The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-08-05
WORKING
FOR A TIE-Up
Striking Miners Ranks Are Being
Strengthened Daily.
THE CAMP COSTS $500 A DAY !
Financial Assistance Coming In-The Big
Meeting in Pittsburg Expected to
Show That the Public is in
sympathy with the Men.

Pittsburg Aug. 5.-The miners strike
/ situation has not changed materially
! from last reports. Everything about
/ the Turtle Creek camp was quiet. the
I only ripple of excitement being the
/ hearing of President Dolan and the
other officials of the miners for riot
and unlawful assemblage. The strik-
ers claim 90 new accessions to their
ranks yesterday A careful estimate Of
the men now at work in that mine
shows 2l5 out of the usual total of 2S5.
No work was done at the Oak Hill or
| Sandy Creek mines. The camp was re-
duced in numbers today by 300 men.
They were sent to their homes for two
reasons-to lessen the expenses. and be
cause these men We're not inclined to
respond to the numerous marching or
ders imposed on them. The camp has
been costing 5000 day to keep It i'm
provisions, etc, being at the rate of
seven cents per day per man, as against
l9 cents per DAY in the National Guard
encampment. The customary march
was made to Plum Creek this morning.
ana will be continued daily the miners
officials say, until the SUSPENSION i'm
the DeArmitt mines is complete.
In the hearing Of the case Of Presi-
dent Dolan and others for riot and un-
lawful assemblage, before Justice
Semmes, a number Of witnesses were
heard, but the Justice reserved his de-
cision until this afternoon. The hear
ing Of the four miners arrested last
week at the McGovern mines, near
Canonsburg, for trespass, was con
cluded yesterday. None of the de-
PENDANTS appeared at the hearing, and
they were held in contempt Attach
ments were issued for their arrest.
Secretary Warner paid his compli-
ments to President DeArmitt of the
New York and Cleveland company, i'm
no very choice terms. The reason for
this was the publication of the story
that Mr., DeArnitt had said that $1,000
had been sent into the Pittsburg dis
trict by the West Virginia operators.
in order to bring about strike of the
miners in this district and thus force
the price of coal up.
Organizer Cameron Miller Is arrang
Ing FOR a meeting Of business. men and
miners to take place at Roscoe. in the
fourth pool, this afternoon. He ex-
poets that about 1880 men will be i'm
attendance, coming from all the mines
in the fourth pool, from Dunlevy to
California.
Arrangements have been completed
for the open air meeting under the aus
pices of the United Labor League. of
Western Pennsylvania, tonight, on the
Duquesne wharf, in the interest of the
striking miners. The leaders expect
10000 people to attend. The meeting
will be addressed by Eugene V, Debs.
Mrs. Mary Jones of Chicago. M. M
Garland and w. A. Carney of the
Amalgamated Association, Cameron
Miller, Nj, p. Carrick and NJ J, Couna-
han Of the Plumbers union
An appeal viii be made to the audi
ence for financial assistance for the
striking miners, and the leaders ex-
pect that the results viii show that the
public Is in hearty sympathy with the
miners In their struggle for living
wages. The miners claim that if they
can only get a little more financial as
sistance they will easily win the strike
and are straining every nerve to ac-
complish their end. The miners at the
Schmock mines, on the Redstone
branch of the Pennsylvania railroad
have came out again and the mines are
closed down. This intelligence caused
the price of coal TO jump from rs cents
to 81 ton, and brokers say there viii |
probably be another advance of S1.5O
per ton before the end of next week.
Eight hundred workingmen, headed |
by band, marched through the streets |
OF turtle Creek last night. Rev. Will |
lam Hall, of the M. e. church, Wilmer |
ding, addressed the meeting after the
parade. He complimented the miners
on their manly fight and the peaceable
manner in which it was heing CON
Quoted. At the close OF his address he
handed the miners q bag containing
S20a, a contribution from the citizens
of Wilmerding.
j. b. Corey, a prominent coal opera
tor has sent a letter 10 Governor Hast
lnEs calling attention to the open de-
hance OF the proclamation, and asks
him to order out a sufficient force of
the National Guard, whom Mr.. Corey
says are playing soldiers, to disperse
the strikers.