of business go to op-
orators OF other states. They publicly
state tnat they are willing to wait for
a week OF ten days before a decided
move Is made. They claim that This
VIII give them ample time to get the
lake trade
Wnen the operators met this morn
ing there were many who had not sign
ed the agreement to give their portion
toward the expense that might accrue
IN IN the e1fort to start the mines, and
they were the loudest in the appeals to
holu aloof to await developments. A
mCtioh to discharge all committees and
adJocrn sine die was made and pre-
Nalleo This action, according to
statement issued by their press com
mlttee puts affairs into the hands of q
committee appointed this morning, IN
der an agreement which was entered
into at Cleveland This committee 10
vested with discretionary power to act
Inc press committee refused to diTulge
the names of the committeeman. T r
Zerbe, who presided at the meeting.
was emphatic in asserting that the oD-
orators, who had originally gone into
the compact at Cleveland to break the
strike, had not changed their inten-
lions. The Cleveland operators left for
tnelr homes tonight, and it is probable
that another meeting will be held in
Cleveland within the next few days.
The price of coal was unchanged to-
day.
Patrick Dolan, district president, was
arrested in Washington county this aft
efnoon While leading a body of 400
marchers past the Allison mine of Cook
&c Sons, near McGovern station. The
narchers were stopped by deputy sher-
Ills and told that their actions were a
violation of the law and the injunc-
ton. Dolan's arrest followed. He was
taken to Washington on the first train
The marchers were disconnected and
were allowed to return to their camp
unmOleSted.
No marching was done by the strik
ers in the De Armitt coal region dur
ing the night or early morning. The
roads are in very bad shape from the
AeCeHI heavy rains, ana the men re-
manned inside the lines of the camps
During the day they quietly sauntered
out in small groups and continued
their missionary work among the min
ers. The campers are much encour-
aged with their attempts at PROSECUTING
and will continue the work during the
afternoon and early evening of each
day. They claim to have induced ten
men to quit work at Oak Hill today.
and that many more will be out tomor-
row.. This is pay day at Oak Hill, and
the campers believe that after the
men have received their money they
will join the strikers. At Plum Creek
the strikers seem to be losing ground
every day. Today the company de-
cided that every man who did not go
to work at once could not go at all
hereafter. They say this rule will be
enforced. A few men who have been
prominent in trying to induce miners
to strike applied for work, but were
refused. The De Armits made a state
ment regarding the Plum Creek min
ers. They say that on Aug. 16 eighty
one pit cars were taken out of the
mines there. Since then they say the
output has increased fifty cars daily,
and that last Monday 400 pit cars
were taken out. The capacity is 600
cars.