The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-05
NO GREAT CHANGE IN THE sITUA.
TION AT THE DE AR
MIT1P MINES.
SOME MEN SENT BACK HOME
THE COST OF KEEPING THEM ALI,
IN CAMP WAS TOO
GREAT.
TROOPS ASKED FROM GOVERNOR.
Alleged Open Defiance of the Inv
Pointed Out by Mine
Operator.

PITTSBURG, Aug. 4.-The strike sit
uation has not changed materially from
yesterdays report. Everything about
the Turtle crek caemp was quiet, the
only ripple of excitement being the
hearing OF President Dolan and the
other officials of the miners for riot
ana unlawful assemblage. The strikers
claim twenty new accessions to their
ranks today. A careful estimate of the
men now at work in that mine shows
z1o out Of the usual total of 295. No
work was done at the Oak Hill or
SANDY creek mines. The camp was re-
ouced In numbers today by 3OO men
Ihey We're sent 10 their homes for two
reasons-to lessen expenses and be-
cause these men We're not inclined to
respond to the numerous marching or
oers imposed upon them. The camp
mas peen costing $500 a day 10 keep t
IN provisions. etc. being at the rate
OF cents per man per day, as against
IL cents per day IN the national guard
encampments. The camp is now I'M
der strict military discipline. and ey
erything is mo.Ilg ike clockwork. The
customary march will be made to Plum
creek IN tie eaciy morning, and will
be continued daily, The miners officials
say, until the suspension in the OAR
mltt mines Is complete
AT the hearing in the case Of Presi-
dent Dolan and others jor riot and IN
lawful assemblage this afternoon be-
fore Justice Slemmons, a number of
witnesses were heard, but the Justice
reserved his decision until tomorrow
afternoon. The hearing of the four
miners arrested last week at the Nc
Govern mines near Canonsburg for
trespass was concluded this afternoon.
NO evidence connecting the defendants
directly with the song Wen Hang
Blacksheep to a Sour Apple Tree" or
with the use of opprobrious epithets
was produced. None of the defendants
appeared at the hearing, and they were
held in contempt. Attachments were
issued for their arrest.
Secretary Warner paid his compli-
ments to President De Armitt, of the
New York & Cleveland company, today
in no very choice terms. The reason
Tor this was the publication Of the
story that Mr. De Armitt had said that
SlO,OOO mad been sent into the Pittsburg
district by the West Virginia OPERA
tors, in order to bring about a strike
OF the miners in this district, and thus
force the price Of coal up Both the
president and secretary characterized
the story as canard, and said that If
1t was true they would hardly send or
gan1zers into that district to induce the
men to strike If possible.
Organizer Cameron Miller is arrane-
ing for meeting of business men and
miners to take place at Roscoe. in the
fourth pool, at 1 p. M tomorrow. He
expects that about 800 men will be in
attendance, coming from all the mines
IN the fourth pool, from DunleVy TO
California. The meeting will be adj
dressed by President Patrick Nolan
and Mr.. Miller.
Arrangements have been completed
for the open-air demonstration under
the auspices of the United Labor
league Of Western Pennsylvania.
Thursday evening, on the Duuuesne
wharf, in the interest Of the striking
miners. The leaders expect 10000 PEG.
pie to attend. They are urging every,
body to attend to show by their pres
ence that they are in favor of free
speech and the right of peaceable as
semblage. The speakers will talk frora
a wagon. The meeting will be ad-
dressed by Eugene V. Debs; Mrs. Mary
Jones, Of Chicago; NJ. M Garland,
president and w. A Carney, vice
president of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation United Mine Workers; Organ
fzer Cameron Miller; NJ. P. Carrick. ma
tional president of the Painters and
Decorators union, and M D. Couna-
han, national secretary Of the plum
bers' union.
After the addresses an appeal will
be made to the audience for financial
assistance for the striking miners. and
the leaders expect that the result will
show that the public is in hearty SYM
pathy with the miners in their strug-
gle for living wages. The miners claim
that If they can only get a little
more financial assistance they will
easily win the strike, and are strain
ing every nerve to accomplish their
end. The miners at the Schmock
mines, on the Redstone branch of the
Pennsylvania railroad, came out again
today, and the mines are closed down
This intelligence caused the price Of
coal to jump from rs cents to 81 a ton,
and brokers say there will probably be
another advance Of so per ton before
the end of next week.
j. b. Corey, a prominent coal oper-
ator, has sent a letter to Gov. Hast
lngs calling attention to the open de-
hance of the sheriff's proclamation and
the sheriff's failure to enforce the
proclamation. and asks him to order
out a sufficient force of the national
guard to dispense the strikers