Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-10
CoAL-MI.E STRIKE SITUATION.
Formal Condemnation of the Nor
folk q Western II. IL.

! PITTsBURG, PA, August y.-Appeals
for food and provisions were numerous
at the headquarters of the miners off
| Gals in this city to-day. 1t appeared as
/ II there was a wall from every section
of the district. and miners in person
were present TO ask that the suffering
ones be looked after Secretary Warner
was kept busy answering the appeals.
! He said tonight that he had sent more
| than 81 900 worth OF groceries and provl-
sions into various parts OF the district.
| The appeals are now coming in from
the families. the heads Of which are at
| the various mining camps using their IN
duence to keep other men from working.
Meetings are TO be held all over the
district Ii IS expected to keep up the
interest i'm every section, ana strengthen
every point where there is any sign Of
weakness President Dolan issued call
to-day for a mass-meeting of all the
miners at CanOnsburg Tor Wednesday
morning. 1t is expected that Eugene
V. Debs, Mrs. Jones, Patrick Carrick,
and others win make addresses.
Al the instigation OF Thomas Sutton.
Henry Ulrich Emil Nagel. Henry Huser,
and Gustav Rings, miners were COM
mitted to jail FOR hearing before Al
derman ]. d. McMasters on various
charges to-day Ulrich is charged with
aggravated assault and battery; Nagel.
with assault and battery and the rest
with unlawful assembly. Warrants are
out for a number OF others.
Early this morning the miners of West
Elizabeth made a march on the mines
OF the Elizabeth Mining Company, for
merly operated by Horner Roberts.
About fifty men were going 10 work.
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finish loading their fiat, and they agreed
then TO 20 out The mine Will be idle
as soon as the fiat is loaded.
DE ARMITT AT WORK.
Superintendent De Armitt. OF the New
York and Cleveland Gas-COal Company
worked hard to-day TO get the miners
AZ oak Hill TO return 10 work. BY a
house-to-house canvass he succeeded In
Getting a few more diggers than have
been At work. Thirty-seven went in.
The men were told by Mr.. De Armitt
that they would lose all they had earned
II they would not work. and would be
given five days TO vacate the company )
houses
The strikers say only seventy-fve men
ont OF aS5 were at work in the Plum
Creek mine to-day. The company claims
that almost full force was working.
The strikers are hopeful that the re-
naming diggers VIII quit work after get
ting their pay The Plum Creek men
were not paid to-day, and IL Is said the
company Will require the men 10 sign
n new agreement before they are given
their envelopes.
The Sandy Creek miners are awaiting
developments. They are hopeful the
courts will set aside the contracts with
the company which the men were
obliged 10 sign.
President Dolan will go 10 the Canons-
burg region and defy the injunctions by
speaking at q meeting on August nth.
Ii ia said only thirteen gondOlas were
loaded at Plum Creek to-day. There Is
10 be big demonstration I'm the morning
al Plum Greek. when, the strikers believe,
they viii be able to close down the mine.
J. c. Dysart, a member Of the Uniformity
Committee. returned 10 the city to-day
after a weeks absence. He says the work
of securing signatures Will be pushed
earnestly. and he believes the required
number viii be secured. The miners. ne
SAYS, cannot possibly wig the strike. as
the mines still in operation can supply the
demand. Some OF the coal operators are J