The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-12
RANKS ARE BREAKING
Soue OF Dc Armifs Men Return to-
Work. Plan OF Prcnt-Sharing
Under Consia~rasion-Hun Mt
work Among the strikers Fami-
the kn ma la

pfTTSBCRG, Aug. rl-Tse COMMITTEES
having in charge the matter u securing
Signatures 90 Tie proposed uniformity
agreement 10 govern ccal production has
decided 20 rot ssrgs operators - sign re
document Until they have had an opfoS-
stEiry 60 examine IL carefully. The cam
nsiffge feels taaG so much tsfrle VIII eiaIse
before the proposed agreement IS 10 ss-
ecEae effective that nosning il 20 DE gained
hy nurryirg matters.
TIE Oak Hill miners whose wages were
Withheld by Ds Arnit's company ysstsr-
day ssecauSe they had struck. uass at New
ton last Night ard. after denonactng The
cornraBs's action, formally declared a
strike at Oak EiIl and decided 10 remain
ost tin the district price Of g., cents Is paid
Notwithstanding This action. there were
more men at work III the mine this morn
Ing than on any day since the riarchers
appeared in the nesghboThood-
Hack tn Work at Plum Greek.
AZ Plum Creek the fail quota of - men
went in before ! "a. m, and the DE Arsniis
are tuhilani.
At Sandy creek there is no change IN
the situation since Monday. There Is a
report that the New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal Company has under constdera-
ton n plan that is entirely new as ap-
pied TO coal mining, via: Sharing profits
annually with the miners. The plan viii
not be put into effect, however. until after
the strike. De ArnIit. when seen regard
ing the proposed plan. said be would
rather not talk about II at present. as 1t
was not fully decided upon.
The fact JUST made public that the men
at work in the Spring lin rhine Of peap-
ster. Boyd X Co. were getting G'
cents. has further complicated the strike
situation. This rate has been paid since
July Is. There are ninety men at
work in this mine and 200 mine wagons
are mined every day. This is dumped d.
rectly into the tenders of the locomotives
On the Pennsylvania road. An effort VIII
be made by the strikers 10 get the miners
out. but the latter say they Will continue
at work.
Help for the Hungry.
The last movement of the strikers indi-
Gates that the miners leaders have aban-
doned all hope OF drawing the coke region
into the strike and have adopted a plan
of using the cookers TO assist the strikers
in a more profitable way. Committees
have been in the coke region all week col
leesing money and provisions. The head
quarters of the district officials of the
United Mine Workers In this city are stiil
besieged with piteous appeals for aid from
the starving women and children OF the
striking miners. More than SI.eeo worth
OF provisions have been distributed the
last two days and the requests for help
are far In excess of the means TO respond
Around the Bunola mine and along the
Wheeling division of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad the suffering seems 10 be
the worst In many homes there seems
to be nothing but dry bread to eat. and
in some cases none.
large meeting was held at Canuns-
burg today. where both the Boone and
Allison mines have resumed operations in
full.
New Joan Of Arc Crowned.
The striking miners who were formerly
employed by the New York and Cheve-
land Gas Coal Company met this after
noon and formed permanent orsaniza-
ton. and appointed a committee from
each mine TO take charge of the strike at
those mines. Following the organiza-
ton they attended a meeting at Turtle
Creek addressed by Mrs. Jones. Of Chi
cago, at which 3.ooo miners and their
wives We're present from the different Sec
lions OF the district The feature OF the
meeting was the GROWING of Emma Haas
with a wreath of daisies by Mrs. Jones.
who presented her to the miners as the
Joan of Arc of America" This is the
lS-year-old cripple who came into proml-
nence through firing pistol as the miners
marched past her home on their daily
visits 10 the mines.
Nominal Wee President Miller. Of the
Mine Workers Association, entered suit
today for S50ea1 damages against T. r.
De Arrnit superintendent OF the Turtle
Creek mines for alleged malicious prose-
cution.
On the Kama W I'm River.
CLEVELAND. Aug. ia special from
Wheeling says reports from the Kanawha
valley are conflicting. The organizers
claim they have the best Of Il, and that the
miners will all be ont before Saturday. On
the other hand. disinterested persons say
the Diamond, winfred. Big Mountain and
Mount Carbon miners all went back 10
work this morning. and are In bal HUI
NOR with the organizers FOR making reck-
less promises 10 induce them 20 strike.
IN this district there Is no change today.
MONTGOMERY. W. Va. Aug. II. - All
the miners came out today az the request
OF Diicher's army of marching miners.
The leaders assert thar the Kanawha dis
trict Is practically closed.
EVANSVILLE. Ind. Aug. II. - All the
miners Of this district have agreed 10 stop
work until the big strike Is settled
Starvation i'm Indiana
BRAZfr. Ind. AUG. 1.-THE miners ex-
ecutive board met here and reported that
Their. were 7.i7s persons in the mining dis
trict that were I'm actual need OF food.
The actual distribution given yesterday