The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-12
A CRISIS NEAR At HAND.
A FEW MORE DAYS SHOULD SETTLE
THE FATE OF THE MINERS
STRIKE.
Miners WERE PAID OFF At 0AKA|LL
Many Forfeited Wages by Joining
the Stri<ers-President DOlnn
Says His Men Can Hold Out
Six Weeks Yet.

Pitsburg. Aug. 10.--A crisis is fast an
preaching in the miners movement against
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
company. The next few days should de-
termine whether or not the strikers OBJ
ject will be realized. The DAYS work.
while not viewed i'll Il disappointing light
by the campers ut Turtle creek, Sandy
creek and Plum creek, yet the happenings
were not of the most encouraging sort
To begin with, Il heavy rain drenched
the camps and little if any missionary
work was undertaken. The storm also
had the effect of preventing the march to
the Springfield mine. which is owned by
Alexander Dempster. The only march of
the day was made by the $50 men at Camp
Determination, who marched close to the
Oak Hill tipples and spent two hours in
the vicinity of the miners homes There
was not even the ordinary excitement at
tached TO the invasion.
A summary of the days developments
finds conditions mach the same ms they
were yesterday, save that the company
claims to have made further break in
the strikers ranks at Turtle creek and
Sandy creek.
yesterday are expected to do much good
among their fellow countryment working
the Plum creek mine, but active labor Is
being withheld until tomorrow morning,
when ii will be positively known whether
or not the men propose remaining away
from the pits.
! This afternoon District President Pat
rick Dolan accused the operators of the
| Pittsburg district of having broken faith
! with thn stril.inD innapS I'm thiS district
| He also outlined the policy 10 be pnr-
sued by the United Mine Workers in their
| fight in the central Pennsylvania districts,
| where il is propose to close down all the
mines. He can not predict when the
} strike will he settled, but his organization
can stand the strike until the last Of Sep
! tcmber The operators, he said, had proni-
ised to pay the price when the supply nt
! De Armitt's mine had been cut off. This
has been done. but these operators had
failed to keep their part of the contract,
The miners who were working regularly
at Oak Hill mines were paid off this after
noon. Those who joined the strikers did
not get their cash, the company withhold
ing il, as under the contract the men for
feited their wages by striking. There
was no excitement. Between 300 and
400 employees were on hand, but few or
them received any money. Mr.. DE Ar
mitt made speech to the men, telling
them he sympathized with them and that
the money was withheld not because the
company wanted it, but because it had to
carry out the terms of the contract. lie
denounced the marching and encampments
and said it was blot upon the history
of the country that the laws are not on
forced and such movements stopped.
An epidemic of typhoid fever prevails
in the Turtle creek valley, and It is feared
the disease will break out in the miners
camp. The health authorities have warn
+ ed the citizens not TO use the water from
Turtle creek. as II is known to contain
typhoid germs. 49,,
Turtle creek is the only stream within
+ several miles of the camp and the strikers
are compelled to use the water for drink
| ing, cooking and bathing purposes,