The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10
THE STRIKERS NEXT MOVE
A CAMPAIGN AGAINST CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA MINES.

The March to Begin Wednesday and to be
Conducted on the Order Of Coxey's Com.
monweaI-Camps to be Left at Each De
Armit Mine-Eforts to Introduce Il.
quors into ~Camp-State Guard Oficers
Under Waiting Orders An Immense
Meeting at Turtle Creek Mine.
P~ittsburg, Pa, August 6.-The proposed
campaign against the mine owners of
Westmoreland county and the operators
OF central Pennsylvania, which has been
delayed, is now an assured fact. The
strike leaders decided on 1t definitely at a
camp conference today, and a big move
ment will probably be made next Wednes-
day. The whole affair will be considera-
bly, on the order of the famous Coxey
"commonweaT" tour. The plans propose
a direct march through the whole terri
tory where mines are being operated
until Clearfield county is reached. Camps
will be left at each of the De Armit mines
at ~Canonsburg, at Bunola and any other
place that may seem necessary to keep
the mines closed, which appears before
the crusaders a The leaders esti-
mate that with what will remain behind
In the camps at least 5000 men will be
kept constantly in the movement.
A military code for the government of
the army will be formulated before the
movement is started. President Dolan
says that with any kind of a system he
will be able to keep everything quiet and
the men peaceable. Efforts are being
made to introduce beer and whiskey at
Camp Determination by outsiders. This
has been going on for two or three DAYS
now, and some of the strikers have been
taken down to East Pittsburg and filled
up on all the beer they could drink. The
danger of this to the miners cause is fully
realized by the labor leaders and a sharp
lookout is being kept to find out who is
responsible for the efforts to get the
rel of whiskey was shipped to the camp
from Braddock. 1t had been paid for at
the other end and all freight charges had
also been settled. When the whiskey was
taken back to Braddock as quickly as
possible. 1t was shipped back. The
strikers do not know who sent it.
Definite orders have been issued from
Harrisburg to local officers of the ma
tional guard of Pennsylvania to hold
themselves in readiness for immediate
eral lays ago, is being complied with to
the letter, and the day and night address
of each officer, together with the number
of the nearest telephone has been for
warded to headquarters.
tomorrow Will be pay day at Sandy
Creek, and report now has it that in adj
dition to the contracts already signed,
the men will be asked to place their sig
natures to a still stronger and apparent
ly more binding one before drawing their
envelopes. Those who do not see fit to
sign these, will, 1t is said, there and then
be given the privilege of resigning.
This evening Squire Clemmens rendered
his decision in the riot and unlawful as
Semblage cases against Patrick Dolan and
others. He holds Dolan, Jacob Aufhelter,
Paul Trimme and Edward Mckay in
$500 bail each for the September term Of
court. Bail was entered for all. The
cases against Cameron Miller, William
Warner and Edward Shaw were dismissed
An immense meeting, numbering fully
camp at Turtle Creek tonight. Eugene
speakers made addresses. Delegations
from the surrounding country attended
the meeting, and the enthusiasm was I'M
usual. The Westinghouse employees from
East P~ittsburg numbered 200: the strik-
ing puddlers from McKeesport were pres
ent and large crowds from Wilmerding.
Pittsburg and Allegheny helped to swell
the numbers. A monster parade preceded
the meeting, farmers and citizens generally
marching with the strikers to show their
sympathy.
Mr.. Debs spoke for nearly three hours,
and at the conclusion of his address he
was almost overwhelmed by the great
number of people who insisted on shaking
hands with him. Mr.. Debs will remain in
this vicinity several days and Expects to
speak at McKeeSport on Monday.
TIL strike situation late tonight remains
practically unchanged. The imported dig
gers for the Oak Hill mine nave not as yet
shown up. The usual march to Plum
Creek Will be made in the early morning.