The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-04
STRIKERS QUIET.
No Occasion for Soldiers at the Canps
 of the Miners.
UNIFORMITY" AGREEMENT.
Members of the Com mission Confident the Compact wni Be Acceptable and Signed by the Operators Strikers
 Gather at Odin, III.

Lowery telegraphed to Gov. Hastings
 last night the conditions of the miners
 strike in the vicinity of the De Armitt
 mines and received a reply that the
 governor had instructed the adjutant-
 general to prepare for any acquisition
 for troops. So far, however, there has
 been no necessity for soldiers, the
 marching and encamped strikers hav-
 ing been extraordinarily quiet Last night a great procession of
 miners and citizens of the Turtle creek
 region was held under the leadership
 of Burgess Yeats, and afterward a
 meeting was held at which the burgess
 assured the strikers of the sympathy
 of himself and the citizens generally.
 All was quiet last night, the men obey
 ing their leaders implicitly and ab-
 staining from all disorderly actions. <
 The strikers have already practically
 closed the Sandy creek and Oak hill
 mines and the Plum creek men are be- ] ginning to come out There are $50
 watchers near the Plum creek shaft. They have brass band and this morn-
 ing their larder was increased by u
 wagon load of provisions. ps
 The success of the campers in bring
 ing out the Coalport miners bright
 ened the spirits of the men and made
 them more positive of victory. it
 four o'clock this morning they left
 camp and went to the main entrance
 of the mine. leaving the center pit
 mouth unguarded, through which most
 of the diggers at work passed. It be- ing impossible to induce the men to come to the meetings, the campers sent committee to call at the houses of the miners to talk over the situation
 with the families Good results are expected and a prediction was made that in three days Plum creek mine would be idle.
 The Turtle creek campers, number ing 2,000, divided into two bodies at four o'clock. One party stopped at Newtown and the other continued up the road till it came to the pit mouth. t remained until six o'clock when, be- ing satisfied that but few men en- tered the mine, it returned to camp, where breakfast was waiting.
 The first signatures to the ''uni- formity agreement" which has been in preparation for week, were append ed to-day by those members of the commission who are coal producers Then all started to visit the owners or managers of the f4f mines which must be included in the compact to secure additional signatures They are confident the compact will be acceptable and will be signed by the required 95 per cent. of the .f After the submission of the document to a number of the leading attorneys of the Allegheny county bar it was de- cided that certain features required change in order that it might be bind ing in law, The changes suggested were made and are substantially in- corporated in the 11th section or which provides that all disputes arising shall be submitted to the commission. If the decision rem dered by the commission is not satis- factory an appeal to board of arbi- trators can be taken. The agreement Is then to be filed in the county courts and therefore decisions are to have the same force and effect as rule of court. The award will be final upon all par ties and execution for the amount of such award and costs may issue forth with for the collection of the same.
 1t is hoped to have the required num- ber of signers in time to call them to- yether some time within the present month to perfect arrangements to car y it into effect When this has been lone the operators, by the terms of the contract will be ready to confer with the miners about the settlement of the strike and to prepare for a joint meeting of miners and operators to agree upon wage scale to go into ,ffect with the uniformity agreement January 1.
 Strikers Gather at Odin, III.
 ODIN, H., Aug. 4.-One hundred triking miners from Breeze, OFallon, Trenton and Belleville invaded this own again yesterday and several hum lred more are expected to-day from he Centralia, Sorrento Mento and Alma hines. The men are now encamped lear the northwest town limits, Mar hal Murray having notified them that hey could not camp within the cor ,orate lines. Mayor Farthing has dep ltized 40 citizens, white and colored, 0 act as marshals. They are armed with revolvers and heavy clubs and ome displayed rifles. An effort was made to induce the mayor to compel he invaders to leave the vicinity, but