The record-union., 1897-08-31

PITTSBURG, Aug. 30.-County De-
tective Robinson, with twenty-five
deputies and four Pinkerton detectives,
raided one of the negro railroaders'
camps at Unity this morning and cap
tured twelve men and three women.
There was no resistance. The officers
are now on their way to the larger
camps on the other side Of the tunnel
for the purpose of arresting all persons
found there.
What many of the strikers in Camp
Isolation, in the De Armit coal region,
predict will be the last week of their
outing opened with a heavy rainstorm.
BY daylight the roads in the vicinity of
Plum Creek were several inches deep
in mud and marching was practically
abandoned. A few of the campers
turned out for missionary work among
the miners and reported that they had
induced several men to quit work. Cap
tain Bellingham, with squad of strik
ers. went to Peterman mine, on the
Salisbury road, during the morning.
They claim to have had some success
among the men employed there. The
present weather is having a bad eff
feet on the campers. While the general
health of the men is good, a number
have severe colds and one man is down
with pneumonia.
TO MOBILIZE UNEMPLOYED.
PITTSBURG, Aug BON. P Car
rick, President of the Brotherhood Of
Painters and Decorators of America,
says that a proposition is to be pre-
sented at the st. Louis convention to
mobilize the army of unemployed in
the country in the vicinity of Pittsburg
in the event of determined effort on
the part of owners to start the mines
1t is understood that an appeal will
first be made to the railroads of the
country, not as an organization, but as
individuals, to not handle coal dug at
non-union mines. If this fails, then
the mobilizing in Pittsburg will be con-
sidered.
IheSe men, he says, will not come
here to destroy property, or take part
in riot or insurrection, but will be here
to show that this is a peaceful battle
and that the working classes are as a
unit in crying for relief
THOUSANDS DESTITUTE.
LEBANON Qnd), Aug. 30.-An i'm
mense meeting was held last night at
the Opera-house in behalf of the starv-
d. u
Thomas ]. Terhunea made a statement
OF the condition of the miners as he
found it while making an Investigation
as Governor Mounts special commits
sioner. In the course of his address he
said:
There are 5000 families in this State
IN restitution, 10000 people who are lit
orally starving. A few years ago thew
price paid is about 50 cents per ton. A
good miner can make 81 a day. and is
allowed to work two or three days each
week They are compelled to trade
at company stores, and the prices thav
pay are left entirely to the mine onero-
Tor The miners admit that they can
not live on the present scale of wages {"
a large subscription to the relief
fund was raised.
COAL OPERATORS TO MEET.
PlTTSBURG, Aug. 30-A meeting Of
ccal operators who do not ship to the
lakes has been arranged for tomorrow.
when plans will be formulated to start
their mines at the 80 cent rate. if per-
mission can be secured from the miners
officials to allow their men to return IN
work. Many of the operators who are
In sympathy with the movement are
afraid to join in the meeting, and prefer
TO await the result of the heavy opera
tors plan to break the strike by import
ing men. The lake shippers have little
to say, except that they will carry out
their original intentions. They ad-
mitted that such move as was con-
templated by the small operators might
result in forcing the others to coneede
TO the miners demands.
STRIKERS GAIN RECRUITS.
WHEELING CIV. Va-), Aug 30.-The
strikers camp near the Montana mines
gained fifty recruits to-day, all of them
men who have been working. but the
operators were on the lookout for de-
serters, and had nearly as many new
men to go into the mines In the New
River region, a few men were brought
out but the district was working prac-
tically full. The Kanawha Valley
working forces showed a decrease. but
the agitators had the mines pretty well
tied uD before.
At Clarksburg the operators have been
ohafing because their mines We're tied
up early, while Fairmont carried off the
end part of their trade. Thus far no
effort has been made to start the Clarks-
burg mines. but it is given out to-day