The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-10
STRIKERS NEaR sTaRVaTION.
Pitifnl Appeals for Food Pour in
On the Leaders of the
Strike.


hard to get the men to declare a strike.
but the men decided they could do no
good in ordering a strike with such a
small number, and passed a resolution
ordering notices to be sent out to all
camps IN the state for another meeting
at OsKaloosa, Aug. 19. If two-thirds of
the mines in the state signify their in
tentlon OF sending delegates, the meet
ing will be held, if not it will be called
on. 1t is very probable that the meet
ing Will not occur, and that each camp
Will settle its own scale and grievances
with the operators.
P1TTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 9.-Appeals
for food and provisions were numerous
at headquarters of the miners officials
IN this city today. It appeared as il
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.
A series of meetings are to be held all
over the district 1t is expected I'd
keep up the interest in every section,
ana strengthen every point where there
Is the least indication Of weakness,
The vigils on the mines of the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal company
are to be kept up, and the yigor in
creased from day to day. The follow
ing was issued by President Patrick
Dolan and Secretary Warner today:
There will be mass meeting of all the min.
ers at Canonsburg, Wednesday Aug IL al
y a. M, and all miners of the above named
PAGES VIII call meetings and prepare to go.
The meeting will be addressed by the districe
omclals and others. Every miner is request
ed to attend.
/ The campaign in Westmoreland
county will begin at Irwin on Wednes-
DAY. AT 2 p. m. monster meeting
will be held. 1t is expected that Eu.
gene V. Debs, Mrs. Mary Jones. NJ. P.
Carrack, Patrick Dolan and others wilt
make addresses. A march is to be
made from Turtle Creek There will
procession. The strikers desire to
awaken an interest in that section, as
they claim the mines that are working
are an injury to their cause.
At the instigation of Thomas E. SUIT
ton, of Willocks, Henry U1rich, Emil
Naser. Harry Huser and Gustave
Rigs, miners, were committed to Jail
for hearing before Chairman Nc
Masters on various charges today.
All of the arrests are the result of an
alteration at Willocks on July 26 on
account of the strikers. Warrants are
out Tor number of others.
Early this morning the miners Of
West Elizabeth made a march on the
mines of the Elizabeth Mining COM
pany, formerly operated by Horner &
Roberts. About fifty men were going
to work. After a consultation the
men asked that they be allowed to fin
ish loading a fiat. They agreed to go
out as soon as it was loaded, which
will take several days. The officials of
the made of
ernoon to get permission from the
mining officials to continue work on d
69-cent basis. This was not given, and
it is expected that the mine will be
idle as soon as the fiat is loaded.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Aug. "a State
Register special from Lincoln says the
miners of that city met and decided
unanimously to march Wednesday
morning to Mount Pulaski, and en-
deavor to get the miners there to
strike, and from there to go to Man
tic on similar mission, and from
there to Decatur, where delegations
from Springfield, Pana and other
places will meet them. The operators
at Lincoln offered their men work
every day in the week. They have
been having but two days work per
week on an average. The proposition
was declined.
WHEELING, w. Va, Aug. 9.-Mat-
ters took a turn today in the Wheel
ing district and the miners are feel
ing encouraged tonight. This morning
small army of miners from Mounds
vile and Benwood gathered at the
works of the Glendale company, eight
miles below the city, and soon induced
the working miners at that plant to
come out to man. Flushed with
their success at this point the strikers,
reinforced by the ex-Glendale men and
a body of strikers that had come
across the hills from Elm Grove, went
to the Boggs run mines and camped
out on the hill side. This afternoon
as the miners came out from their
work the strikers took them in and
secured their promise to remain out
of the mines during the strike, if all
the men employed by the Boggs run
would make the same promise. The
army then disbanded with instructions
to assemble at the mouth Of Boggs lrIn
mines at o'clock tomorrow morning.
1t is anticipated that this effort to
secure a general suspension in the
Wheeling district will meet with sue