Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-08-07
DESPERATE EFFORTS
MADE IN WEST VIRGINIA
To Counterfeit the Action of Those
Miners Who Refused to
Join the Strike.
LAYING SIEGE TO WORKING SHAFTS
Trouble Brewing About the DE Ar
init Mines--- Proclamation OF
the sheriff Not Consider
ed by the Strikers.

Wheeling, w. Va, Aug. 2.-The
striking miners organizers in the
Wheeling district are making desper-
ate efforts to counteract the effect OF
the refusal of the men in the two
mines of the Boggs Run Coal company
to come out. The mine at Mounds
Vile was working yesterday with a
small force and thirty-three OF the
men at Elm Grove were ut work. The
Glendale operators assert that their
mine will resume Monday with n full
force. There was Il decrease in the
amount of coal brought out of the
Fairmont region yesterday. For the
past week the average number OF ears
coming to Bellaire, on the Baltimore
and Ohio, has been 200, but yesterday
there was a falling oft of one-hah hat
number.
Washington, Pa, July 31.-More
than 300 more miner marched to COOK
d Sons mine at McGovern and are
now established in Camp Victory.
They are from the Miller's Run region
and the mines ON the baltimore ana
Ohio. Camp Victory now contains 500
! determined men. The regular process
sional demonstrations were held, ana
it is reported that armed deputies ac-
companied a body of the diggers on
their way TO the mine through the
ranks of the marchers. The campers
are not at all discouraged, and when
approached on the subject say the
siege has just begun.
May BE Tronble.
Pittsburg, Pa, July 3l.--At midnight
1t looked as though the sherin's procla-
nation would be the biggest factor IN
bringing about trouble in the vicinity OF
the DE Armitt mines. Last night q
meeting Of strikers was held at oak Hill
and 1t vas decided to 4 no attention
to the sherifLs proclamation. as 1t was
considered to be an outrage. At the
meeting it was reported that President
Dolan, M. i. Carrick and other leaders
told the men that the mandate Of the
sheriff was unjust and could not be en-
forced. The result of the meeting was
that three meetings were arranged for,
one It midnight. one at = a. m. and one
at 4 q. M, and the men marched through
the Turtle creek region in three divi-
s.ons to reach their meeting places, The
different times were chosen for the
meetings as the best time to catch the
working miners when changing shifts.
Excitement run high.
The strikers campel at Turtle Creek
late last night II started on u march
to Sandy Greek and Plum Creek with
the intention of closing these mines,
and they made all plans to intercept
the Oak Hill miners who start for work
about 4 o'clock in the morning. Just
before the strikers started for Sandy
Creek a delegation of fifty miners from
the Mucklerat mines of the j. j. Corey
Coal company came in and united with
the strikers.
The deputies at the De Armitt prop
erty number l25, the majority Of whom
are at Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek.
Excitement In Scoitdaie.
Scottdale, Pa, Aug. 2.-Wild excite
ment prevailed here at 10 o'clock last
night. AS the afternoon turn of nom
union men who had taken the places
of the striking iron workers at the
Scottdale Iron works were going home,
one of them, said to be a man named
Painter, became incensed at the re-
marks of some boys, n deliberately
fired at them. A large crowd was gath
cred about the station at the time and
they started after the non-union man,
who fired four o five shots into the
crowd before he reached his boarding
house. The house vas Immediately
surrounded by an excited crowd and 1t
was with some difficulty that they were
cooled down.