The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-06
A QUIET DAY
At"camp DetermInation"-of the 1000
Msn who were In Camp Last satu rdHy
Oniy 400 Remain.

AtEcnmp DeterminRtIoB"-Of the 1900
Men who were In Camp Last sAtu rdNy
Only 300 Remain.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 5,--out of TIM
1000 strikers who camped at Turtle
Creek last Saturday barely 800 now re-
main at Camp Determination. In addi-
ton to the large number of men who
we're turned out OF camp and cut off from
The free lunch distribution yesterday,
many were drafted to Plum Creek, where
the great struggle for supremacy be-
tween the strikers and the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal Company will be
carried on.
Al Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek thd
Strikers have practically won. Turtle
Greek mine, known as No. 4, is closed
down as tightly as the strikers can ever
dare to close II by their present peaceful
means of agitation. II is true that n few
men are Hlll at work in the pit, but they
are not putting out any coal The snme
holds good at Sandy Creek. Reports
from Plum Creek ore conflicting. Su-
perlntcndent DeArmItt claims that 2j5
men are still working, while the strlkem
say thzy counted but thirty going Into
the pit this morning.
The deputies at Plum Creek are having
hard time, many are complaining and
number have resigned, There Is no
Iuch thing as uninterrupted rest for the
deputies. They are UP from before day
light until long after the sun has set.
They are under constant strain. All
the mines are connected by private tele-
Graph and telephone wires, and every
stranger or body of strangers moving
along the highways ~ Immediately re-
ported TO the nearest office by scouts aud
the fOremen or managers OF all the pits
get notice. AT the point upon which any
march thus reported seems to be directed
there is n stir among the deputies. As
these marches are matters Of almost
daily occurrence. day nnd night, In all
directions, the deputies are In n state OF
apprehension and activity. The feeding
and lodging facilities are limited, and ara
not adequate 10 the demand made upon
them, And what adds to the deputies
discomfort is the fact that none Of them
are Injured to hnr1shlps There arc scv.
cnty.nvc deputies at Turtle Creek, and II
81 stated that this number will not be de-
creased for the present.
ffru'h with tho mRrehrtL
Early this morning Superintendent
Samuel DeArmltt had a brush with the
mRrchcrs They were on the march and
az ho approached they opened ranks for
him 10 pass through When they ncarcd
the on1 ot the road leading into the Muir.
t1yylllc road he stopped them snylnr
The road was the private property Of the
Now York and Cleveland Gas Coal Com.
plnN The mon held consultation ana
concluded TO march on which they dl1
beArmiit marched with them, threaten.
Ihg them with arrest, but no arrests vera
made.
II waH reported to-day nmung the
enmp0fH that President w. y. DoArmltl
hn1 made arrangements 10 bring 700 col.
nrol mon To the mines from Virginia,
and that they would he here by Rntur.
day The 0iTlcllli of tho company, whe1
econ denied The rum0r and said TINT
nothing Of tho Kind wnH contemplated.
cillg'ng NJ the South Side. Wlin are In
sympathy with the striking coal miners
undertook IN o novel wny to-day ~ yn,
cure contributions NJ provisions from Tho
merchants NJ tho South Side. 10 be- Honi
ii tho r1mmlagafy department pf ibp
mlnntH camps liuU band waH on.
feEel together with several large OK.
pt1fI wagons ana ID procession headed
by q stand or the national colorg was