The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-11

| COFFEN, ILL.,, Aug. 10.-This was a
day Of fever excitement in Gotten. There
were fears of an early attack by Brad
ley and his army. The miners went to
| the shafts in two and fours, but they
refused to go below until long after
fears of the strikers approach had
| been dissipated. Out at the camp
| everything is orderly. Mrs. Bradley,
| the leaders mother came in this aft
elnoon with wagon load of provisions
| and a whole beef. With her came four
| other wagons filled with potatoes, flour,
| bread, etc. The supplies came from
| Staunton and Mount Olive. Five hun
| dred men are now in camp and 100 are
on the way from towns south. Trouble
is feared by the people Of Gotten, who
think that Bradley is lying low for
reinforcements before marching on the
works.
The sheriff tonight ordered out $50
armed men to reinforce the guards
! against invasion. He also telegraphed
to Nokomis for fifty more men. Ad-
vices received by the sheriff from Hills
borough state that Bradley is on his
way to camp, and that fully 200 strikers
other mining towns to the north.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug 10.-Spring-
field miners will march to Decatur to-
| morrow 700 strong. They will be join
| ed by delegations en- route. Sheriff
Nicholson, of Macon county, has sworn
in 100 deputies and has thirty-five re-
peating Winchesters, with which he
says he will keep the peace, and all Of
the miners who wish to do so can work
| regardless Of the army who will be
encamped outside Of Decatur.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Aug. TO-
Meetings held tonight at Edgewater,
St. Clair, Forest Hill and Diamond
Mines the miners all decided to return
| to work tomorrow. They have lost
faith, they say, in the strike leaders.
| Over two hundred coal diggers from
| the mines in the vicinity Of Montgom-
cry Joined the strikers today. The
strikers formed a procession at Mont
gomery and went UP the line of the
Chesapeake & Ohio railway as far as
Mount Carbon, Wrere they are en-
camped. There were about four nun
dred in the procession. Twelve mines
in the Kanawha valley are idle and the
number of men that quit work in the
Kanawha valley within the last three
weeks is about three hundred. All
miners on New river with the excep-
tion of the Royal are still running.
WHEELING, w. Va. Aug TO-
| Wheeling was the scene of a peaceable
| invasion from Ohio early this morn
| ing. A small army from Wheeling
| Creek, numbering 127 strikers marched
| through the city to the Boggs Run
| mines. The miners at Boggs Run are
| now all out. The strikers proceeded
| UP town to the Belmont and Riverside
mill mines and made a demonstration
! there. If these men strike thousands
Of them will be thrown out of work
The Wege miners have decided to JOIN
the strikers tomorrow evening. This
| and the Heatherington mines supply
| steamboats, with fuel. A scarcity Of
fuel for the boats is now at hand.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Aug. 1O.-A crisis
is fast approaching in the miners
Cleveland Gas Coal company. The
| next few days should determine
whether or not the strikers object will
be realized Today's work, while not
viewed In disappointing light by
! the campers at Turtle creek, Sandy
| creek and Plum creek, yet the happen
| ings were not Of the most encourag-
| ing sort. To begin with they had to
contend with their first spell of bad
weather. A heavy rain drenched the
camps and prevented the marchers
| from carrying out their regular pro-
gramme. At Plum creek the rain
and continued absence Of a band kept
the men in their quarters, with the