Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-08-07
STRIKERS IN CAMP.
Persistent Demonstration Before
DeArmits Men Promise Success.
UNITED LABOR LEAGUE TO RALLY.
They Want to Mako q Demonstration In
Favor OF Free speech-The Miners ut
Ardmore do Out--More Iowa
Miners Out.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 5.-The miners
strike situation has not changed ma
terially from Tuesdays report. Every.
thing about the Turtle creek camp was
quiet yesterday, the only ripple of ex.
element being the hearing Of Presi.
dent Dolan and other officials of the
miners for riot and unlawful assem-
blagc The strikers claim 90 new &C.
cessions to their ranks from the Plum
creek mines yesterday. A careful esti-
mate OF the men now at work In that
mine shows 2l5 out of the usual total OF
ss5. No work was done at the Oak Hill
or Sandy creek mines. The camp
was reduced in numbers yesterday by
500 men. They were sent TO their
homes for two reasons-to lessen ex-
penses and because these men were
not inclined to respond to the numer-
ous marching orders imposed on them.
The camp has been costing $500 day
to keep II in provisions, ETC., being ut
the rate of seven cents per man per
day, as against 10 cents per day in the
national guard encampments. The
camp is now under strict military dis
cipline and everything is moving like
clockwork. The customary march was
made to Plum creek this morning and
will be continued daily, the miners
officials say until the suspension in
the DeArmit mines Is complete.
At the hearing in the case of Presi-
dent polan and others for riot and I'M
lawful assemblage, yesterday after
noon, before Justice Slemmens, num-
Der of witnesses were heard, but the
justice reserved his decision until this
afternoon.
Arrangements have been completed
for the open-air demonstration under
the auspices OF the United Labor
league of western Pennsylvania this
evening. on the Duquesne wharf, in the
interest of the striking miners. The
leaders expect 10000 people to attend.
They are urging everybody to attend
to show by their presence that they
favor free speech and the right of
peaceable assemblage. The speakers
will talk from wagon. After the ad.
dresses an appeal will be made to the
audience for financial assistance for the
striking miners, and the leaders expect
that the result will show that the public
is in hearty sympathy with the miners
in their struggle for living wages.
The miners claim that II they can only
get little assistance they will easily
win the strike, and they are straining
every nerve to raise more money.
Eight hundred working men, headed
bya band marched through the streets
OF Turtle creek last night The strik-
ers had gone to meet them, and about
! 200 men were in line. Rev. William
Hall, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, Wilmerding, addressed meet
ing after the parade. lie compliment
ed the miners on their fight and the
peaceable manner in which IL was be-
ing conducted. At the close of his ad-
dress he handed the miners bag con-
tanning s965, contribution from the
citizens of Wilmcrding.
The miners ut the Schmock mines on
the Redstone branch of the Penn
sylvania railroad came out again yes
terday. and the mines are closed down.
This caused the price OF coal to jump
from 10 cents to 81 ton, and brokers
say there will probably be another adj
vance to $3.50 before the end of the
next week.
ARDMoRE MINERS OUT.
MACON, No., Aug. 5.-For reasons
purely local the 400 coal miners at Ard
more have gone on q strike. A short
time ago the employees of the Kansas
& Texas Coal Co. ut Ardmore, this
county. held meeting and made a de-
mand for an increase from 40 to so
cents ton, to take effect September /.
The operators made no reply, but at
once commenced to operate all their
five shafts at Ardmore at their fullest
capacity, and were getting out 20 rail-
road car loads per day, besides filling
extra orders. The miners understood
from this that the increase would
not be granted. They held another
meeting and determined to strike
at once unless the operators inn
mediately agreed TO allow the
increase. Only two miners voted
against the strike. When the meeting
was called Superintendent Vail in
formed the miners he could not grant
the increase. The miners say they
will not again work for less than so
cents. 1t is not likely the operators
there will raise the price. Forty cents
has been the amount paid ut Ardmore
the year round for some time. The
Kansas & Texas and other operators
pay so cents per ton che year round at
Bevier, in this county, but the miners
can make us much ut 40 cents at Ard
more as the Bevier men can at so cents,
the Ardmore coal being more easily
and conveniently mined and gotten out.
There will be no strike ut Bcvier,
where 500 men work.
MORE IOWA MINERS OUT.
0TTUMwA, Ia, Aug. 5.-The miners |
ut Cincinnati joined the strikers yes
terday and started on march to Men
dota to get the men out there. About |
one-half OF the miners in the Center
vile district are working and fully |
one-half of the men are out.
-Four Iowa Girls Drowned.
SIaoURSEY, Ia. Aug. 5.-Four girls
were drowned in Skunk river near
Lancaster, yesterday. Three were
daughters OF Pierce Pamble, aged Z, IL
and 10, and the other was Miss Adams.
They were caught in the current while
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