The Irish standard., 1897-07-24
NOT DISCOUR AGED.
Debs Declares Recent Reports to
Be False.
PLEASED WITH RESULT OF HIS WORK
Little Progress. Made In Securing Sig
natures To the True Uniformity
Plnn-striLrrs seize u Train
In Illinois.

Monousah, distance OF tour miles.
In his speech he took pains to denounce
the reports sent TO various papers by
special correspondents saying he was
discouraged The 100 men from New
England that attended, expect to lose
their jobs. Several of them were
warned by one of the superintendents
not TO attend, but they would rather lose
their jobs, they say, than be the com
pletc slaves Of the operators. Debs'
speech was a socin!istic one, and his
Utopia was described to the men COM
ple,ely.
Organizer Mahon said Wednesday
tina, an effort would be made to bring
the labor organizations of the whole
country to the assistance of the miner
strikers. No plan has yet been formed,
but Mahon figures that it will require
little effort to get the trainmen to re-
fuse to work on trains carrying coal
into competitive districts. He said that
this organization is intelligent and we'll
trained, and with this assistance the
great fight can be won without the aid
Of West Virginia.
Trouble Looked For.
Pittsburgh, Pa, July 22.-Trouble,
and much of it, seems to be in store at
the Allison miEe, three miles west of
Canonsburg. The men want to go to
work, but are afraid. They fear an
other invasion of the strikers and do
not want to be targets for mob that
Is liable at any moment to lose control
OF itself. 1t was the intention Of the
c{ri1y "a, {boir mol %>
onsburg Wednesday night, but tele-
gram from Bridgeville announces that
owing to the heavy rain 1t was decided
to postpone the tramp until to-day. The
men are fully determined to carry out
their threat of making the march. They
expect to start with 600 men and be re-
1nforced with about the same number
from Bridgeville and Toms Run The
men will start with several days ra-
tions and expect to be in shape to
watch the offending mines for several
days. Sheriff Vernon Clark, of Wash
ington county, is fully prepared for
any army Of marching strikers that
may invade his domain. 1t is not gen
orally known that at six o'clock Tues
day night he had nearly 300 deputies
sworn in, who are available at any
time. From the most reliable informa-
ton 1t was learned that they are all
ready, with the requisite number of
firearms, and are prepared to do bust
ness. The sheriff is on the ground in
person, and if there is false move
ment made on the part of any of the
strikers drastic measures will be re-
sorted to.
At the Boone mine game Of peek-a-
boo is in progress. The men want to
work as long as there are no strikers
In sight. Manager Hitchman, Of the
mine, said that he would not make an
attempt to operate the plant as long
MS there was any indication Of trouble.
He said he was prepared for any emer-
gency, and intimated that the trouble
would blow over in few days.
The situation among the strikers in
this district is practically unchanged.
The suspension is complete with the ex-
ception of De Armitt's mines, and
though considerable restitution and
suffering is reported among the strik-
ers and their families, the dctermina-
ton to fight 1t out is apparently as
strong as on the first day of the strike.
Few Signatures.
Pittsburgh, Pa, July 22.-From sur
face indications the scheme of arbitra-
ton on the uniformity basis is making
but slow progress in the Pittsburgh
district. No attempt has been made
for several days to confer with any OF
the Pittsburgh operators and no sigma
lures have been secured to the agree
ment, but Secretary Schmid said
Wednesday tina! 1t was quite probable
there would be interesting develop
ments within the next "a hours. He
expects the commissioners all back in
Pittsburgh, when something definite
may be accomplished.
Many Won't Sign.
Cleveland, o.. July 22. - Secretary
Bishop, of the Ohio state board of arbi-
tration, continued his canvass among
local operators Wednesday morning.
Some of them he found willing to sign
the true uniformity scale OF to agree
to almost anything that is not mani
testify unfair to the operators. Others
he found less tractable, and several
lCIlBtny AisCuSStohS WAlCtl TIC udu WIN
this class in the morning threatened to
prolong his stay in Cleveland beyond
his solicitations. With but one or two en-
ceptions, perhaps, local operators have
no confidence that the uniformity scale
will ever be introduced in the Pitts
burgh district. and they believe it is
only waste of time to try to introduce
it. They are of the opinion that the
best way to settle the strike is for the
operators to remain silent and inactive
This absence of action. they argue, will
make the miners uneasy and will dis
courage them.
strikers Seize n Train.
Peoria, ILL.,, July 22.-Fifty striking
miners at Pennington seized a Burling-
ton freight train at II o'clock Wetnes-
day morning demanding that it carry
them to Dunfcrmire. where they in
tended to call ont the $50 miners at
work. where wages have been increased
three per cent. They refused to pay or
get Off and held the train till three
o'clock, when the conductor cut off the
engine and ran to Canton. returning
with the sheriff and the states attorney.
They argued with the men and They
Potato Hooks % each: long handled II;
II goods in carload lots direct from the fla
paid We can save Won money