The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-10
THEY FIGHT HUNGER
PIffsBURG DISTRICT OPERATORS
WELCOME A STRONG ALLY.

Notwithstanding Which. the Strikers Con-
tiDue to Make Gains and Their Leaders
Keep mp the A9itation-DoIa Defiei
the Courts by Making . Speech Where
Hes Told Not to-Wheeiing District
Bids Fair to be Closed Downtown
Miners Won't Quit Yet-IiIinois Town
Under Martial Law-Strike News.
Piitsburg, Pa. Aug. 9.-Appeals fol
food and provisions were numerous al
the headquarters of the miners officials
in this city today 1t appeared as il
there was a wall from every section OF
the district, and miners in penson were
present to ask that the suffering ones
be looked after. Secretary Warner was
kept busy answering the appeals. He
said tonight that he had sent more than
81, o3c worth of groceries and provisions
into various parts of the district. The
appcais are now coming IN from the fam
ilias. the heads of which are at the vari-
Gus mining camps using their influence
to keep otner men from working.
A series Of meetings are to be held all
over the district. 1t is expected 70 keep
I'D the in-ereS. n every section ana
strengthen every point where there Is
the least indication of weakness. The
yiginis on the mines of the New York
and Cleveland Gas Coal company are to
be kept 10, and the vigor increased
from day to day.
The following was issued by President
Patrick Dolan and Secretary Warner to-
day:
"There will be a mass meeting Of all
hte miners at Canons0urg Wednesday,
August II, a: 10 a. m. All miners OF the
above named places Will call meetings
and prepare to go. The meeting will De
addressed by the district officials and
others. Every mil er is requested to at
tend
The campaign III Westmoreland county
will begin at Irwin on Wednesday. Al
3 D. m, a monster meeting Will be held.
| It is expected that Eugene Y. Debs, MIS-.
Mary Jones. NJ P. Carrick, Patrick Dc
Ian and others will make addresses.
march is to be made from Turtle Creek
,,here Will be a number OF brass BANDS
in the procession. Thes trikers desire
to awaken an interest in that secnon,
as they claim r;1e mines that are working
are an injury to their cause.
MINERS JAILED.
At the instfgation Of Thomas E. SUIT
ron, of Willocks. Henry Ui-ich, Emil
Nazer, Henry Huser. and Gustav Rings
miners. were committed to Jail for hear
ing before Alderman ]. V. McMasters
on various charges today. Ulruch is
charged with aggravated assault and
battery; Nagel with assault and battery
and Huser and Rings with unlawful as
sembiage. The arrests are the result OF
an alteration al Willocks July rs, on &C
count of the strike. Warrants are out
for number OF others.
Early this morning the miners OF West
Elizabeth made a march on the mines
of the Elizabeth Mining company, for
merry operated by Homer & Roberts.
About fifty men were gong to work. AZ
ter consultation the men asked that
they be allowed to finish Loading fiat.
They agreed TO go out as soon as II was
loaded. which viii take several days. The
officials of the company made an effort
this afternoon to get permission from
the mining officials to continue work
on a sfxty-nine cent basis. This was not
gwen, and it is expected that the mine
will be idle as soon as the fat is load
ed.
DE ARAITTT USES COERCION.
Thomas B. De Arnitt, superintendent
Of the New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal company, worked hard today to get
the miners at Oak Hill to return 10 work.
BY house to house canvass he succeed
ed in getting a few more diggers than
have been at work. Thirty-seven min
ers went in. The men were told by Mr..
De Armitt that they would lose all they
had earned if they would not work, and
would be given five days 10 vacate the
company's houses. The strikers say only
seventy-fiva men out Of 2S5 were a work
in the Plum Creek mine today. The
company claims almost full force were
working The strikers are hopeful. that
the remaining diggers will quit work az
ter they draw their pay. The Plum
Creek men were not paid today. and il is
expected that the company will require
the men 10 sign a new agreement before
they are given their envelopes.
HUNGER FIGHTS THEM.
The Sandy Creek miners are awaiting
new developments. They are hopeful The
court will set aside thee ontracts of the
company, which the men were obliged TO
sign.
Hunger is doing more injury 70 the
cause Of the miners than any other thing.
AMI the forts OF the commissry depart
ment is doing everything possible 10 pro-
vide against this contingency.
DO1.AN WILL DEFY.
President Do,an viii go 70 the Cam
noasburg region and defy the injunctions
by speaking at a meeting scheduled for
the Il tn inst.
II is said only thirteen gondo!as were
loaded al PUN Creek. There is 70 be a
bic demonstration in the morning a.
Plum Creek, when the strikers believe
they will be able to close down the mine.
] c. Dysart. a member Of the unifor-
nifty commission. returned 20 the city
today. after a weeks absence. He says
the work OF securing signatures viii be
pushed earnestly. and he believes the
required number viii be secured TIE
miners. he says. cannot possibly win ne
strike. as the mines still n operation