The true northerner., 1897-08-04
UNDER ARREST.
President Dolan Charged with
Riot and Unlawful Assembly.
Army Of strikers I'm Camp at Turtle
Greek, PA, Greatly Incensed, ana
Trouble IL Threatened-The
situation Elsewhere.

Dolan, district president of the miners
organization, has been arrested by the
order of Thomas T.. de Armitt, superin-
tendent of the New York d Cleveland
Gas Coal company. The charge against
him is riot and unlawful assembly and
the warrant was served at 1:15 o'clock
TINS monday morning as he was at the
head OF marching column of strikers,
proceeding TO the De Armitt mines.
District Secretary Warner Organizer
Cameron Miller and other leaders of the
strikers were included in the warrant,
but Mr.. Dolan was the only one ar
rested.
Mr.. Dolan was leading 500 strikers to
the Sandy Creek mines when the war
rant was served. Five hundred more
were marching to the Plum Creek mines
by another route. The deputy who
served the warrant was surrounded bv
threatening strikers as he did so, and
but for Mr.. Dolan's counsels a conflict
might have occurred. He told his COM
panions he would soon be free, and wen:
away with the deputy, while the strik-
ers continued their march. citizen of
Turtle Creek stands ready to furnish
bail for Mr.. Dolan, and it is presumed
he will soon be released. The incident
has caused n very ugly feeling among
the strikers, and if the other leaders iu-
cluded in the order of arrest should be
stopped in their work decidedly vigor-
Gus action will probably be taken at the
big meeting this morning.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. ALI roads led
to Turtle creek Sunday. Marching
miners from all over the district were
converging toward Camp Determine
ton, and if all those reported as being
on the march reach the scene there will
be at least G,OOO diggers present at the
big meeting which is scheduled for IL
o'clock this morning at McCrea's school
house. The miners expect 5000 to be on
hand. The borough of Turtle Creek
experienced the liveliest day in its his
tory with its large transient popula-
tion of miners and curious visitors, but
the day passed without trouble of any
kind. Burgess Teats, of the borough,
visited the miners camp Sunday and
said he had no reason 10 order the crowd
to dsband, and as long as peace pre-
walls he will not disturb them.
There was complete shift in the
make up of the campers. The men
from the Wheeling division of the Bal
timore g. Ohio, who have been on guard
ever since the big movement against
the De Armtt men was inaugurated,
left during Saturday night for their
homes at Finleyville, Gastonville, Snow
den, Whitehall and Banksville. These
same men, after reaching home and re-
cuperating somewhat, have formed new
divisions and are returning to the seat
of war in order TO attend the big meet
ing in the morning. While the old
guard was fitting new men were TAX
ing their places, and took charge of the
watch that is being kept up until all of
the New York d Cleveland men quit
work.
Saturdays guard was noticeable for
the absence of foreigners. The gath
ering on watch now is just the reverse
and is composed almost entirely of the
foreign element, which is much more
eXcitable than the others and much
harder to control. This phase gives to
the situation n more serious aspect.
Over 1000 weary strikers were quar-
tered at Camp Determination Sunday,
about 100 at Camp Desperation and
about 400 lounged about the hills above
and in the bed of Turtle creek. When the
first Itch of ESQ marchers arrived on the
scene they were very hungry and clam
ored for food. There were provisions
enough left for 200 men, and a grand
rush was made for the provision wagon,
and the result was many went hungry.
About this time Organizer Miller ar
rived on the scene and announced that
a Pittsburgh baker had donated 1000
loaves of bread, and a grocer had given
a dozen cheese. To prevent another
rush Miller organized n guard, and all
were satisfied for the time being. AS
large donations of food have been prom
ised, there is not likely to be repeti-
ton of the scramble.
Wheeling, w. Va, Aug. 2.-There has
been a decrease in the amount of coal
coming out of the Fairmont region
on the Baltimore & Ohio road compared
with the same period last week. Last
week the average number of cars re-
ceived at Bellaire was 200; now the
average is probably not over 100. Last
week the Wheeling & Lake Erie was
handling 75 to 100 cars daily; now
The Cleveland, Lorein g. Wheeling COM
parison is the same as the Wheeling 4;
Lake Erie In the Wheeling district
the condition is full of uncertainty