The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-06

! Creek tonight. II was thought that il
the least disturbance was made toward
tie leaders Of the striking miners would
De placed under arrest.
THE DAY IN WEST VIRGINIA.
| Wheeling, w Va. Aug. Sat Fair
mount. the tie-up promised by Organic
er Rae had not r1aterialized today and
| aside from a Few men at Ciarksours,
| there were no additions 10 the strikers.
n Kanawha Valley. ali but one mine
were working. On the Norfolk and
| Western the strike had entirely disap-
| peared Miners day was celebrated by
laboring pe3ple generally in Wheeling
| and vicinity
| The eastern Ohio miners were getting
hungry and had solicity committees out
| with wagons securing aid. The people
| We're contributing literally. and Secre-
! tary Wise thought they could hold out
another month, al least.
CLEVELAND COAL MEN
Cleveland, Ohio. Aug. 5-Cleveland coal
mer today were viewing the coal strike
situation with much apprehension. They
were deep,y interested in the mass meet
ing 70 be held in the Clarified district
in Pennsylvania. which the strike had
not yet reached. Advices az Cleveland
were to the effect thai the De Armiti
mines were paralyzed, and the feeling
here was that there might be an absolute
tie-up. Resumption of work by several
Of Cleveland's large manufactures woul1
rapidly decrease the supply OF coal in
this city. and much fear was felt. The
Cleveland Rolling Mill and the Union
Rolling Mill, which had resumed, were
using 600 tons Of coal per day.
ILLINOIS MINERS.
Springfield, Ill, Aug 5.-About 500
miners were in attendance today at the
opening session of the state convention.
The object Of the meeting was TO de-
eide upon a uniform wage scale al over
the state on machine and hand labor.
OF the 800 attending about $50 were del
egateS, the representation being one
man TO every 100 strikers. President
James N. Carson OF O'Fallon presided.
After the meeting the president appoint
ed committee on credential composed
of nine men.
There was a mass meeting this after
noon.
ers convention, in session here today,
passed resolutions condemning in strong
terms Judge Jackson of Parkersburg, W.
Va. for issuing an injunction restrain
ing Eugene V. Debs from speaking. The
resolution also condemns all injunctions
restraining the free use Of speech as long
as peaceable. A scale committee OF
twenty members, three from each OF the
six inspection districts. was chosen. |
Committees were chosen on resolutions.
rules and order, etc. Adjourned till s |
a. m. Friday.
MARCHERS IN. INDIANA
Princeton. Ind, Aug. 5.---Llewellyn, IN |
charge of the marching coal miners, |
about 800 strong, has succeeded in get |
ting the miners out at Ayrshire, jack |
son. Hartwell and Petersburg. II is pre- |
dicted that the miners at Bonneville and |
Evansville will go out in the next twen- |
ty-four hours, that the Newburg mines |
will be closed later on and that then the |
miners in central and western Kentucky |
will be crusaded. There is no violence |
being resorted to at any point. II is |
claimed that there is great suffering from |
hunger by the families at some OF the |
points where the miners are out, but II is
believed that plenty Of food will be CIV /
en- the families. The marchers in Ken
lucky Will be under the supervision of
W. c. Webb, at one time a member Of
the national executive board. There are
mine. this city.
Terre Haute, Ind, Aug. 5.-Vice Presi-
dent LleweHin wired Secretary Kennedy
Of the Indiana Miners organization,
from Winslow. that miners ar farewell
Little's. Ayrshire and jack
son are all out. The work has been ac-
by the marching miners that
set out early this week from Washington,
Linton and Princeton. The miners are
moving ana probably will reach Boone
vile tomorrow. Only the miners there,
at Evansville and at Newburg, al told
about 200 men, are now a. work.
The Linton miners boarded a south
bound Evansville and Indianapolis train
his morning. and when ordered off told
the conductor they did not propose to
get off until they had reached Littleson.
The train was pulled into a siding.
where it is still standing. The sheriff
was summoned, but the miners ignored
lis orders to leave the train The rail-
Dad company has applied for an in
junction, which, if granted, will lead 10
me arrest OF the men.
The eighty-six men from Elnora, were
oined tonight by 2 hundred from Alum
cave and Jackson Hi. Sullivan county.
Late dispatches Indicate that every
hing IS quiet al Elnora.
AWAY OUT IN WYOMING.
Salt Lake, Utah, Aug. 5.-A special 70
he Herald from Rock Springs, Wyo.,
ays that the miners employed by the
sweetwater Coal Mining company went
n strike this morning. demanding an
Increase Of 10 cents ton for digging
'oal-
COLOR STRIKE SETTLED.
Atlanta. Ga, Aug 5.-The strike at the
fulton Bag and Cotton mills. which
brew 1900 employees on, yesterday. be
ause white girls refused 10 be placed (
reside colored women. came TO an unex-
,ected end today. TIE Textile union
ret early in the day. II seemed as il a
general strike would ensue, as no one
bought the authorities OF the mill would
1--WE in. A committee was appointed 70
onsult with Superintendent Jacob Elsas
demanding the removal OF al negroes.
20 he strikers, this was
greed 20 and a compromise was made
y which me strikers agreed 10 work sx-
"a hours !. necessary
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