The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-26
STRIKERS STOLE A MARCH.
Marchers Gave the Deputies the Slip.
strikers DO Net Fear Imported
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Pittsburg, Aug. 2o-This morning the
striking miners encamped at Turtle
creek stole Il march on the sheriff's dep
utles guarding the Oakhill mine. While
the deputies were waiting for the de-
tachments of campers to appear on the
| roads leading to the mines and wonder
ing why they did not come, the strikers
were making long detour so as to APP
proach the mouth OF the pit from the
hill side, and succeeded In getting there
without being observed. Their appear
| ance was startling to the few men who
were ready to go to work, and the
deputies were hurriedly sent for. While
| they We're coming the strikers told the
| men that there would be concert in
| their camp tonight and invited them to
attend. When a posse of deputies, com
manded by Deputy Sheriff David Hanna,
| appeared II copy of the injunction was
| read to John Large, the leader of the
strikers, and they left the place. An
other party of strikers went to Monroe
vile, but so far as they could learn
no new men were taken into the en-
frances there.
The strikers express the belief that
| one of the mines to be operated by the
mine owners I'm their effort to break
| the strike will be the Plum creek mine
| and that the miners now at work at
Oakhill and Sandy creek will be taken
to Pl1m creek and the two mines closed
down. BY centrnlizing their forces the
company would have 2S1 men, which
would be enough to operate Plum creek
mine in full. To Offset this move the
strikers will abandon their camps mt
Turtle and Sandy creeks and all the
men will go into camp at Plum creek.
Edward Mckay. who is in charge of the
campers at Turtle creek, said today. that
| the miners had no fenr of labor being
imported. II would be too expensive
and would benefit the strikers more
than the operators, as many mines now
working would surely close down.
Everything was quiet about Plum
| creek this morning. The strikers fol-
lowed out the program outlined by Capt.
Dillingham; and sent out men singly and
in pairs to patrol the roads. The depu
ties did not interfere with them. In
spite of the injunction the strikers
claim to have made thirty converts by
going to the houses of the miners and
| talking the strike over In friendly way.
Secretary Warner was at the camp
last night and notified the members that
houses for striking would be provided
with comfortable houses, food and
clothing. At the Chamouni mines on
the Monongahela river, many miners
have been evicted from the company
houses and others have been served
Win notice 10 VHcute Ut ONCE.
The families are In destitute circum-
stances and are being fed by the resi-
dents of California and neighboring
towns.
Superintendent De Armitt said this
afternoon that there was no truth in
the story of concentration. He said:
Eve are not going to shut down our
Oakhill or Sandy creek mines, but, OH
| the contrary. propose to operate all our
mines In full II 1t takes every dollar of
our capital. We have plans for the
future, but l will not say what they
are"
The proposition to amalgamate the
working forces at Plum creek was
laughed at by the strikers. They say
there are not enough men In the three
pits to make fair showing in the way
of output.
Secret work among the working
miners is to be continued on large
scale. There are no men at Sandy creek
| camp though 1t Is said an effort may
be made to resume there. Operations
are also temporarily suspended at 'furl
tie creek.
One hundred and seyenty-6ye men
marched from Camp Desolation at Plum
creek this afternoon to Unity, and were
stopped at Plum creek by the deputies.
The Injunction was read to them, but
they. continued to march past the dead
line"
They then marched to New Texas and :,
returned with the farmers from that
section. who were making demonstra-
tion In sympathy with the strikers. The
strikers were Joined by their wives, apd
about 500 people were present ut
meeting which was addressed by prom
inent strike leaders.
Deputy Young telegraphed for the
sheriff to come to the scene. Whole
sale arrests are expected to follow the
arrival of the sheriff, as both sides are
wrought up to the highest pitcn. Inere
is no telling what the result may be.
There was trouble at the strikers
ca MD near the Bunota mine during the
morning. A number of strikers were ar
rested for violating the injunctione'