The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-10

/ promise to stay out secures. IT IS an
| ricipated that this effort to cause gen
eral suspension in the Wheeling district
vii meet with success.
| A demonstration against the Heather
ington and Wegee river mines across
the river in hte Belmore districr was
To have taken place tomorrow, but as
| TIE Heatherington men came out today
] and joined the strike. the plan may De
| changei. The men at the Wegee mines,
| however, when interviewed by commit
tee OF the strikers today, declined 10
| join the strike. The demonstration
| against the Wegee mines may take place
| Tuesday. but il is more than likely unat
| i. will occur later N the week With
Wegae and Boggs Run shut down, all or
the mines in this section on both banks
of the Ohio will have suspended.
! PUGILISM AIDS LABOR
Cincinnati. o.. Aug S-Ffteen hun
dred people witnessed the fight here to-
night, under the auspices OF the Clncin-
natl Building Trades Council for the
| benefit OF striking miners. Local talent
boxers and wrestlers filled me preiim--
nary. The final event was four-round
bout between kid" Mccoy, champion
m,ddle-weight. and Jim Freaney, hight
| weight champion OF Ohio. with Jonn
| Duffy of New Orleans, as referee Early
in the first round Mccoy landed a left
swing on Freaney's jaw. flooring him
! In the following rounds Mccoy scented
TO be contented TO show how easy II was
| to evade Freaney's leads, making little
| effort 10 hit his lighter opponent
| In the final round the Kid" got
Freaney against the ropes and hit him
| at Will There was no decision. Sax
| hundred dollars were derived from the
| benefit.
IOWA MINERS STAY IN.
| Ottumwa, Ia, Aug. At a meeting OF
/ the Iowa miners here today II was decid-
ed not 10 strike in sympathy with the
fasteners, but it was voted TO assess al
| men . cents a week for their aid. The
meeting was poorly attended, only one
! fourth Of the miners in the state being
represented. The agitators from Illinois
worked hard to ges the men 20 dec-are
! strike, but the men decided they could do
| no good in ordering strike with such
small number, and passed a resolution
! ordering notices TO be sent out 10 al
| camps in the state for another meeting
at Oskaloosa, August 49,
INDIANA MINERS.
Cincinnati, Ohio Aug. "a special 10
| the Commercial Tribune from Sullivan,
| Ind, says the striking miners Throughout,
! the Indiana district were supplied witt
food today. over 5000 being fed at Brazil.
Crusaders are again on the March from
| here TO Evansville, from which poin,
| they will cross into KentucE 10 close the
| ST. Bernard mines. II is estimated mere
| that 5000 miners viii be in Evansville
| tomorrow morning.
SITUATION IN ILLINOIS.
| ST. Louis Mo-, Aug. "a special 10
| the Republic from Carlisle, H., says: The
closing down OF the mines at Breeze and
| Trenton has cut off the supply from this
city. The farmers in many places are
| stacking their grain, owing to the snort
age. which compelled them 10 abandon
rhreshing.
Springfield, H., Aug. "A State Reg
ister special from Lincoln says that the
miners Of that city met and decided unan
! imousiy TO march Wednesday morning
! 10 Mount Pulaski and endeavor TO ges the
miners there 20 strike, and from there go
| 10 Mantle on a similar mission, and from
| there 10 Decatur, where the delegates
from Springfield, Pana and other places
will meet them. The operators a. Lin
| coin offered their men work every day IN
the week-they having been having but
two days work per week On an average
| if they would return to work. The prop
osition was declined.
TNnEP MARTIAL, LAW
ST. Louis, Mo-, Aug. "a special to the
Republic from Coffeen, Ill, says:
This town is under martial law. A
force OF 2S5 armed deputy sherfffs Is
guarding the town, and particularly the
property Of the Coffeen Coal and Copper
company.
One hundred and twenty-five men
| were at work in the shat; today under
protection of an armed force. They re-
fused TO work unless the sheriff's posse
stood guard at the mine entrance 10 pre-
vent the possibility of an onslaught from
the miners.
General Brad!ey's men are encamp-
ed 300 strong. in the woods just west OF
town. They have been forbidden 10 en-
ter the village under penalty OF arrest
Deputy sheriffs carrying shotguns. Win
chesters and other weapons, stood guard
al every roadway running in here and
no one is allowed 70 enter unless he can
show that his business IS OF nature
having no connection with the strike.
Bradley has gone 70 Springfield for
conference with Governor Tanner.
Until his return nothing is apt 20 be
done. He will go on the ground tomor-
row morning and then il is expected that
thes trikers will move on the town Ear
w today President J. l. T-aylor ot the
town board. accompanied by B. 3. Aay.
the personal representative OF Governor
Tanner. went to the mine and addressed
the miners.
In reply questions he asked: the min
ers said they wanted the guards about
the pits retained; declared that they
wished for no conference with strikers.
and saii they were entirey satisfied to
stay a. work. Mr.. Ray then held con.
| ference with the strikers ard made them
! a speech. in which he synpa-hized with
| their condition
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