The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-09
HUNGER AMONG THE STRIKERS
Company Won't Pay Men Who Go
TO Meetings..

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 9. 1S97-All the
miners of the New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal Company, who are still at work
We're paid today, but those who struck
did not receive any money the company
insisting upon the terms of the contract
by which the men agreed to forfeit all
money due them in case they refused to
work. All the miners who can give a
reasonable excuse for attending any of
the meeting will be paid. The company
has the names of all the men who nave
been at these meetings, and took part IN
any of the demonstrations. Unless they
can give satisfactory explanation, they
will get no money.
The strikers say the men have promised
to quit work as soon as they get their
pay but Superintendent Samuel De Armit
says the strikers will not take a man out
of Blum Creek mine except twenty-nine,
who will be discharged. Owing to the
carelessness of the guard about the Sandy
Creek mine forty men went into the mine
at five O'clock this morning and are now
at work. Last week there were but three
men at work and only three cars of coal
were mined.
Some of the details for the march on
the mines in Westmoreland county and
Central Pennsylvania have been arranged.
1t probably will be made Tuesday, but
no later than Wednesday. 1t is expected
to take small army of men from the
Pittsburg district and march to the mines
that are open. Several brass bands have
been engaged and it is hoped to make a
successful campaign.
Word was received last night that many
of the men who are at work are anx-
in11G IA nj
as it will give them an excuse Tor quilt
ting work. Cameron Miller said that as
far as the New York and Cleveland mines
are concerned the situation was very
gratifying. He intimated that the mines
would not be neglected on account of the
campaign started in Westmoreland coun-
ty. He said there would be enough men
left at the three mines to guard them and
to see to 1t that they are kept idle.
Nowashi, the Connellsville agitator.
who addressed the meeting last night In
four languages, was expelled from the
camp and ordered to stay away. for using
profane language, in his speech.
Creek was riding his bicycle last night
when he was assaulted by four of the
strikers and badly injured His wheel
was broken and he will be laid up for
several weeks.
The strike is beginning to cause hunger
among the miners families in the
Wheeling division and in the Panhandle
district. At the mines where company
stores have been in operation the destitu-
ton is more marked. In most instances
the stores were closed shortly after the
strike began, and the miners have no
place where their credit is good The
male members of the miners families are
living better in the camps than the wom-
en- and smaller children are at home.
The APPLICATION for an injunction to re-
strain the miners from congregating near
the mines of the New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal Company, which was to have
been filed in the United States Court to-
day on behalf of the nonresident stock
holders of the company had not been
presented to the Court up to the ad-
journment at noon. Judge Acheson has
gone to his home in Washington county
and it is not likely that the bill will be
filed before tomorrow.