The record-union., 1897-08-12

Plttsburg is produced. The output ca
pacity is 5000 tons a day, and all its
mines have been running full
The fact just made public that the
men at work in the Spring Hill mine
at Dempster, Boyd & Co., were get
ting 81 cents, has further complicated
the strike situation. This rate has
been paid since July 10th. There are
ninety-nine men at work in this mine,
and 2o0 mine wagons are mined every
day. This is dumped directly into the
tenders of the locomotives on the Penn
sylvania road.
An effort win be made by the strikers
to get the miners out, but the latter
say they viii continue at work The
last movement of the strikers indicates
that the miners leaders have abandon
ed all hope Of drawing the coke region
into the strike, and have adopted a plan
of using the cokers to assist the strik-
ers in a more profitable way.
Committees have been in the coke re-
gion all week collecting money and pro-
visions. The headquarters of the dis
trict officials of the United Mine Work
ers in this city are still besieged with
piteous appeals for aid from the starv-
ing women and children of the striking
miners. More than 81, 600 worth of pro-
visions have been distributed the last
two days and the requests for help
are away in excess of means to re-
spond. Around the Bunola mine and
along the Wheeling division of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad the suffer-
ing seems to be worst. In many homes
there seems to be nothing but dry
bread to eat, and in some cases not
even this.
A large meeting was held at Canons-
burg to-day, where both the Boone and
Allison mines have resumed operations
in full
The striking miners who were form
erly employed by the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal Company met this
afternoon and formed a permanent or
ganization, and appointed a committee
from each mine to take charge of the
strike at those mines. Following the
organization they attended a meeting
at Turtle Creek, addressed by Mrs.
Jones of Chicago, at which 5000 miners
and their wives We're present from the
different sections of the district The
feature of the meeting was the crown
ing of Emma Haas with a wreath Of
daisies by Mrs. Jones, who presel ted
her to the miners as the Joan Of Arc
of America" This is the sixteen-year-
old cripple who came into prominence
through firing a pistol as the miners
marched past her home on their daily
visits to the mines.
WEST VIRGINIA MINES.
CLEVELAND (O), Aug. ia spe-
cial from Wheeling, w. Va, says: Pa-
ports from the Kanawha Valley at
conflicting The organizers claim that
they have the best of it, and that the
miners will all be out before Sunday.
On the other hand, disinterested per-
sons say that the Diamond, Winifred,
Big Mountain and Mount Carbon min
ers all went back to work this morning
and are in a bad humor with the or
ganizers for making reckless promises
to induce them to strike.
In this district there is no change to-
day Moundsville, Glendale, Elm
Grove are out and the strikers are
working on the few men employed in
the Peddling banks.
At Fairmount great preparations are
making for the Gompers meeting to-
night. but there is no change in the Sit
uation. The Tunnelton miners were or
ganized last night. 120 strong.
NO SYMPATHY STRIKE.
COLUMBUS (O), Aug. 1.-THE As
sociated Press has a statement from
high and reliable authority that there
will not be any strike in sympathy with
the miners. If, says this authority, the
strike cannot be won on the present
plan. that will close the incident, so far
as the labor organizations are concern
ed at present.
MONTGOMERY CIV. Va), Aug. IL
PowelIton miners came out to-day at
the request of Dilcher's army of march
ing miners. The leaders assert that
the Kanawha District is practically
closed down, and that over 5000 min
ers are now idle.
DE ARMITTS SUED.
PITTSBURG Pa.), Aug. 11.-Na-
tional ce-President Miller of the
United Mine Workers Association en-
tered suit to-day for $1,000 damages
against r. B. De Armitt. superintend-
ent of the Turtle Creek mines of the
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
Company. for alleged malicious prose-
cution. In addition to serving injunc-
tions on Miller, Mr.. De Armitt had him
arrested on charges of riot and unlaw-
full assemblage, which were not sub
stantiated.
CANONSBURG Pa-), Aug. 1l-F'ive
hundred strikers marched to Canons-
burg last night and established camps
near the Canonsburg and Cook mines,
which are again in operation. Almost
full forces are at work at both mines.
INDIANA MINERS.
EVANSVILLE Qnd), Aug. 11.-Pres-
ident Knight of the Indiana Miners
Association to-day attended mass
meeting of diggers representing all the
mines Of this district, five of which
are still in operation. A resolution was
adopted by all miners agreeing that all
the miners will lay down their tools at
once and remain out until the big strike
is settled. The marching miners will
go from here to Spottville, KY. The
leaders to-day believe they have won
the fight in Southern Indiana, and will
make a report to President A. Ratch-
ford.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Rendered bv Superior Judge Allen