Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-09
ARE TAKING AN ACTIVE HAND IN
THE MINERS STRIKE.
SEEM TO BE DOING GOOD WORK.
PROSPECT THAT ALL DE ARMIr
MINES WILL BE TIED UP SOON.
Mrs. Mary Jones, the Chicago AEitat-
or. Says the Success or Failure
of the Strike Rests with
the wives of the
Miners.

Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. s-Although to-day
was considered a day Of rest among the
strikers. probably the most effective Work
among the Plum Creek miners was per-
formed, and as a result the strikers nave
been assured that considerably less than
200 men will be at work tomorrow at the
mine.
A large mass meeting was held at camp
Isolation, at Plum Creek. this afternoon
which in addition to about !, 900 others, was
attended by about 200 women, the wives anu
daughters of the miners who are sun at
work in the Plum Creek mine.
Eecause OF the many restrictions put Oh
the strikers. they have hitherto been uh-
able to get a chance TO argue theh cause
with the Plum Creek wOrkmen, ana the
occasion given them to-day was taken au-
vantage of to the fullest extent. Inc unI
usual opportunity to-day was the result Oh
the missionary work of the wives OF the
strikers from Mcdonald, Finleyvllle anu anu
Carnegie These women have peeh WI IN
ing assiduously during the past MeeaS; ai1 an
secured the promise OF the WlNes WlNesssn u .IId
working miners TO attend the meeting anu
bring their husbands. - .Lo os-
The result of the meeting was the o.
surauce from nearly a hundred men thdI
they would Join the strikers to-InO2i ~.
The plan is for the men to Work ultl, nj mi
receive their twenty days pay. Nhlch WI WI
he given them tomorrow, and then they
ara to desert the pit, leaving only els IN :
davs' wages back, which, judging pS tno
action of the company IN the case OF the
| S9rdy Greek strikers yesterday, Will pc re-
| ft.sed them If this plan does not mlScdI :
~ the strikers think IL Will be Only
ouestion of a very short time unth tns
DeArnit mines are tied up completely.
The meeting to-day was inaugurated oy
| religious services conducted by Rev Ian
| coin Lash assisted by a choir OF twenty
colored Jubilee singers. after whlch MIS-
Mary Jones the Chicago agitator, spoke
| for about an hour, putting the case very
nIsinIy 10 the women auditors. she placed
| The responsibility for the success or tall-
| ure of the strike on the wives and made a
| decidedly favorable impression -
| An epidemic of typhoid fever IN mho
| form Is raging in the vicinity OF Camp De
| Termination at Turtle Creek. sixty cases
| having developed among the citizenS OF
| that borough. The campers have not Deeh
| aftacked as vet and, as precautionary
| measure the health officials have orderee
| extra sanitary measures Bad water anc
| lack of sewerage in the borough are as
| signed as the cause of the disease. rive
] deaths have resulted up to date.
4 Only twenty-five strikers were in camp
| Determination to-day. but towards even
| ing IL began to assume its normal con-
| dItion by the return of the men who had
| gone home to freshen their appetites and
| otherwise prepare for the new week S
| work Before morning, the usual compile
| ment will be on hand and the forces are
| TO be divided in three bands who Will
| march to the three pits and guard them
| at as close range as the deputies will per-
| nit