The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-12
STRIKE HAS A POOR SHOW.
ALL HOPE OF DRAWING THE COKE
REGION INTO 1T GIVEN UP.

Count On From the Coke workers.
The Men at Work In Dempster,
Boyd SS Co.'s Mines at Spring Hin
Refuse to Come Out-A Joan of Arc
Appears on the Field at CannOns-
burg.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 1.-THE fact has
just been made pdblic that the men at
work in the Spring Hill mines of Demp-
ster Boyd & Co.. were getting 60 cents,
and further comphcates the strike situa-
ton This rate has been paid since July
16. There are 80 men at work in this mine,
and 200 mine wagons are mined every day.
An effort will be made by the strikers to
get the miners out, but the latter say they
will continue at work until forced out.
The latest movement of the strikers in
dicates that the miners leaders have
abandoned all hope of drawing the coke
region into the strike and have adopted
plan of using the cokers to assist the
strikers in a more profitable way Com
mittees have been in the coke region all
the week collecting money and provisions.
The headquarters Of the district Off
cials of the United Mines Workers in
this city are still besieged with appeals
for aid from the starving women and chill
dren Of the striking miners. More than
$1,000 worth of provisions have been dis
tributed during the last two days and
the requests for help are away in excess
of the means to respond. In many homes
there is nothing but dry bread to eat, and
in some cases not even this.
Arrangements are being made for big
labor meeting in McKeesport Saturday
evening, which all the striking miners in
the Turtle Creek and Monongahela valleys
are expected to attend. The speakers en-
gagged are Samuel p. Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor; NJ
p Ratchford. president of the United
Mines Workers, and NJ. NJ. Garland, pres
ident of the Amalgamated Association.
A large meeting was held at Cannonsburg
to-day, where both the Boone and Allison
mines have resumed operations in full,
President Dolan took the operators to task
for resuming because they had promised
to keep their mines closed If the DeArmit
miners came out. Mr.. Dolan claims that
Cannonsburg operators have broken the
agreement. On the other hand the opera
tors say Mr.. DeArmits men are work.
ing and they intend TO work also. In or
der to get the men out again the strikers
will make daily marches from Camp Vic
tory until they regain the lost ground.
The striking miners, who were former
employees of the New York and Cleveland
Gas Company, met this afternoon and
formed permanent organization and ap-
pointed a committee from each mine 10
take charge of the strike at those mines.
Following the organization they attended
a meeting at Turtle Creek, addressed by
Mrs. Jones Of Chicago, at which 1900 min
ers and their wives were present from
the different sections of the district.
A feature Of the meeting was the crown
ing of Emma Haas with a wreath of
to the miners as the Joan of Arc of
America" This is the 16-year-old cripple
who came into prominence through firing
a pistol as the miners marched past her
home on their daily visits to the miners.
Her father was working in the Plum
Creek mine and she said she fired the
pistol to enthuse him with the just cause
OF the strike. She was brought before
the deputies and the pistol was taken
from her She was told If she repeated
the performance she would be sent to
the reform school.
In spite OF the announcement by the
company that 2S5 men were It work in the
Plum Creek mine only 60 pit wagons of
coal were brought out for a half days
work. whereas the usual output should
be 6S5 wagons per day.