The age-herald., 1897-09-10
MINERS ARE BEING EVCTED
Deputies in Large Numbers In 1 wade Their Homes
AND REMOVE FURNITURE
Which Is Promptly Replaced by Determined Women-President Raichford Says 0per-
 ators' Proposition VIII Be Accepted.

Pittsburg, Pa., Sept 9.-The work of evieting the miners at Plum Creek and Clarksville begun at 8 o'clock this morning, and sixteen deputies evicted James McCabe and his family from one of the eompany's houses at Plum Creek. Little resistance was offered at the time, but as soon as the house had been emp tied and the furniture piled up in the middle of the street. mob of women gathered in front of the house of the evicted family armed with clubs and baseball bats. Immediately after the deputies had gone, the women forced an entrance to the house again and car ried the furniture back. Three hours later the sixteen deputies arrived at Clarksvlle and evicted John Puke and his family. They are Polish people, but have many friends at Clarksville. The same tactics were resorted to there af ter the deputies had completed their work.
 At 1 o'clock Superintendent Samuel and Thomas B. Dearmitt, together with Deputy Sheriff Samuel Young, and posse of twenty-five special deputies appeared and the eviction was done all over again. A party of twenty women frtlm the neighborhosd had gathered and nearly all of tha striking miners from Camp Isolation were present They jeered the Dearmitts. The wo- IolI 1af e picks and pick handles and other things Thy conducted themselves in such belligerent manner that the Dearnitts were glad to remain in doors while the eviction was being done. By and by Thomas Dearmitt came out on the porch and asked the men and women if they would permit him to make few remarks. They consented to hear what he. had to say and he entered into an explanation of the contracts which the min=rs had made with the company, the purpose being to show the assem- bled people that the company was not doing any more than it had a right to do. Then he launched into discussion of the strike generally, and said that the man had only themselves to blame for their troubles for they allowed themselves to be led and their leaders had simply sold them out again.
 Mr. Dearmitt concluded by inviting Uriah Billingham, leader of the striking miners at Plum Creek, to reply to his charges.
 MT. Billingham accepted the invitation and the result was period of warmth that threatened to become a riot.
 Dillingham; made a denial of Dear nitt's accusation, and asked for proof of the charges made. He wound up his Dearmitt as grinning liar. Cheers came from the assembled miners and women, and Deputy Sheriff Young came from the house. He endeavored to place Billingham under arrest. The striking miners moved forward to the support of their leader, and Young concluded not to make the arrest. Billingham succeed ed in getting the strikers to return to their camp, but the women remained, and remarked that they wished to get at the Dearmitts. The latter stayed in the house in order to avoid trouble. The evicted families moved their goods into stables in the neighborhood and began house keeping in these temporary quar- ters.
 Late tonight it is reported from Brad- dock that number of the deputies who Plum Creek got into saloon row with a crowd of strikers, the result being that three deputies are under arrest. A,lFcFD vAliSE THIEVES.