The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-03

Many Men Assemble Around tho
De Armit Shafts.
MARcHERs SOBER AND ORDERLY.

The Object i'm Congregating in Large
Numbers Is TO shame Those who Refuse
to strike to Join Them-Little Gains
Made in Additions over Last Week
President DOlan's sArrest-Miners Baked
In Holding Their Meeting.
Plttsburg, Aug. 3.-Three hundred
strikers from the Beech Cliff mines on
the Panhandle railroad marched through
| the city at 2 o'clock Monday morning.
They were bound for Camp Determine
tion at Turtle Creek The men were
mostly foreigners and carried canes and
| clubs. About an hour after the Beech
Cliff men marched through another
ghostly regiment entered the city from
the west and marched silently toward
the De Armt mines. They were the
Imperial miners, 400 strong. headed by
brass band. The first delegation also
had a band. The march was without
noise Of any kind until the Oakland
power house was reached. when the
bands started up a lively march. 1t is
stated that all the miners Of the Mon
tour run railroad will be at the meeting
scheduled for the morning. None of
| these delegations had been counted
upon by the strikers officials when list
ing the expected recruits from all over
| this end Of the district. Four hundred
men from the third Monongahela pool
| miners passed through McKeesport at
| 2:30 Monday morning for Turtle Creek
| They were headed by two bands and the
| American flag. The procession was an
orderly one.
No Men Quit Work.
The battle of the striking miners to
| induced De Armit's men to come out was
waged Sunday night and early Mon
| day morning with apparently no fur
ther gains over last week. The march
ers at a. m in the vicinity of the Tur-
tie Greek mine numbered 1900. This is
by actual count of a body of 1,026 men
and careful estimate of smaller bod
les of men. If reports received by the
leaders, and there is no reason to doubt
them, there will be $500 men on the
ground by 2 p. m. to try to shame De
Armitt's men to come out. Other bod
les of men are arriving every few min
utes with brass bands and enthusiasm.
This means a long fight If the leaders
are able to continue the good order
among the men. So far during the
marching not a striker has shown any
sign of the use of liquor.
While the ranks of the strikers at
Turtle Creek were being augmented,
parties of marChers were in the field
TO .Edu.c the miners not TO go To work.
About 200 gathered at the Turtle Creek
mines before the men started to work.
A line was opened up and as the Dig
gers neared the pit mouth they passed
between the lines Of the strikers. There
was no attempt at force, but a number
of the diggers stopped and talked with
the strikers and then passed on into the
mine Some were induced to come out.
About an hour later the strikers moved
off in the direction of the McCrea school
house. Plum Creek mine was visited
then.
To Try aud Bring Out the Men.
At the Oak Hill mine a demonstration
was made, but no men were induced to
quit. How many men are in the mine
is not known. The strikers say only
eight, but it is known that fifteen new
men went in. At the Sandy Greek mine
many men are out. The company say
100 are at work, while the strikers say
only twenty-five went in At 9:l5
o'clock the marchers left Turtle Creek
about 1000 strong and started for the
massmeeting at the McCrea school
house The procession was headed by
four brass bands
President Dolan, who was arrested
early in the morning on a charge Of riot
and unlawful assembage, gave bail for
a hearing on Wednesday and again
Joined the strikers. Speaking of his ar
rest Mr. Dolan commented bitterly on
the action of Superintendent De Armit
He accuses the operators trying to in
cite riot by causing an arrest at such
a time and place. He claims he was
not disturbing any one and that his
arrest was made without cause He
thinks the arrest, however, will help
the cause of the strike.
DE Armit steals n March.
The detachments sent To Plum Creek
miners Monday morning found that De
Armit had stolen another march on
them. 1t was the intention to hold a
meeting at the Bethlehem school house
and invite the Plum Creek miners there
to attend. When the marchers reached
the place they found that a fence had
been erected around the school prop
erty and notices posted that no tres
passing would be allowed This move
engendered considerable ill-feeling, as
the school house grounds were the only
public place i'm the vicinity of the mines
where meeting could be held The
leaders of the marchers said they would
not disobey the notices, and the men
marched back TO McCrea's school
house.