The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-22
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81 Pittsburgh. Pa. july The events
Iofs Sunday in the III ttsburgh coal min
ling district indicate that there il
trouble ahead. The strike has been on
for two weeks, with no cause for alarm
/ in any quarter, but Sunday the pangs Of
| hunger aud mutterings OF discontent
have taken tangible form, and before.
long 900 miners i'll have marched on.
1 Canonsburg, the objective point be-
ling the boone and al lison mines. a few
days ago the operators 81 those mines
made q requisition on the sheriff Of
Washington county for additional dep
uties. It is supposed that there are at
least 80 deputies at each mine, well
armed for any friction that may take
place. III 4 5Sss
Sunday the miners Of the Millers and
Toms Run districts held mass meet
ings. The men employed in the Slope
and Bridgeville mines, Essen Nos. and
2, and Steens mines met at Bridgeville.
Cecil was the scene of q meeting Of Eau
rel Hill Nos. 2 and 4, Creedmor and
Bishop mines, and the diggers employed
in the Standard and Ellsworth mines,
in Millers Run, also held meeting.
The gatherings were attended by
men, women and children. The women
did not lag in the interest taken. Many
of them openly branded their husbands
as towards. They argued that they
might as well fight as starve. The men
said the victory could be won proyid-,
ing every coal miner employed in the.
sections where the lake trade is sup
piled, would join the general movement
Of idleness. Plans for bringing out the
miners at work in the Boone and ALI
son mines were discussed. Special com
mittees were sent from one meetings to
the other. :2ss ~ ss., .s55s5,
1t was decided to march on to Canons-
burg mine& The Reissing brass band
and the Cecil drum corps were engaged,
and the march across the country is
on. <st-> = Z. ~. = : :! ~
Fairmount, w: Va, July 19.-Over 500
men attended the coal miners meeting
Sunday in the woods at Willow Tree
4 school house, near Mex Monongah, and
317 out of them raised their hands when
Mahon, the speaker, took a vote to as
certain how many of them were will
ing to come out in the morning. The
miners were chilly at first, but got
warmed up and showed much enthusi-
asm, and the speaker was frequently
cheered. 1t was noticeable fact that
only Monongah miners were in attend
ance, none from the neighboring col
lieries putting in their appearance.
Notwithstanding the rain, which COM
menced falling soons after the meet
ing began, the miners listened for over
an hour to the; address. It was the
largest meeting that was ever held in.
this district by. the miners, and many Of
the operators who had been confident
that the men would stay in, say now
that they are prepared for anything.
Not only the miners, but their wives
and children, turned out at the meet
ing. Conservative men here think it IS
4 only matter of time until the men
come out. ~ ....>
St. Louis, July 19.-Dispatches to the
St. Louis papers from the principal
mining points in southern Illinois show
that the strikers have shut down several
mines. At Pana, where the men took
/ possession of train Friday night. all
is quiet as the Moweaqua men agreed to
come out. Six hundred miners are on
the march } Collinsville, where they
expect to induce 500 men to stop work.
| At Stauntons and Mt. Olive, 1 300 men.
are out. There are estimated to be 800
miners in Belleville and vicinity. In
1894 there were that many members of
the union. All of them are reported to
be ready to come out except those em-
ployed at the six consolidated mines.
1t was these men who. broke faith last
week and caused the first BellevilIe
strike to fail. The feeling against them
is strong. .o...". =: ~.
Columbus. O., July 19.-President
Ratchford sums up the strike situation
in an interview to the State Journal as
follows: e. 49,.
"The manner in which the miners are
conducting themselves commends itself to
the country and gives their officers renewed
encouragement, and strengthens the belief
that victory will ultimately crown their ef-
forts We have started intothis movement
realizing fully the importance of the work
before us and the responsibility resting
upon us, and after two weeks Of suspen-
sion, involving more than $50. 900 miners, we
are well satisfied with the results. Only
those who are best acquainted with THE
condition of the miners have any idea Of
the extent Of this suspension and its par
alyZing effects upon the labor and business
of the country. 1t has not yet reached it's
full proportions The coming week will
add 10000 men to the idle column. The
| week following will bring greater access
sions to our ranks. The movement will con-
tinue to grow, not only from the point of
number involved. but public opinion will
become crystallized more fully and through
the press of the country will dema nd So
luton Of this great difficulty. The or
| gained trades of the country are to-day in
closer touch than ever before. Never In the
history Of labor. troubles have they been
found so closely allied. Our demand for
living wages and the determination Of our
sions Of sympathy and moral and material
support from almost every branch of or
| ganiZed labor, whose efforts In our behalf
will endear them to all lovers of fairness
and establish for the miners. with their
| own efforts. a living rate Of wages"
| Rescued. = -
Phoenix, A. T., July 19.-James Stew
ems was rescued from the Mammoth
mine, after an imprisonment of IA days:
without food or water. At seven o'clock
Saturday morning, at depth Of 1875.
feet, the rescue party broke into the;
drift where Stevens had been confined.
Stevens is fearfully emaciated, and mas.
lost fully 70 pounds during his contine
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