Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-11
New Proposition to Be Offered the
Miners By De Armitt'
STRIKE Mgq BE SETTLED FIRST
oper ators Rely.on Destitution to
Braak the Strike.
REPORTS From WHEELING

mittee having in charge the matter Of Sc
curing signatures to the proposed uniform
ity agreement to govern coal production IN
the Pittsburg district has decided not to
urge the operators to sign the document I'M
til they have been given an opportunity 10
examine the same carefully and come to
some conclusion of their own mind. The
committee feels that so much time will
elapse before the proposed agreement is to
become effective that nothing Is to be gain
ed by hurryfng matters. Besides that there
Is no one person specifically charged with
looking after the affairs. 1t is proposed to
appoint secretary to the committee who
shall conduct the correspondence Of the
body, and to whom the signed contracts
may be sent.
Proft-Sharing Plan Proposed.
There Is a story being discussed about
the mines and on the street corners in
Pittsburg that the New York and Cleve-
land Gas Coal Company has under consid
Grafton, at least, IL 1t has not already
adopted it, plan that is entirely new as
applied to coal mining 1t is nothing more
or less than sharing the profits annually
with the miners. The plan will not be
put into effect, however, until after the
strike, and those claiming to have knowl-
edge OF the purposes of the company in
TINS respect say it is copied after the sys-
tenn in force in Wanamaker's stores In
Philadelphia and New York and in other
large retail establishments in the east
L. b. De Armitt, when seen regarding the
proposed new plan, said he would rather
not tax about it at present, as it was not
lilly decided upon. and would not go into
eject until after the strike.
DE Arm1tt Gets Threatening Letters.
Several threatening letters have been re-
celved by President De Armitt recently, he
says, some of them menacing him per-
sonaliy, and others the property of the
company. To these no attention has been
gwen other than to take precautionary
measures lest a person of disordered mind
De prompted to attempt to carry out the
threats that have been made
steady. -e
81, There is still q large quantity of coal in
the river available for rail Shipments. but
much OF 1t held for emergencies is now be-
ing sold, as it Is regarded by the operate
as almost certain that a break will be made
ny the miners at several places within the
Eext ten days The reason given for this
view Is that there is great restitution
among the families in the villages sur
rounding the mines. The contributions
to o 1h me fed punilc aaHe been devoted largely
while the women aid children in the iso
lated villages thave9@een neglected
Appeals to the officials come from the
OF men who are at the various camps.
High Wages offered.
AS high as 10 cents a ton, 10 cents moro
than Is dema nded, has been offered by some
operators, whose contracts specify coal of
certain grade, and. which. is only obtain
able at fancy agurex @J+ -
The meeting TO be- held AFT Irwin TODAY 10
regarded as almost certain 10 result in the
cessation of production. att the mines of
the Penn Gas Goal Co., WestnoreIand Gas
er mines in that vicinity. There is talk
among the leaderslof;a march to the mines
OF the Keystone Coal ana Coke Co LARGELY
owned by Congressman Geo. H. Huff of
GfeensburS, to get the 1iggers empIoved
there out, as, from thei SIX mines Operated
by the company much coal coming to
Plttsearg Is fproduced. The tpmpany's out
put capacity,ts tso0o tons & day, and all its
mines have been running full.
The Oak Hill miners. whose wages were
withheld by the De Arrnitt- COMPANY YES
terdaN because they had struck, met. at
Newton last night and after denouncing
the company's Hetion formally declared the
strike at Oak Hill on and decided to re-
main out until the district price of Go cents
per ton is paid.
More Men Return to Work,
Notwithstanding this action there were
more men at work in the mine todav than
on any day since the marchers appeared
IN the nefghborhocd. At least twenty men
went IN the pit at o'clock this morning
VINO We're not there yesterday or the day
beIore. Nearly all of them were among
the number who were refused cash for
their check wefshman slips yesterday at
ternoon, and a few of, them were at the
meeting at Newton last night. Most of
them live in Turtle Creek and went into
. the mine in fiat cars on the De Arroitt noaJ
road before daylight.
Inc pound parade at the camp of The
strikers in Turtle Creek brought to tho
comnnissary provisions hardly enough for
onre meal meal ihere are about 300 men and
Two bands in the camp. and after Their
usual morning march on the Oak Hill
mine they were served short rations. Vie
PRESIDENT Mckay, who is in charge of the
c'hip' sald mat the larder would be re-
plenished before noon.
AT Plum Creek the force was increased.
The full quota of 2S5 men went In before 2
o. o clock. and the De Armitts are jubilant.
t ne 's ., niarchers watched them go in,
but they still hold that they will be out In
few days. .-
AT Sandy Creek there has been no change
In the situation since Monday. The strik-
ers continue their. marches: and about
twenty-five men continue at work.
The output of the Oak Hill mine yester-
day was four cars.
Sandy Creek produced three cars and
to the strikers, but the company officiaIs
say they shipped thirty-one cars.
Educational Vice President Cameron
Miller of the United Mine Workers Asso-
citation entered suit today for $1,000 dam
ages against T. B.. De Armitt, superintend-
ent of the Turtle Creek mines of the New
York and Cleveland Gas Coal Co., for al
legged malicious prosecution. In addition to
serving injunctions. on Miller, Mr. De Az
mitt had him arrested on charges of riot
and unlawful assemblage. These charges
were not substantiated at the preliminary
hearing of the case before Justice Sem
mons. and the case ,rxas dismissed
Reports. Are Conflicting.
CLEVELAND Ohio. August IA spe-
cial to the Platfetdesist from Wheeling this
ihorhihS says: 81
Reports frope tha kanawha valley are
conflicting. The organizers claim they have
the best of it, ,snd. that the miners will all
be out before Saturday.
On the other hand disinterested persons
say that the oDianfSn6, Winifrede. Rig
Mountain and Mount Carbon miners ali
went back to work this morning, and in a
bad hunor with the organizers for making
reckless promises to induce them to strike
I'm this district there is no change to-
day. MoundsviAe. Glendale Boggss Run
and Elm Grove are out, and the strikers