The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-20

PRACTICALLY IN FORCE IN THE
DE ATMIT MINES SECTION.


DE ATMIT MINES SECTION.
The Roads Guarded and all Persons Re-
quired to Giye Account of Themselves.
PASSES Required for Entrance on De Ar
init Iands-Anarchists In the Vicinity.
The Farmers to Parade-women and
Children to Form Marching Parties.
Suits and Counter-suits.
P~ittsburg. August E.-Martial law has
to all intents and purposes been declared
in Plum. Patton and wilkins township by
Sheriff Lowry. The three mines of the
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Com
pany are in these townships and all roads
leading TO them will be patrolled by his
deputies. Persons walking or driving
along the roads who cannot give a salts
factory account Of himself or herself. VIII
be ordered to leave the neighborhood, and
upon refusal. will be arrested.
] The sheriff will not attempt to break up
the camp of the strikers until the court
has passed on the question. but he an
nounced today that he is determined to
| stop the marching and trespassing on the
company's property. No one will be al
lowed on the company's property who
fails to have a pass signed by Superin-
| tendent De Armit.
There are now nearly 500 men in the
camp at Plum Creek. After the mutiny
at Sandy Creek yesterday. the camp at
that point was abandoned and the men
went to Plum Creek. In addition, 200 men
arrived at 8 o'clock this morning from
Belle Vernon. The large increase in the
number in camp has caused a shortage of
| provisions and the men are hungry.
! There We're twenty-five evictions near
Plum Greek during the day, OF striking
miners. The evictions began at noon yes
| terday.
! Passengers on the morning train from
PlttSburg to Turtle Creek say a man
who gave his name as job Monroe and
said he was from the Osceola mine, an
nounceG that he was going to kill Sam
De Armit.
! The claim is made that there are a
! number of anarchists in the vicinity of
| the mires who are after the DeArmits'.
They are not in the camp. however.
| The contemplated plan to have the wo-
men make marches. which was to have
been ~inaugurated today, has been definite
ly decided uron by the leaders and the
wives and daughters of the strikers will
now take up the work which the men
have been enjoined from doing. 1t is the
intention to begin tomorrow and have
the women do the marching while the
men remain in camp. The leaders think
the injunction is not operative against
| women.
A new element is to be introduced in the
situation at an early date. The farmers
of entire country surrounding the several
camps are making extensive preparations
for a demonstration to show their SYM
! pathy for the strikers. They propose to
have a parade headed by a band and
march dow the Salisbury road and up
over the hills. There will be no Ion to
! the mines sentiment or any effort to get
the miners out. No missionary work is
to be attempted, the demonstration is
purely for the purpose of showing SYM
pathy for the strikers The preparations
for the events nave been carried on
secretly, but the story was given out to-
night by one of the prime movers. He
say the class of men who will compose
the parade have no fear of interference
and will not diSband at the of
a few deputies.
About 600 strikers from Thoms Run. ac-
ccmpanied by about 150 women and chill
dren, marched to Camp Victory near
Cannonsburg today. They will remain at
the camp until Saturday when a meeting
will be held. Several of the officials will
be present and address the meeting. About
500 more men and women are expected to
arrive at the camp by Saturday.
Suits and counter-suits promise to be
one of the most prominent features of the
coal miners strike. While the New York
and Cleveland Gas Coal Company has
been prosecuting it's injunction case. the
miners have been gathering material on
which to bring suits not alone for wages,
but for trespass. President Dolan said
this evening that as soon as time afford
ed the miners officials will bring action
against the officers of the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal Company. The ques-
ton of the right of the strikers to visit
employees of the company at their homes
and plead with them and the right Of
deputies to interfere with a man when he
is walking on a highway toward a resi-
dence. even though he is compelled tc
walk on the porperty of the company
would be looked into.
The judges have not announced their
decision in the injunction cases.
Hillsboro, Ills, August 17.-Six hundred
striking coal miners. eight abreast, in
vaded Coffeen at $3.50 o'clock this after
noon throwing aside the deputy sheriffs
doing guard duty and going through the
town pell NELL. The officials ordered the
guards not to shoot, but they began
making arrests as fast as possible. Gen
eral' Bradley was the first man placed
under arrest and three guards came to
this city with him as fast as horses could
travel. He is now in the county jail.
Other prisoners are on the way here. No
shots were fired and no blood was shed.
The invasion was for the purpose of in
ducing the men at work at the mine there
sheriff will increase his force Of deputies
and the invaders will be compelled to
leave town or there will be a conflict.
G~reensburg, Pa, August lit was de-
cided tonight that there will be no strike
at the Aroma and Madison mines. The 300
miners held a meeting and out of that
number only six miners voted to strike.
During the meeting the strikers from the
river and the Herminie contingent pa
raded up and down the road in the vicini-
ty of the two works. The strikers, after
the decision, quietly dispersed. The Madi-
son and Aroma miners are now receiving
the price for which the river ard other
miners are striking for, and they declared
that they had no grievance. 1t was said
tonight that the Herminie miners will be
given a couple Of days to return to work,
and after that time new men will be sent
in. The strikers are spending their Sat
urday's pay freely for liquor.
!. Testing the New Battery
Charleston, S. c., August Bone of the
mortar batteries in the new fort being