The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-04
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.aines 8. It IS ,s;'s5 I'D that by DAY
! hreak there r:2-' se"ey&l thousand
miners eacan2 1 u3ar: the .h:lIs sur
rounding tta praperty of tie New
York ard Cievvlabd Gas Coai con-
paay'S properly They came from
svery direction, headed hy brass
bands Large delegations arrived
from Wijlocks. Gas:cnVilie. Finley,
vile and other cents alon: the wheel.
ing divisions. Nearly all them car
ry heavJ wal6ioE sticks and some
were arH:ed. Thare were 70 threats
Of violerce. however. and no indica-
tiors c. drinking Mary we're sup,
Piled wi:n food enough to las. two
days.
Immediately upon re:ching Ok
Hill, the strikers prapared fer camp
II tie vally leading 70 frc7 Turtle
Creek to one CT tie N=w York and
C!ev&)a<d mixes the company had g
powerful search light. Il was kept
shifting about il hopas OF faukiug
any movenent OF tie strikers to creep
within rsach Of the D:ine urknown TO
the deputies who guarded every ap-
proaca.
Long before daylight the strikers
were Up, snd afIer eating their frugal
meal, prepared for the days work.
Tie intention was to see as many OF
DeArmitt's men before they got into
the pits as possible.
About o'clock, l 500 strikers as
ssmbled at Turtle Greek and headed
by three brass bands and with banners
flying, marched past the houses oc-
cupied py DeArmitt's miners. The
miners hoo:ed and yelled and then
marched &c the mines where they
planted themselves before the pits,
thus compelling DeArn1itt's men to
run the ganntie. to get to work. 4
short time later, Sheriff Lowrey. who
bad been wired to FOR assistance, ar
rived from Pittsburg with 50 deputies,
armed with WinchesterS. The s!rik-
ers quietly Withdrew and the new
deputies were placed on guard.
When the meeting was called to
order at 10 O'Clock this morning there
were 3, coo striking Miners in attend
aace, and before it was well uGder way
there were 5000 people in the vicinity
Of the school house. About 9 80 o'clock
$50 miners from the Sandy Creek
mines marched to the meeting and
quite large plumber came from Tur-
tie Creek. The demonstration had
no effect upon the men at Plum Creek,
and all went to work.
The strikers used all the powers Il
persuasion upon the diggers, but none
were moiested and 20 threats were
made. Previous to the meeting Eu-
gene V. DehS. District President Do
ian, Secretary Warner and IL. P. Gar
rick went among the strikers and
couuseiied them to keep within the
boucds OF the Law sud preserve good
order throughout the day. Their ad.
vice was received with good grace by
the men who cheered the officials en-
Enthusiastically.
President Dolan was made chairman
of the meeting and in short speech
Re accused Mr. DeArmitt of inciuceri.
~. He said that If DeArmitt's men
did not come out there would be a
sympathy strike all over the United
States.
N. P. Garrlck was next introduced
aud ne said that workiugmen all over
the United States were interested IN
this strike because it will nave a ten,
dency to raise wages everywhere.
IF you men Of the DeArmitt mines
will not cone out now We will march
0,0C0 men here and compel you to
come out, not by force but by shame "
When Eugene V. Dets was intro
duced there was great enthusiasm. He
said in part:
l am here not to encourage passion
out to appeal to reason. You are in
the midst Of the greatest contest the
world has ever known. Whether you
succeed or fail depends upon your.
selves. In order to win you must re-
main absolutely sober until this con-
test is over. Whiskey clouds the brain,
robs you Of your money and makes
you brutal, and also makes you do
just what your enemies want you to
CO.
After tie meeting the Sandy Greek
miners returned to work and the stri
kers went into camp and had lunch.
Mr.. DeArmitt tonight made the fol
lowing statement:
"a few Of our men from the Turtle
Greek and Plum Greek mines attend.
ed tie meeting. About 40 OF the
younger men il the Sandy Creek
mines were present. As far as the ef-
feet of the meeting on our men is con-
cerned, it vas fat failure. All of
our mines were in operation and will
be t0morro r."
4 large force OF deputies are on dl-
y aud developments of sensational
character are likely to occur at any
time. The men IL the camp will be
supplied with food.
Late at night William Warner, Sec
retary cf the miners union, telephon-
ed that break in DaArmitt's men has
taken place. He says that after the
day meeting another meeting was ar
ranged for Thursday night and was at
tended by many OF the men who have
been at work. Several local speakers,
he said, placed the matter before them
in such a convincing way that the
men from DeArmitt's Turtle Greek
mine resolved not to return to work
il the morning. Secretary Warner
says tais is the most important result
of the big meeting, and it will be
taken advantage of at once to infu.
ence the -nen at the other two mines
10 come out. The miners; officials are
juoilant cy8r this victory.
Debs Iefs Thursday for Columbus on
business which he declined to make
public. Before leaving he expressed
nimseif as greatly encouraged. he