The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-19
STRIKING MINERS MHRCHING.
Demonstration Being Made to Bring Out
Working Miners at Cononsburg
PROSPECT OF SERIOUS BLOODS]
Clash Between Strikers and Non-Union
Workers Almost Certainty.

PlTTSBURG, Pa, July 1S.-Today the
miners of the Millers and Toms Run
districts held mass meetings. The men
employed in the slope and Bridgeville
mines, Easen Nos. 1 and and Stems
mine met at Bridgeville. Cecil was the
scene of a meeting of Laurel hill Nos.
2 and 4, Creedmoor and Bishop mines,
and the diggerS employed in the
Standard and Ellsworth mines in Mil
ler's Run also held a meeting. The
gatherings were attended by men,
women and children. The women did
not lag in the interest taken. Many Of
them openly branded their husbands as
towards They argued that they might
as we'll fight as starve. The men said
the victory could be won, providing
every coal miner employed in the sec
tions where the lake trade is supplied
idleness.
Plans for bringing out the miners at
work in the Boone and Allison mines
were discussed. Special committees
were sent from one meeting to the
other. 1t was decided to march on to
Canonsburg mines tonight. A brass
band and the Cecil corps were engaged
and the march across the country is on.
The procession will be made UP of three
divisions from the different sections
They will mobilize at Bridgeville and
take up the tramp Of twelve miles
across the country. A miner who was
very enthusiastic over the plan said
there would be at least 1000 men in
"a TO iorI1f \,
the scheme has been in process Of for
mutation for days. 1t was talked of
several days ago and got to the ears Of
the operators of the Canonsburg mines
hence their decision to increase their
force Of deputies. Whether the miners
will go armed is not known as yet, but
they expect to be at the mines when
the dfggers are ready to go to work
and will use every influence possible
to keep them from going to the mines
Some of the most conservative leaders
claim that there will be no bloodshed
They say that when the GOLFERS see
such big demonstration in favor of
what they term a peaceful battle for
Tread, they cannot enter the mines
and retain their manhood Every eff
fort was made to keep the movement
secret, for the force of deputies at
the mines would be further increased.
Just what the result will be it is diff
fcult at this hour to tell. The men
are known to be in condition of semi
insanity on the strike question. They
have been .goaded on by suffering
wives, daughters and sweethearts and
it appears as if it is the beginning
Of the end of the strike
The negotiations to induce the coal
operators Of this district to sign a uni
fornity agreement are still going on
The commissioners having it in charge
feel as if they would be able to &C
complish 1T.
COLUMBUS, O., July 1S-President
Ratchford today summed up the strike
situation in an interview as follows:
THE manner in which the miners are
conducting themselves commends itself
to the country and gives their officers
renewed encouragement and strength
ems the belief that victory will ulti-
mately crown their efforts.
"The history of Industrial strife has
no parallel to the present movement
Deputy marshals, coal and iron police
and secret detectives have been at
work, but their presence has failed to
incite the miners to acts of lawlessness
or even to a resumption Of work Their
presence in peaceable communities
with a chip on their shoulder gave
some cause for alarm, and ordinarily
would have caused resort to Violence
| But our miners in this instance, profit
ing by the experience Of the past.
would neither cause trouble themselves
nor allow themselves to become in
volved in trouble by the action Of
others.
Reports from some of the cities to
the effect that the coal supply is not
short are only intended to discourage
| the miners. If the coal supply is not