The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-30
DE ARMITT'S MEN
MAY COME OUT
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vicinity of the schoolhouse. About $50
O'Clock 250 miners from Sandy Creek
mines marched to the meeting and
quite a large number came from Tur-
tie Creek
When the strikers reached Plum
Greek and started on a run down the
road toward the tiDple to catch the
men before they entered the mine,
the miners who were hurrying
into the pits were overtaken and
asked not to go to work Most
of them said they were afraid
they would lose their jobs if they
stayed away from work TO attend the
meeting. They decided. after a short
parley, to go into the mine The miners
were carrying dinner buckets. AS they
turned to leave the strikers, their din
ner buckets were taken from them.
The frightened miners, without stop
ping TO attempt to regain their buck
cts, turned and ran for the pit and did
not stop until they were behind the
shelter of the deputies Winchesters.
The mine is in full operation. Sandy
Creek mine has closed down, and about
one third of the Turtle Creek miners
quit work and went to the meeting.
GOOD ADVICE GIVEN.
Previous to the meeting, Mr.. Debs,
District President Dolan, Secretary
Warner and N. P. Carrick went among
the strikers and counseled them TO
keep within the bounds of the law and
preserve good order throughout the
day. Their advice was received with
good grace by the men, who cheered
the officials enthusiastically. The meet
ing is, without doubt the largest held
during a strike in western Pennsyl-
vania, and the leaders are hopeful of its
effect upon the men. The speakers told
the miners they were jeopardizing the
success of tile strike by continuing to
work, and urged them to come out and
make the suspension complete. Two
hundred deputies are now on guard
about the mines, but no trouble is ap-
pretended.
President Dolan was made chairman
of the meeting, and in a short speech
he accused Mr. De Armitt of insincer-
ity He said that if De Armitt's men
did not come out there would be a
sympathetic strike all over the United
States.
NJ. P. Carrick was next introduced
He said that workingmen all over the
United States are interested in this
strike, because it will have tendency
to raise wages everywhere. If you
men of the De Arnitt mines will not
come out now" he said, I'VE will march
so, coo men here and compel you to come
out; not by force, but by shame. We
will shame you by our starving women
and children. We are clogging the
wheels of commerce and the whole la
Dor world will strike in sympathy with
US if need be. Resort to no violence,
my friends. Trust in your leaders and
we will win this strike in other ways
than by violence"
ADVICE FROM DERS
When Eugene V. Debs was intro
duced there was great enthusiasm. He
said in part: Il am here not to en-
courage passion, but to appeal to rea-
son. You are in the midst of the great
est contest the world has ever known.
Whether you succeed or fail depends
on yourselves. In order to win you
must remain absolutely sober until this
contest is over. Whisky clouds the
brain, robs you of your money and
makes you brutal, and also makes you
do just what your enemies want you
to do
After the meeting the Sandy Creek
miners returned to work and the strik
ers went into camp and had lunch. The
presence of the deputy sheriffs was not
needed, as there was no trouble OF any
kind. President De Armitt said this
afternoon that all the mines of the
company were in operation, and he
was certain his men could not be in
duced to quit.
Mr.. De Armitt tonight makes the
following statement: A few of our
men from the Turtle Creek and Plum
Creek mines attended the meeting.
About 40 of the younger men in Sand
Creek were present. As far as the eff
feet of the meeting on our men is con-
cerned, it was fat failure. Ali of our
mines were in operation and will be
tomorrow"
a large force of deputies are on duty,
and developments of a sensational
character are liable to occur at any
time. The men in the camp will be
supplied with food.
STRIKERS CLAIM A VICTORY.
Late tonight William Warner, sec
rotary of the miners union. telephoned
that a break in De Arrnitt's men had
taken place. He says that after the
day meeting another meeting was ar
ranged for tonight, and was attended
by many of the men who had been at
work. Several local speakers, ne says,
placed the matter before them in such
a convincing way that the men from
De Armitt's Turtle Creek mine resolved
not to work in the morning. Secretary
Warner says this is the most impor-
tant effect of the big meeting. and will
be taken advantage of to influence the
men at the other two mines to come
out. The miners officials are jubilant
over the result. Debs left for Column
bus tonight on business which he de-
he expressed himself as greatly en-
eouraged. He expects great results
from today's meeting.