The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-08-12
BATTLING WITH HUNGER.
COAL STRIKERS FAMILIES
IN WANT
THEY APPEAL FOR FOOD.
Miners Living Better Than
Their wives ard Chitdren--series OF
Mass Meetings TO lie ueid-No
Pay for the he Armitt
'-.-''.----. Strikers -.-s=... Anthracite ......
Men May strike.

PirTsBURG, Pa, Aug. The strike
is causing severe suffering from hum
ger among the miners families along
the Wheeling division and in the Pam
handle district At the mines where
company stores had been in operation
the destitutiou is more marked. In
most instances these stores were closed
up shortly after the strike began and
the miners have no place now where
their credit is good. The male mem
bers OF the miners families are living
better in the camps than the wome n
and smaller children are at home.
Appeals for food and provisions were
numerous at the headquarters of the
miners officials in this city yesterday.
II appeared as If there were petition
from every section of the district,
and miners in person we're present
to ask that the suffering ones
be looked after Secretary War
ucr was kept busy answering
the appeals lie said that he bad
sent more than 81 900 worth of gro
ccries and provisions into various parts
of the district The appeals are now
coming in from the families, the heads
of which are at the various mining
camps using their influence TO keep
other men from working.
A series of meetings are te be held
all over the district II is expected TO
keep up the interest in every section
and strengthen every point where
there is the least indication of weak
ness The vigils on the mines of the
New York and Cleveland Gas company
are TO be kept up and the vigor in
creased from day to day.
Hunger is doing more injury to the
cause of the miners than any other
one thing, and the commissary depart
ment is doing everything possible to
provide against this contingency.
District President Patrick Dolan
and other officials of the United Mine
| Workers organization have received
several letters within he past few
days from different parts of the Penn
sylvania anthracite coal region asking
for information as to the prospects o.
the big strike. and wanting to know
, what assurances Of victory they have
If the bituminous miners win, the
: anthracite diggers think they woulC
have an equal chance Of secur
! ing an advance in wages. j
the present strike is lost, th'
attempt for an advance will not be
S made in the anthracite region. Th'
s anthracite miners are poorly organ
, lied. At one time their union wa
e strong, but disastrous strikes In whicI
+ the men were beaten resulted in
o gradual shrinkage in the union. TIL
e intention of the anthracite miners
- leaders is to get together as many o
i their fellow workmen as pOssibl
K be fore any demand for higher wage
S shall be made, and to this end organ
e izers will begin work
C An Of the miners Of the New Norl
I aud Cleveland Gas Coal company VIII
4 are stiil at work were paid of to-day
j but those who struck did not receiv
any money, the company insistin
upon the terms of the contract b.
which the men agreed TO forfeit a
money due to them in case they re
, fused to work. All the miners VIII
could give reasonable excuses for al
I tending any of the meetings will b
I paid. The company has the names o
e all the men who have been at thes
4 meetings and took part in any Of tn
S demonstrations.