The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-03

= Cos mines, in. Dawes County:
attacked. the: men who refused to
quit this. morning Fifty men. used
clubs and .tocks. Four men: were.
: sefiousfy=i1ljure and. one named
Gibson fatally. The miners at.
work came TO- the rescue, and.
! finally=droYe the rioters: off.
/. PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. Five thou
sand persons attended the meeting at Nc
Crea school house TO-DAY to protest against
the actions: of the Sheriff in the COAL
miners strike. The arrest of the miners
president, DQlan, at 1-15 A. M, furnished
an extra: text for labor agitators to dwell.
= on Dolanwas arrested as he was about
to lead a detachment of strikers to the
=: Plurn Creek. mine of the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal Company, of which
= De Arnnftt is president. A constable put
hand on Dofan's arm and told him he
was under arrest for riot instantly the
constable was surrounded by a: crowd.
: Dolan sized up the situation. ..-"You fell:
3; lows get away from here! he shouted, as
: he: pushed his adherents right and left
: The. constable is only doing his duty and
p. l won'tSee him harmed. Go on, now, to.
Plum: Greek as fast Dis. you can" e..
Dolan spent the night in the. Office of
the hotel. In the morning he gave bail
for his hearing on Wednesday,,
The meeting at. the scheolhouse was
held at LA. NJ, and Dolan was elected
chairman. He said:
To-day there are not over sixty men
working in the three mines OF the New
:. York and Cleveland Gas Company, and
:. tomorrow or Wednesday these mines will
:beclosed down: entirely. The miners who
have been reported satisfied with their
condition and the treatment accorded
them have now joined the great miners
strike. The president of this company
has been. proved a liar and hypocrite.
=. He is defeated and on the run, and he
knows he is defeated. rs is, therefore,
resoriing to foul methods to incite you to
riot. to passion and to la wlessness. Pay
: no attention to the spies among you.
: T here. are some of them here now, Cries
: .of:"Kirrth M" ''Throw them QUIT
I'VE want them; here, and we want
De Armitt, too. This morning at Turtle
:;.Creek, when We were about to start ON a
peaceful march to misplace, minion, of
the law paid deputy of the company,
ABRUPTLY approached ms, and laying
hands on me, said he had a warrant for
my arrest. He wanted to create excite.
men, among the men and incite them to
. lawiessness so that the county would then
lie compelled to pay S. day for deputies,
which expense Mr.. de Armitt is now bear
ing himself. l am here on behalf of the
Iron and Steel Workers Union to ask you
10 remain invincible. Follow the lines
already laid down. Don't give your
enemy a chance to call on the militia to
shoot you down. ANY minister who fol-
lows the teaching OF the Savior is with
YOU. Don't lose this sympathy by any
unwise move. Continue to follow the ad-
vice from leaders. Act wisely and judi
.ciously and victory will be yours"
MI. Connahap, secretary of the plumb
ers' union, spoke, and NJ. P. Carrick of the
painters and decorators said:
s 1.-The shots fred at Homestea in 1892
changed the political com plexion of this
county, and the action of the Sheriff on
last Saturday night, if repeated, may
change the political complexion of ALLIE
BuGNJ NOuulgs HIS great llVlIlR mass Oh
- humanity should be a warning to the
powers that be that we will not any longer
voted as cattle TO please men in Office
: with fat salaries to buy clubs to lick u.s.
Civilized humanity is watching you, and
the sym pathv of the world is with you in
the struggle for bread. De Armitt's men
are out, and l have reason to- believe that
they are made of metal that will stay out.
Treat. them as. brothers in this contest;
share with. them your pittancs and stand
shoulder to shoulder until you win
>. After. meetings all. but 1000. of the
strikers returned to. their homes, after be-
ing fed from: com missary wagons. Those
who. remained were distri buted among the
:, three. camps, at. Turtle Creek, Plum Creek
and Sandy Creek. >,
: Dolan said tonight that they were in
structed not to intercept De Armitt's
meu ON their way.to work, but merely TO
parade up and down. on public property
to the music of their. bands.
WHEELING, VIVA, Aug. 2.-This aft
" erhoon 800 miners who attended meet
= ing :at Nv burlington announced their
:. Intention of : striking tomorrow The
-meeting was addressed by John Rea, and
its SUGGESTS significant, for the strike will
be the most important one yet effected in
the district. The Clarksburg district adj
joins Fairm6nt district, and it is thought
the determination of the miners who at
tended to-day's meeting will cause them
to go out.
COPIOUS RALNFALL IN NEBRAsKA