The record-union., 1897-07-31
The Expected Exodus at Oak Hill
Fails to MateriaIize.
All the Mines inthe AeighhOrhood in Opera
ton as Usual.
Legal Proceedings to be Taken
Against the Marching Coal
Miners in the Pittsburg District
Unless They Disband and Go to
Their Homes.

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PITTSBURG, July 30.-After a weary
night Of waiting to learn the results
OF the meetings of the miners of the
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
Company the camping strikers We're a
disappointed lot of men this morning,
for the expected exodus from the Plum
Creek, Sandy Greek and Oak Hill
mines did not occur All the mines are
in operation to-day. Until daylight the
indications were that the strikers had
won, and that no more coal would be
mined until the strike was over. At
the two meetings last night the leaders
announced that the Plum Creek min
ers would come out and that no more
coal would be dug until the strike was
won.
These reports must have been un
founded, for, at half past o'clock this
morning 300 strikers, after making a
demonstration at the Plum Greek
mines, went into camp at Negley Post
office, one-half mile from the Triple,
where they remained till , o'clock, and
left only when they learned that all
the miners had gone in and that yes
terday's work had been fruitless.
At Sandy Creek a small body of
strikers watched a majority of the
miners who attended the meeting last
night go back to work The main in
terest in the strike so far as De Ar
mitt's men are concerned is at the Oak
Hill mine, about two miles from Tur-
tie Creek.
The strikers thought this mine would
close, but this morning the Oak Hill
miners boarded the company's train at
Turtle Creek as usual and started to
work
\ body Of the strikers was camped
along the railroad track, and as the
train, hauling the miners passed the
camp four of the strikers jumped on
the cars. Two of the miners believing
the strikers were about to make an at
tack, jumped from the cars and Joined
the strikers.
These two were the Cnly Oak Hill
miners who did not go to work. The
mine officials say that, including these
two men, not over per cent. of the
oak Hill miners are idle, and their
absence is caused by something other
than the strike.
What the marchers now will do is
not known, but from indications given
by the speakers yesterday it is believed
that large bodies of strikers will be
brought to the vicinity of the De Ar
mitt mines and the demonstration viii
be kept up.
Secretary Warner claimed this after
noon that all of De Armitt's miners
would be idle tomorrow. Not a pound
of coal was mined at Sandy Greek to-
day, he said, and not more than fifty
men are working at Turtle Creek. He
ordered tents for the strikers encamp-
ed near De Armitt's mines. The strik-
ers. he said, would not leave until the
men quit work, if they camped there for
a month.
President De Armitt denied Warmers
statement that the men are out at
Turtle and Sandy Creeks to-day. He
claimed that all of the miners were
at work
Legal proceedings are to be taken
against the marching coal miners unless
they disband and go to their homes. This
was decided on this afternoon, and Sher-
if Harvey Lowrey will be expected to
see to it that the assemblages are dis
banded. While the marchers on the
mines of the New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal Company have not been as eff
fective as the miners wish, it is evident
that the marchers are making an i'm
preston on the employees of the COM
pany. The Sheriff has commanded that
all persons shall refrain from assemb-
ling or congregating on the public high
ways or thorOughfares or interfering
with the peace. All are commanded to
retire to their respective homes, or
places of residences. or be dealt with ac-
cording to law
President Dolan was asked what he
thought of the proclamation He said
he did not care how many proclama-
tions We're issued, so long as the peace
was kept. which he said it was intended
to do. He expressed himself as hav-
ing no fear.
A meeting was held this morning
which was addressed by District Presi-
dent Patrick Dolan. He went over
about the same ground that was covered
in his speech last night and added that
all labor organizations. with the excep-
ton of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Tnsfneers, We're with the miners. He
made an attack on this order, saying
that owing to the inroads Of electric rail
ways and other means of rapid transit.
wages of the engineers would be falling
sooner or later, and then they would be
asking assistance from other organi-
cations.
In other portions of the district the
strike matters are quiet. The strikers
are all waiting with anxiety the result
at the De Armitt mine. The owners of
the Castle Shannon mine have decided
TO close their mine until the present diff
ferences are adjusted.
WILL ONLY WORK HALF TIME.
PITTSBURG Kan), July 30.-The
miners in some of the mines in this dis
trict have held meetings and resolved to
notify operators that they are unwilling
TO work more than three days a week
for the present. The object of the min
ers' resolution is to prevent an accumu-
1atoin of coal that might eventually find
its way to the East, and be the means Of
deferring an early settlement of the
miners troubles there.
BACK To WORK.
WHEELING CIV. Na), July 30.-The
organizers in the fields are mapping
out their campaigns, though no actual
work Will be done until Saturday or
Sunday