Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-06
HARD TIMES FOR DEPUTIES,

They Are Kept Constantly on the Move
/ and Get But Little Rest-The Strike Sit
uation in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa. August 5.-0f the q
600 miners who camped at Turtle
( Greek last Saturday, barely three hum
dred now remain at~CamR. QeteCmiinSS77 nSS7
/ camp and cut off from the free lunch
/ distribution yesterday, many were
drafted to Plum Creek, where the great
! struggle for supremacy between the
strikers and the New York & Cleve-
land Gas Coal Company will be car
RED on.
At Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek
the strikers have practically won. Tur-
tie Greek mine, known as No. 4, is
closed down as tightly as the strikers
can ever hope to close it by their pres
ent peaceful means of agitation. 1t is
true that few men are still at work
in the pit, but they are not putting out
any coal. The same holds good at
Sandy Creek. Reports from Plum
Run are conflicting. Supt DeArmitt
claims that 255 men are still working,
while the strikers say they counted
but thirty going into the pit this
morning.
The deputies at Plum Creek are
having a hard time; many are COM
planning and number have resigned.
There is no such thing as uninter-
rupted rest for the deputies. They are
up from before daylight until long
after the sun has set. They are under
a constant strain. All the mines are
connected by private telegraph and
telephone wires, and every stranger
or body of strangers moving along the
highways is Immediately reported to
the nearest Office by scouts and the
foremen or managers of all the pits
get notice. AT the point upon which
any march thus reported seems to be
directed there is a stir among the
deputies. As these marches are mat
ters of almost hourly occurrence. day
and night, in all directions, the depu-
ties are in a state of apprehension and
activity. The feeding and lodging IA
cilities are limited and are not ade-
quate to the demands made upon them.
And what adds to the deputies dis
comfort is the fact that none of them
are Injured to hardships. There are rs
deputies on duty at Turtle Greek and
IT is stated that this number will not
be decreased for the present.
Early this morning Supt. Samuel De-
Armitt had brush with the marchers.
They were on the march and as he ap-
preached they opened ranks for him |
10 pass through. When they neared |
the end of the road leading into the
Murraysville road he stopped them. |
saying the road was the private prop |
erty of the New York and Cleveland |
Gas Coal Company. The men held !
consultation and concluded to march /
on, which they did.
DeArmitt marched with them
threatening them with arrest. but no
arrests were made.
II was reported to-day among the
campers that President w. P DeArmitt
had made arrangements to bring 800
coiored men to the mines from Vir-
ginia, and that they would be here bv
Saturday. The officials of the com
pany when seen denied the rumor and
said that nothing of the kind was con-
Citizens Of the South Side. who are
in sympathy with the striking coal
miners, undertook in novel way to-
lay TO secure contributions Of provis-
ons from the merchants of the South
Side, to be sent TO the eommissary de-
oartment Of the miners camps. A To-
'al band was engaged. together with
several large express wagons. and
procession headed by a stand of the
rational oolors was formed. The band
played patriotic music and slowly
moved up Carson street. stopping at
,ach corner.
The merchants all along the route
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