The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-12
MINERS At THE sCHMOCk MINES
HAVE COME OUT-THE PRICE
OF COAL ADVANCED.
No MATERIAL CHANGE IS NOTED
President DoIan's Hearing tor "'"'
Etc, Was Had and Decision ne
seryed-A big Open-Air De-
monstrntiOn Arranged FOR

pittsburg. Pa. Aug. THE miners
etrike situation has not changed ma
teriaIly from yesterday report Every
thing about the Turtle creek camp was
nuiet. the only ripple OF excitement ne,
ING the hearing of President Dolall ana
other organizers of the miners Tor flot
and unlawful assembling.
The strikers claim twenty new aces
sions to their ranks from the rum
creek mines today. -.
A careful estimate of the men now ~
work in that mine shows twenty-five
nut of the usual total Of 80. No WORK
was done at the Oak hill or Sandy creek
mines. .,,,,l,,r,
The "camp' was reduced in numbers
today by 300 men. They were sent 10
their homes for two rcasons-to lessen
expenses and because they were not
inclined to respond to the NUMEROUS .,,,l
marching orders imposed on them; me
camp has been costing $500 II "hS 10
keep 1t in provisions, etc ..,,,,,,,
The camp Is now under strict lllllaIE
.iscipline and everything is moving Ike
clock work. The customary march VIII
no made to Plum creek early In the
morning and will he continued daily, the
miners officials say, until the suspeh-
sion of the De Armitt mines is com
plete. ~,
At the hearing in the case of Iresi-
dent Dolan and others for riot ana I'M
lawful assemblage this afternoon before
Justice Slemmons. number OF VIII
nesses were heard but the justice re-
served his decision until tomorrow
afternoon.
The hearing of the four miners ar
rested last week at McGoverns mines.
near Cannonsburg, for trespass, was
concluded this afternoon. No evidence
connected the defendants with the sig
nature of "We'll hang the black sheep
10 a sour apple tree
Secretary Warner paid his cohipli-
ments today to President DE Armitt OF
the New York and Cleveland company
in no very choice terms. The reason
for this was the publication of the
story that Mr.. De Armitt said that
$4,000 had been sent into the Tits
burg district by the West Virginia oper-
ators IN order to bring about II strike
of the miners in this district and thus
force mp the price of coal. lie charnc-
terized the story as n cannrd, and said
TINT II II was true they would hardly
send organizers into that district to
induce the men to strike If possible.
arrangements have been completed
for the open air demonstration under
the auspices of the United Labor
cc.s1icc CO Western PENNSYLVANIA to-
morrow evening on the DuI9esne wharf
in the interest of the strikers. I
The leaders expect 10000 people to
attend. They are urging everybody TO
attend, to show by their presence that
they favor free speech and the right
of peaceable assemblage.
The meeting will be addressed by Eu
gene " Debs, NJ. NJ. Garland. w. \.
Carney, Cameron Miller, NJ. i. Garrick
and A. J. Counahan.
After the addresses an appeal will he
made TO the audience for financial as
sistance for the strikers, and the lead
ers expect that the result will show
that the public IL in hearty sympathy
with the miners In their struggle for
living wages. The miners claim TINT If
they can only get Il little more financial
aid they will easily win the strike and
are straining every nerve to accomplish
their end.
The miners at the Schmock mines ON
the Redstone branch of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad came out again today,
and the mines are closed down. This
interference caused the price of coal to
jump from - cents to 81 a ton. and
brokers say there will probably he an
other advance to $1.50 per ton before
the end of next week.