The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-03

dressed a meeting in Moundsville this
afternoon which three-fourths OF the
miners attended. The vote to organize
a local union Of the mine workers vas
unanimous. 1t is claimed the men at
Moundsville will stay out, notwith-
was a decrease in the amount Of coal
brought out of the Fairmont region
today.
Washington, Pa, July 30.-More than
300 more miners marched to Cook &
Sons mine at McGovern today and are
now established in Camp Victory
They are from the Miller's Run region
and the mines at Finlayville and Ven
tia on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. Camp Victory now contains 500
determined men. The regular process
siona1 demonstrations were held today
and it is reported that armed deputies
accompanied a body Of diggers IN their
way to the mine through the ranks
of the marchers. They were permitted
to pass through unmolested by the
strikers. The campers are not at all
discouraged and say h seige has just
begun. More than seventy-five men
were at work at the Allison min to-
day. Both The strikers and the opera
tors say there is no probability Of any
outbreak.
Centreville, Iowa, July 3O.-At a mass
meeting which lasted all day the min
ers of the Low Field coal district of
southern Iowa, 700 to 500 in number.
passed resolutions demanding the 1892
'93 prices and il acceded to they will
continue work, unless the state be
called out for a general suspension. 1t
is believed the will grant
their demand.
At midnight it looks as though the
sheriff's proclamation would be the big
~nr< foofnr ;r br;rrir~ ob1r1$ <ro,,hlo'
in the vicinity Of the De Armit mines.
Tonight a meeting of strikers was held
at Oak Hill and it was decided to pay
no attention to the sheriff's proclama-
ton as it was considered to be an out
rage. At the meetings, it is reported
that President Dolan, M. P. Carrick.
and other leaders told the men that the
mandate of the sheriff was unjust and
could not be enforced. The result of
the meeting was that three meetings
were arranged for, one at midnight,
one at 2 O'Clock a.. M, and another at
4 o'clock a. M, and the men are now
marching drought the Turtle Creek
region in three divisions to reach their
meeting place. The different times
were chosen for the meetings as the
best time to catch the working miner
when changing shifts. Excitement is
running high and if the night passes
without a conflict w the strikers
and deputies, it will be considered al
most a miracle.
Scottdale, Pa, July 30.-Wild excite
ment prevails here tonight. AS the af-
ternoon turn of non-union men who
have taken the place Of the striking
workers at the Scottdale iron works,
were going home, one of them, said to
be a man named Painter, became in
censed at the remarks Of some boys,
and deliberately fired at them. A
large crowd was gathered about the
station at the time, and they started
after the nOn-uniOn man, who fired
four or five shots into the crowd before
he reached the Geyer house, where he
boards. The hotel was Immediately
surrounded by excited men and it was
with some difficulty hat Burgess Por-
ter got them cooled down. Had he not
had the assistance of the strike leaders
there is no telling what the maddened
crowd would nave done. Another non
union man, whose name could not be
learned, drew his revolver on Pittsburg
street and fired several shots. He was
knocked down and badly beaten before
he could be reached by the officers and
taken to his boarding house. This ex-
cited crowd is massed about the station
and the balance Of the men in the mill
are afraid to venture out.