The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-10
SUFFERING FOR FOOD.
utrikiug: Miners Families Appeal
to the officials.
NANY MEETINGS TO BE HELD.

GANY MEETINGS TO BE HELD.
y6rs9rdinary Efforts WIN BE Mado
20 Keep Up the Interest In tho Strike
For Livins wages-Four Miners I'm.
dor Arrest.
S g Pittsburs. Aug. 1o.-Appeals for food
and provisions were numerous at the
lnsadauarters OF the miners officials In
I This city yesterday It appeared as II
3 there was wall from every section
Df the district. and miners in person
were present to ask that the suffering
pnes be looked after Secretary Warner
was kept busy answering the appeals.
He said last night that he had sent
more than $1,000 worth Of groceries and
provisions into various parts Of the
district. The appeals are now coming in
from the families, the heads Of which
IRE at the various mining camps, using
their influence to keep other men from
working.
series Of meetings are to be held
al over the district II Is expected to
krep up the interest In every section
and strengthen every point where there
e the least indication Of weakness. The
vigilS Of the mines Of the New York
and Cleveland Gas Coal company are
= % be kept up and the vigor Increased
aVfrom day to day.
The following was issued by Presi-
.ss6ehf Patrick Dolan and Secretary War
ner yesterday:
g'There VIII be a mass meeting Of all
The miners at Can0nsburg Wednesday,
Aug. II. at Ann. All miners of the
:. above named places will call meetings
and prepare to go. The meeting will :
be addressed by the district officials
and others. Every miner is requested
to attend. The campaign in West
. moreland county will begin at Irwin
Dn Wednesday. Al 2 p. M. a monster
meeting will be held, at which Eugene
Debs. Patrick Dolan. M. p. Carrick and
Dthers are expected to make addresses.
A march Is to be made from Turtle
Creek"
A number of brass bands will be In
The procession. The strikers desire
to awaken an interest in that section,
Is they claim the mines that are work.
ing are an injury to their cause.
At the instigation Of Thomas E. SUIT
ton, Of Willocks, Henry Ulrich. Emil
Naser, Henry Hauser and Gustav
Rings. ininera were yesterday COM
mitted to jail for hearing before Al
derman J. D. McMasters. Ulrich IL
charged with aggravated assault and
battery, Nasep with assault and bat
terry and Huser and Rings with unlaw-
full assembaage Tie arrests are tho
result Of an alteration at Willocks on
July rs on account Of the strike. War
rants are out for number Of others
Early yesterday the miners Of West
Elizabeth made q march on the mines
Df the Elizabeth Mining company, for
merly operated by Horner g. Roberts.
About So men were going to work.
After consultation the men asked
that they be allowed to finish loading
, fiat They agreed to go out as soon
rs 1t was loaded. which will take sew
fral days. The officials OF tho company
made an effort yesterday afternoon to
get permission from the mining officials
to continue work. on 60 cent basis.
This was not given. and II is expected
that the mina will be idle as soon as
: The fiat Is loaded.
Thomas B. DeArmitt, superintendent
Of the New Yoric and Cleveland Gas
Coal company. worked hard yesterday
TO get the miners at Oak Hill to return
10 work. By house to house canvass
he succeeded in getting q few more dig
gers, than has been ao work. Thirty
seven miners went In The men were
told by Mr. DeArmitt that they would
lose all they had earned il they would
not work and would be given five days
to vacate the company houses.
The strikers say only rs men out OF |
Is5 we're at work in the Plum Creek |
mine yesterday. The company claims
almost full force was working. The |
Btrikers arn hopeful that the remain
Ing dlggtrs will quit work after get
ting their pay. The Plum Creek men |
were not paid yesterday. and 1t Is ex-
pected the company will require tha |
men to sign new agreement before |
they are given their envelopes. The |
Sandy Creek miners are awaiting de-
velopmenrs. They are hopeful that
The courts will set aside tho contracts
of the company which the men were
obliged to sign.
\ Hunger 10 doing more injury to the |
cause Of tho miners than any other
lGS. aad tho commissary department
everything possible to pro.
n5t this contingency.
Dofan will go to the Can
egton and defy the injunc-
spcakins at a meeting sched-
'the 1lth inst.
Dysart, a member Of the uni-
" commission, returned to the
yesterday after a weeks absence.
.ys tho work Of securing sigma
will be pushed earnestly. and he
res the required number will be se-
The miners, he says. cannot
ply win the strike, as the mines
IN operation can supply the de-
Z. Some Of the coal operators are
ling restless. and threaten to at
lnpt to start their mines this week.
". H. Simmons. a large coal dealer,
] Says there Is no scarcity Of coal. Sun
day night $50 cars Of coal came into
Pittsburg from West Virginia, and
large quantities are being shipped to
Pittsburg from the mines along the
Pennsylvania railroad.
THE WEST VIRGINIA MINERS
Encouraged BY Additions to rhoir
Ranks From tho Working Force.
Wheeling. W. Va. Aug. 1O-Matters
took turn yesterday in the Wheeling
district, and the miners are feeling en-.
couraged. Yesterday q small army Of
miners from MoundsviIle and Benwood
gathered at the works Of the Glendale
company. eight miles below the city,
md soon induced the working miners
nt that plant to come out to man.
FLUSHED with their success at this point
the strikers, reinforced by the Glen
dale men and a body Of strikers that
had come across the hills from Elm