The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-06
Striking Miners Decrease the
Working Forces.
MILITARY OFFICERS ON HAND.
Looking for = Site for scsas.-.
Csmp-Lightrtn< Strfke> Do~,
Two strikers-Campaixn IN NJ.
Carried Into Other Distr.~,.-
Cleveland Coal Men worriea.

strikers who camped al Turtle creek lao,
Saturday barely 800 aow remain at carun
Determination. In addition to the large
number turned OUT OF camp ana cut or
from the free lunch dlstribution yes,er-
day. many were drafted TO Plum creek
where the great struggle for supremacy
la the district centers.
At Turtle and Sandy creeks the strikers
have practically won. Turtle Creek rnlne
known at No. 1, Is closed down as tish,
as the strikers can ever hope TO close II
by their present peaceful means of acsta
ton II Is true that a few men are stili
at work In the pit. but they are not put
ting out aay coal. The same holds good
at Sandy creek. Reports from Plum creek
are conflicting. Superintendent De Ar
mit claims that 2sS men are stin working
while the strikers say they counted but
thirty gong TO the pit this morning.
Deputies Have "a Hard Time.
The deputies at Plum creek are having
= hard time Many are complaining and
q number have resigned. They are up
from before daylight until long after the
sun has set. They are under a constant
strain. All the mines are connected by
private telegraph and telephone wires
and evesS. stranger or body OF strangers
arriving aiorg the highways is immediate
~ reported 10 the nearest office by scouts
and the foremen and managers of all the
pits get notice. AS these marches are OF
almost daily occurrence day and night in
ali directions. the deputies are In state
OF apprehension and activity. The feed
ing and lodging facilities are limited, and
are not adequate to the demands made
upon them. And what adds to the depu-
ties discomfort IL the fact that none OF
them used to hardships.
Early this morning Superintendent De
Armit he'd a brush with the marchers.
\ IL,
preached. they opened ranks for him to
pass through. When they neared the end
OF the road leading into the Murraysville
road he stopped them. saying the road
was the private property of the New
York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company.
The men held a consultation and con-
cluded 10 march on. which they did. De
Armit marched with them threatening
them with arrest, but no arrests were
made.
Negroes May he Imported.
1t BECAME rumored among the campers
today that President De Armit had made
arrangements 10 bring go colored men to
the mines from Virginia, an that they
would be here by Saturday.
The situation in and about the De Armit
mine has not changed ma terially since yes
terday. The Plum Creek mines are moro
closely guarded by the strikers and they
the number OF diggers. and slowly but sure
ly decreasing the output. Today II was
stated that twenty-five men quit work In
the Plum Creek mine. Everything is quiet
today The campers at Plum Creek Sc
cured dancing platform near Center this
morning. and are now camped there.
Struck by Lightning.
CONSERVATION was caused In the miners
camp last evening by a terrific wind and
electric storm. which passed over the Tur-
tla creek valley, doing great damage. At
Sandy Creek, a tree in the yard of the
Jefferson schoolhouse. under which was a
group OF striking miners was struck BY q
bolt and shattered into spInters Vercet
Coffee and George SedGwick were shocked
into insensihility and VIII die. The occur
renee caused the widest excitement among
the striking miners.
Military Officers on the Scene,
Col. A Z. McCandless. surgeon-in-chief
or the Pennsylvania National Guard. and
Col. A. J. Logan quartermaster general.
30 IN Turtle Creek today. II is said they
were looking for a suitable site for a camp
In case troops should be called out. Col,
McCandless refused to affirm or deny that
he was III the district in connection with
Inquiries being made by the governor.
President Dolan has announced that the
next demonstration at Camp Determination
Will take place Saturday evening All the
steel workers from Homestead and Brad
dock Will be present. Plans are being ma
tured for the strikers 10 march to Brad
dock and there meet the visiting contirrent
with bands and march back, gathering up
recruits all along the route.
10 tnvn,ie other Districts.
Mex, week the strikers say they will move
into Westmoreland fields and. II successful
in causing suspension there. the march 70
the Central Pennsylvania fields viii be
taken up.
Miners Are Starving.
The miners families along the Nonon
sahela river are again reported TO be
wanting the necessities OF life Dcstftu
tion is prsvaien; al every mining harntat
and hundreds OF .gnilies have nor hn5
enough 10 eat for several days Az Mo-
nongahea City souphouse has heen
started and committee appointed to So
hcit provisions.
tsig Meeting I'm Pittsburg
Miners day closed IN this city hv n
meeting on the Duguesne wharf. where
"a crowd or from 5000 20 10 noa assembled
to hear Eugene Y. Debs Mrs Jones and
several local speakers. The spea ke~s
were given hearty reception. snd fhe
sentiments presented were loudly cheered
especially when ailustons were maae
TO the unrighteousnsss OF the sun
preston OF free speech and lawful as
semhlsge. Large delegations OF miners