The record-union., 1897-08-01
Peace and Quietness Prevail in the
Pittsburg District,
Though Several Times During the Day
Clash Was Imminent.
The Strikers Retire to Their Camp
for a Rest Over Sunday, When
They Will Renew Their Efforts
to Induce the Working Miners
to Join in the Strike

! PITTSBURG, July 31-Anxiety, ex-
pectation and suspense, which were
the conditions in the coal mining situa-
| ton about De Arnitt's mines to-day,
/ have given place to peace and quiet
| ness tonight. After running counter
| to Deputy Sheriffs several times during
! the day, the strikers peaceably with
/ drew this evening and are now asleep
| in their camps. AS the miners will not
work tomorrow, the strikers will take
! rest, and no trouble is expected before
Monday morning.
The week closed with the miners Of
| ficias satisfied that they had made a
marked impression upon the diggers
of the New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal Company, who, it seems, are wa
vering as to their purpose All the men
are out at Sandy Creek, and but few
at work at Turtle Creek. Plum Greek
was in full operation, and the entire
force of the strikers was centered at
this point, but without success.
Late this afternoon President Dolan
! took twenty-five miners from the camp
and marched to Plum Creek, where a
meeting was organized. Speeches were
made by President Dolan and Vice
President Mackey, and the men eau
toned to keep within the law. While
the meeting was in progress the Sher-
| iff, with an armed force of deputies, ap-
peared. Sheriff Lowrey read the in
junction procured by De Armitt, and
ordered the strikers to disperse. Pres
ident Dolan replied that they We're on
public ground, and produced certifi-
cate showing the place to be a public
highway. Sheriff Lowrey again ordered
them to disperse, and after a short
parley the meeting was closed and the
strikers marched back to camp.
Upon their return it was learned that
400 men from the Panhandle district
had started for Turtle Creek, and
would reach there tomorrow morning.
When the reinforcements arrive. ar
rangements will be made to march to
Plum Creek about midnight Saturday,
and guard the mines until the men
start to work, when another effort will
be made to induce them to come out.
The camp has been organized on mill
tary lines, and all strangers will be
kept on the outside. Several wagon
loads of provisions We're received, and
I
5000 men.
Sheriff Lowrey said this evening that
he would visit the camp in person to-
morrow, and after making a careful
investigation, would probably decide
to take some decisive action Monday.
Camp Desperation at the McCrea
School House, will be the headquarters
for the strikers for many days. Com
mittees and sub committees will visit
the offending miners in their homes to-
morrow, With the hope of inducing
them to join the movement.
At midnight President Dolan stated
that he had received word that 100
men We're on their way from Thomas
Run. 100 from Carnegie and 100 from
Mucklerat By noon tomorrow, he said
| 1000 men will be in camp.
call has been issued for a mass
meeting of all the miners in the Pitts
burg district at McCrea's School House,
near De Armitt's mines, on Monday
morning at IL o'clock. The call urges
all miners throughout the district to
meet al their mines, and to arrange to
proceed to the meeting places, and con-
tinues: The miners of this district
confront a crisis. In their peaceable,
law-abiding contest for bread, they
have been outraged in the name of the
law by the Sheriff Of Allegheny County.
It is absolutely necessary that the
miners register an emphatic protest
against the misiinterpretation of the
statutes.
1t is expected that at least LOCO min
ers viii attend the meeting. Speeches
will be made by President Garland of
the Amalgamated Association, Presi-
dent Thomas of the Patternmakers'
League and the local officials.
A CLASH WAS IMMINENT.
PITTSBURG, July 31.-There has
been a change in the state of the siege
at the De Armitt mines, and a clash be-
tween the strikers and deputy sheriffs
seems imminent
The mines at Oak Hill and Sandy
Creek are being operated by very few
men. Most of the Oak Hill miners live
at Turtle Creek, and the demonstra-
tions of the strikers camping in the
Gospel Tent have intimidated them.
At Sandy Creek about 20 per cent of
the miners are working but at the
Plum Creek mines all the men are
working.
A representative of the Associated
Press was admitted TO the Plum Creek
mine and he talked with about a doz-
en- men who We're at work.
They had said they had no sympathy
with the strikers, and would not leave
the mine unless they are driven out.
Most of the men are armed and de-
clare they will not be intimidated
A large number of men got into the
mines at Plum Creek before the march
ers arrived This being the last day
of the month, the men had gone into
the mine two hours earlier than usual,
so that they could swell their account
by a big days work
The marchers approached the mine
by the Monroeville road. The mine
property adjoins the Center school
house, in Plum township, and on the
dividing line between the two prop
critics the marchers were met by a dep
uty sheriff who told them they could
not go any further on the Monroeville
road
The leaders of the strikers pushed
him aside and marched on. Twenty or
thirty other deputies hurried to the