The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-19
DETERMINED TO MARCH
BUT THM NUMBERS HAVE
LARGELY FALLEN OFF.
THE OPERATORS WILL USE PlNKERToNs
Issue Expected to be Made To-Day Some o.
the Men Disposed to go Back to Work
But Some Leaders Hold
Out StoutIy,

Out Stouty.
! Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 1S.-This was OPP
orators day, and from present appear
ances they have made a most effective
move and have nearly, if not quite.
check mated their opponents, the striking
! coal miners The courts decree to-day
made permanent the preliminary in
| junction restraining the strikers from
camping, marching or in any manner i'll
| terfcring with the New York and Cleve-
! land Gas Coal Company's miners and
has had the effect of almost depicting
| the camps about those mines, and ap-
| parcntly a general generalization among
! the campers exists.
| In order to follow up their advantage,
the operators held largely attended
meeting tonight at the Monongahela
! House, and arranged for the starting
of their mines with or without force. If
| force seems to he unavoidable, it is the
| intention to start a certain few mines at
once under the protection of deputies,
and whatever expense may result will
be shared pro rata by the mine owners.
| This scheme to start the mines was
| 1894 The operators then agreed to
bear the expense and two mines were
put in operation. and the men were
guarded by deputies. The miners select.
! ed were the ManOwn, of the YouShiog-
benny Gas Coal Company and the
| DUR Mine of Osborne. Saeger and
Company. At the former mine is rail
road cars were loaded the first day 1t
was expensive coal, but when the bills
were settled no operator could be found
| TO tell what that coal cost. Various
estimates were given and it was conced-
ed by some that it did not cost cent
! less that S3 ton. But it had the de-
sired effect.
A similar successful effort was made
| by the operators several years ago when
| a number Of cOlored men were brought
| in from the South and foreigners Were
| imported from other localities. They re-
mained after the strike was ended and
| are still in the district and among the
surplus of miners.
President Doan of the miners Organi-
zation does not believe the movement
will be a success this time, as the strik-
crS are more in earnest than in any
former struggle The operators now
talk about their inability to pay the ad-
vance ON account of having taken con
tracts at the 54-cent rate" he said
| When they made those contracts hey
were fairly warned that higher rate
would be demanded. We called foI
conferences ana t";d them not To make
any contracts based on the low rate fol
digging: so there could be no possibility
of misunderstanding. We issued i
public notice and had it printed in the
daily papers. They were told plainly
not to make contracts based on a Sd
cent mining rate. We did not take any
advantage of them. for they knew what
was coming. When l spoke of a strike
they merely laughed and said: "We will
have you starved out in two weeks ,
They see now where they were mistaken
and want to start, bus they will not
succeed. We will establish camp anC
march at every mine where they at
tempt is made to operate. We will hgh
to the bitter end"
Camp Determination at Turtle Greek
was reduced in numbers today from 20C
to 800. The men who were told to &c
home gathered in an angry crowd and de
Inounced the officials bitterly. Secretary
William Warner came in for a large
share of VituperatiOn from the crowd
They demanded of him work or assist
ance. He replied rather curtly that he
wouId get them jobs in the wOrkhouse.
After Warner left number of the
men threatened TO return to their re-
Ispective homes and go to work in their
mines. They said the strike was fzzle
Some of the men left for Irwin and
IGreensburg districs, where they will look
for work.
Uriah Dillingham;, in charge of the
camp at Plum Greek, put damper on
the campers at that place today. He had
lust returned from the city, where he
heard the courts decision in the injunc-
ton case. He told the men there would
be no more marching and no need of
such large number of men at the camp.
He advised the men to disperse to their
Irrespective homes and get work wherever
they could. AT this camp, where yester-
day there were 800 men, tonight there
are less than 100.
Sandy Greek camp is practically aban-
doned and it is not known whether it will
be opened again or not. All told there are
less than $50 men now encamped about
the three mines. 1t is said the men who
are still in the camps will remain there
and will march as usual in spite Of the
sheriff and the courts order. President
Dolan said tonight that his men would
continue to march, and if the sheriff ar
rested them other men would take their
Iplaces at once. Said he: "The sheriff will
have to do his duty if we violate the
law and arrest us. If he is of the opinion
that we are yiolators he will have to take