Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-08-05
THE BIG STRIKE.
Trouble Occurs at the Dearmitt
 Mines.
STRIKERS CAMP.
They Will Remain on the Ground Until Monday to Watch
 the Miners.

been no chapgs in the state of siege [
 1 the DeaFmibt mines and clash bstwee
 strikers and deputy ehsriffs seems i'm
 minent. The mines 6t Oskhill an Sandy Greek are being operated by yer
 few men. Most of the Oak hill miner
 live at Turtle Creek and demonstration
 of strikers camping iu Gospel ten
 have intimidsted them.
 At Sandy Creek about 20 per cent o
 the miners are working but Rb Piuu
 Greek all the men are working. Rspre
 sen tatives of the Associated Press wer
 admitted to the Plum Greek mine ant
 talked with about dozen men at work
 They said they had DO sympathy witt
 She strikers and would nob leave tbs
 mine unless driven out. Moss oe the men are armed and declare shey vii
 not be intimidated. A large number ol | men got into the mines at Plum Greek
 before the msrct srs arrived. This be- | ing the last day of the month the men l went into the mines two hours earlier l than usual So that they could swell their acoount by big days work. The strikers marched to the mine by | bhe MonRoeville road. The mine prop
 erty adjoining the csnsre of the school
 house h Plum township and on the dividing line between the two prop
 erbies the msrchers wsre met by a deputy sheriff who told them they
 could got go any further in ths Monroe
 vile road. The lsaders of the strikers
 pushed him aside and marched on.
 Twenty OF thirty other deputies hurried
 to tho scene and the strikers were
 brought to stand still within twenty yards of the tHustle. The men were very indignant and for moment it looked as though there would be seri ous trouble. As this junction Super intendsnt Dsafmibt arrived on the scene snd told the strikers that his men mad already entered the mines and that battle with deputy sheriffs would be @ very foolish action and that it would surely result in large numbers being arrested and would be the worst thing they could do for Che strikers. The strikers then withdrew and went into camp behind the school house but con- sinued to make demonstrations about Ahe mine and 8 number of stones were shTown.
 The spectacle of loaded csrs coming from the pic mouth agisated the strik-} CTS and the deputy sheriffs establighed a nsw pickss l;ue each man h1Kding 8 loaded revolver in his right bsand while a reserve force of fifty deputies were in she office armed with rift5s. After the strikers were worn ouk by marching and settled down Samuel Dearmitt went among bhem and distributed pipes and tobacco which ths men enjoyed and many men weneito sleep. During the excitsment of the morning one dep sheriff had fight and fell in con vulsions. This had much to do with 4uetieg the affair as the strikers crowded around to assist. ! 3 the after noon the strikers announced NtheiF in bention of camping as sbe Center School 1 nouse and remaining bheFe untll Mon l day in orde. to see thet miners did not | 20 to work.
 PIrTsBURG, Aug. 2.-The battle of | shs striking mlners in the endesvoe to | get the DssEmits men out was wsg'sd 1 bhis morning with apparently no gains over last week. Fifteen hundred ssFik srs wers iu the vicinity of Turtle Creek ,his morning and two thousand more will De on hand this afternoon to shame DeaFmitts men out. The diRgers were compelled to run the gauntlet thie morning on their way 50 W 'rk but while several stopped to talk to the strikers only few wers induced 50 ,ome out. President Dolan was arrest d this morning on Es charge of riot snd unlawful sssemblsge, gave bail for his appearance on Wednesday and again oined the strikers. Ths mass meeting u she McCrea school house was astsnd- d by two thousand strikers. Dolan laims that his arrest was made withouth ause as he was not disturbing any 9S t was intended to hold 8 meet he Bsthiehem school house bu lying there the strikers foun9 round it and notices poste This move d as ls was the oi lace Ia ths vicinity where aeeting could he held. 1H nen are now with the strikers ss 1ont district, but three times ths eF are at work. The men esl S0 hreeten to join the strikers
 PITrsBURG, Aug. 3.-The str lowly winning points sboI 1itf mines having practj he Sandy Creek and Oakh; 'ium Creek msu are q mall bodies.
 PrrTsBURG, Aug. 3.-E his morning expressed he miners eSrike wouN ,eeks after Dearmitt'si losad.
 A Hungarian miner VI
 woman this morning W iith rock in each hand. 1g him with going to wS
 urled The rocks ct him ns chased bim. Final i'm aronnd' tha mack