The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-05

Pittsburg, Aug. 4-The miners strike
situation has not changed materially
from yesterdays report.
Everything about the Turtle Creek
camp was quiet. the only ripple of ex-
element being the hearing of Presi-
dent Dolan and other officials of the
miners for holding an unlawful assem-
blaze.
The strikers claim 20 new accessions
to their ranks from the Plum Creek
mines today. A careful estimate of
the men now at work in that mine
shows 215 out of the usual total of,2S5.
No work was done at the Oakhill or
Sandy Creek mines. The camp was re-
duced in numbers today 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 i'm
posed upon them. The camp has been
costing $500 a day for provisions, etc.
being at the rate of cents per day
per f-an. The camp is now under
strict military discipline. and every
lhlnS is moving like clOckwOrk.
CUSTOMARY MARCH.
The customary march viii be made
TO Plum Creek in the early morning
and viii be continued daily, the miners
officials say, until the suspension in the
De Armitt mines is complete AT the
hearing in the case of President Dolan
and others for riot and unlawful as
sembling this afternoon, before JUS
ice Slelnmens, a number Of witnesses
were heard, but the justice reserved his
decision until tomorrow afternoon The
hearing OF the four miners arrested
last week at the McGovern mines, near
Can0nsDurg, fer trespass, was sconclud-
ed this afternoon. No evidence COR
Meeting the defendants directly with
the song, We VIII Hang Black Sheep
to q Sour Apple Tree" or with the use
of opprobious eDithets was produced.
None Of the defendants appeared. and
they We're held in contempt. Attach
ments were issued for their arrest
Secretary Warner paid his compli-
mentS TO President De Armitt of the
New York & Cleveland Gas & Coal |
company in not very choice terms. The |
reason for this was the publication of |
the story that Mr.. De Armitt had said |
that $4,000 had been sent into the !
Pittsburg district by the West Vir- |
GINA operators in order to bring about
Il strike of miners in that district, and |
thus force the price Of coal up. Both !
the secretary and President A. P. Car
rick 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 10 induce the men to strike
if possible.
OPEN AIR DEMONSTRATION.
Arrangements have been completed
for the oren air demonstration under
the ausl-eec of the United Labor
League OF Western Pennsylvania to-
morrow night in the interest of the
striking miners. The leaders expect
10000 people to attend. They are urg-
ing all TO attend TO show their prefer
ence, that they favor free speech and
the right of peaceable assembling. The
speakers viii talk from wagon.
The meeting viii be addressed by
Eugene V Debs, Mrs. Mary Jones of !
Chicago. NJ. a. Garland, president, and
W. A. Carney, vice president, of the
association; NJ. P. Car
rick and NJ. J. Connahan. ;
After the addresses an appeal will
be made TO the audience for finan-
cial assistance for the striking miners.
The miners claim if they can only get
a little more financial assistance they 7
viii easily win the strike, and they are (
straining every nerve to raise more
money. !
The miners al the Schmock mines On
the RedstOne branch Of the Pennsyl- q
Fania railroad came ont again today I
and the mines are closed down. This
caused the price of coal |
o jump from 70 cents to 81 a ton and !
brokers' say there will probably be an {
'ther advance TO $1.50 before the end n
If the next week. il
TWENTY WENT OUT. b
The striking miners gained another 7
Tictory at Plum Creek this morning Il
~ inducing 20 more diggers to Join
he ranks. This leaves the mine work
ng with about one-half of the force
# yesterday. Committees are working Il
in the houses of the min n
rs. They first enlist the sympathy of q
he women, and then the men are G.
asily induced 10 follow q a
The strikers are turning their atten- h
ion entirely to the diggers, knowing If /.
hey come out the other employees will p
e forced to follow
The New York & Cleveland Gas Coal
ompany claims that ali the Plum
reek miners are working, while the =,
Irikers say that not more than 40 =
len are i'll the pit. The full force of 10
ne mine is $40 men. When the camp q.
rs came the output was from 190 10 -
10 cars day This was about 40 cars ~
lines are working. The output yes C
.rday was SO cars. With 20 more men "
1t today, the output is not expected u
exceed 20 cars. The complete clos
g of the mine may be expected in
W days.
MARCH TO PLUM CREEK. M M
The march TO the Plum Creek n,;na de
as commenced al o'clock this morn al
g by the campers at the Center p pn
hOolhouse. They were REINFORCED bv M M
rye bodies from Sandy Creek ana ]
artle Greek. The combined forces mis-
rived at the mine at a. m. remain tn
g until o'clock, when they marched
EEK TO camp, taking with them in fri
nph the 20 diggers who came out. {
The campers at Sandy Creek had lit Gil
: to do. The mine is 20 all intents STA
d purposes shut down. The output ge
not more than two cars a day. The us
pacity Of the mine has been 100 cars arr