The San Francisco call., 1897-08-29
STRKERS 0U7MT THE DEPUTIES.
Make Flank Movement Before Day.
light and Induce Men to
STAY at Home.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 28.-The camp
ers at Plum Creek executed a flank
movement upon the deputies on
guard there shortly before daylight
and before they were discovered had
marched all around the camps houses
and induced eight men to stay at home.
When the deputies arrived they at
tempted to stop the marchers, but the
strikers paid no attention TO the orders
and when they had finished their worS
ma rched back TO the camp.
There is much suffering at Camp lsola-
tion on account OF the lack of clothing
and shoes. Many of the men are bare
footed, having worn their shoes out
marching and doing missionary work.
superintendent de Armitt visited q
number of the striking miners at their
houses early this morning. but failed to
induce any of them 10 return to work.
Hereafter the deputies will not inter
fere with the strikers if they march after
o'clock in the morning and keep off the
property of the coal company, but all
marchers will be stopped before that
hour.
About thirty women made demonstra-
ton at Newton this morning before day
light. They carried miniature flags, which
they waved enthusiastically as they
marched up and down the road. Every
now and then the women cheer red, and
they walked quickly to keep warm. The
deputies keep away from the women, and
the paraders, after m ar ching up and down
for an hour, got tired and went home.
Not a digger showed himself near the
marching women. The few who went to
work took roundabout route to the pit.
By the end of next week all the coal on
the Monongahela River will be practically
| in the hands of one firm and the prices
will be made by the lucky possessors Of
the valuable mineral. There has been a
steady increase in the price of coal all the
week.
When the present strike began the firm
of John II. Jones & Co. saw that prices
must advance, and they quietly went to
work and bought coal wherever they could
at prices which now seem very cheap.
They have been keeping this coal, and
now practically control the coal trade in
this vicinity.
When seen to-day Mr.. Jones refused to
say Just how much coal they had, but ad-
mitted that the amount was over 500, 600
bushels. Inquiries among other coal firms
developed the fact that there was verv
little coal outside of that held by Jones &
Co., and that firm would be able to get
their own price.
The small coal operators in the Pitts
burg district, who are in the majority. are
in revolt against the "big thirteen" or
lake shippers, and threaten to put their
mines in operation at the rate demand ed
by the miners-69 cents-next week if the
miners officials will allow their men to
return to work. Instead of selling their
product to the "big thirteen" as hereto
fore, they will forward to the different
markets them selves.
Miners President Dolan said that if the
small operators could show how they
were going to sell their coal outside of the
syndicate he would readily give his con-
sent to their plans to resume work. The
Big Thirteen" are owners of the differ
ent mines where the most bitter fight
against the demands of the miners is be-
ing made, and they practically control the
coal trade in this part of the country.