The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05

President Dolan and Others for
Riot Concluded, the Justice Re-
serving His Decision Until To-
day.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 1.-THE miners
strike situation has not changed mate
rally from yesterdays reports Every
thing about the Turtle Creek camp
was quiet. the only ripple of excitement
being the hearing of President Dolan
and other officials of the miners for
holding an unlawful assemblage. The
strikers claim twenty new accessions
TO their ranks from the Plum Creek
mines to-day. A careful estimate of the
men now at work in that mine shows
215 out of the usual total of 80. No
work was done at the Oak Hill or
Sandy Greek mines.
The company was reduced in num-
bers to-day by 300 men. They were
sent to their homes for two reasons
TO lessen expenses, and because the
men We're not inclined to respond to
the numerous marching orders imposed
upon them The camp has been costing
$500 day to keep it in provisions. etc,
being at the rate of { cents a day per
man, as against 10 cents per day in
the National Guard encampment The
camp is now under strict military dis
cipline. and everything is moving like
clock work. The customary march will
be made to Plum Creek in the early
morning. and will be continued daily
the miners officials say until the sus-
pension in the De Armitt mines is COM
plete.
At the hearing in the case of Presi-
dent Dolan and others for riot and I'M
lawful assem- blaga before Justice Glenn
mems, a number of witnesses We're
heard, but the Justice reserved his de-
cision until tomorrow.
The hearing of the four miners ar
rested last week at the McGovern
mines, near Cannonsburg, for trespass-
ing, was concluded this afternoon. No
evidence connecting the defendants di-
rectly with the song, I'VE Will Hang
Black Sheep to a Sour Apple Tree" or
with the use of opprobrious epithets,
was produced.
None of the defendants appeared at
the hearing, and they were held for
contempt. Attachments were issued
for their arrest.
Secretary Warner paid his compli
merits to President De Arnitt of the
New York and Cleveland Gas and Coal
Company. The reason for this was
the publication of the story that De
Armitt had said that 100000 had been
sent into Pittsburg district by the West
Virginia operators in order to bring
about a strike of the miners in this
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coal up. Both the Secretary and Presi-
dent A. P. Carrick of the Painters and
Decorators, who characterized the story
as a canard, said that if it was true they
would hardly send organizers into that
district to induce the men to strike.
Arrangements have been completed
for the open air demonstration under
the auspices of the United Labor
League of Western Pennsylvania to-
morrow on the Duquesne wharf in the
interest of the striking miners The
leaders expect 10000 people to attend.
They are urging everybody to attend,
to show their preference that they favor
free speech and the right of peaceable
assemblage. The speakers will talk
from a wagon. The meeting will be
addressed by Eugene V. Debs, Mrs.
Mary Jones of Chicago, NJ. NJ. Garland,
President, and w. A Carney, Vice
President Of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton, and NJ NJ Carrick After the
addresses an appeal viii be made to
the audience for financial assistance for
the striking miners. The miners claim
If they can only get a little more f1nan-
cial assistance they will easily win the
strike, and they are straining every
never to raise more money
STRIKERS GAINING.
PITTSBURG. Aug 4.-The striking
miners gained another victory at Plum
Creek this morning by inducing TWEEN
ty more diggers to join the ranks. This
leaves the mine working with about
half the force of yesterday. Commit
tees We're working fndustriously. They
first enlist the sympathy of the women,
and then the men are easily induced to
follow
The strikers are turning their atten-
ton entirely to the diggers. knowing if
they come out the other employees will
be forced to follow.
The New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal Company claim that adj the Plum
Creek miners are working, while the
strikers say that not more than forty
men are in the pit. The full force of
the mine is $40 men. When the camp
ers came the output was from 120 to
140 cars a day. This was about forty
cars above the average when the other
mines are working. The output yester-
day was thirty mine cars. With twenty
more men out to-day, the output is not
expected to exceed twenty cars. The
complete closing of the mine may be
expected in few days.
The march to Plum Creek mine was
commenced at 1 o'clock this morning
by the campers at McCrea School
House They We're reinforced by large
bodies from Sandy and Turtle Creek.
The comb forces arrived at the