The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-12
MINERS STRIKE SITUATION
hEaUESTs FOR FOOD ARE KEEP
ING THE PITTsBURG HEAD
QUARTERS HUSTLING.
De ARMITT MAKING A HARD FIGHT
lie Made aHOuse-tO-HOuse Canvass
Succeeded In Getting a Few Men
to Return to Work-Encourag-
Ing News From Wheeling.

Pittsburg, Pa. Aug. 9.-Applicants for
tood were numerous at the HEADQUARTERS
OF the miners officials today. 1t appears
as II there was II wall from every sec
tlon or the district, and miners were pres
ent in person to ask that the suffering
ones be looked after.
Secretary Warner said tonight that he
had sent more than $1,000 worth of pro-
visions into the various districts.
Appeals are now coming in from the
families the heads of which are at va
rlous mining camps using their influence
to keep other men from working
A series of meetings are to be held
all over the district. 1t is expected to
keep up the interest in every section and
strengthen every point where there is the
least indication of weakness.
The following was issued by President
Dolan and Secretary Warner today:
There will be mass meeting of all
the miners at Cannonsburg on Wednes-
day, August II. at 8 a. m. All miners
of the above-named place will call meet
lngs and prepare to go. The meeting
will be addressed by the district officials
and others. Every miner is asked to at
tend"
The campaign in Westmoreland county
will begin at Irwin on Wednesday. At
2 p. IN. monster meeting will be held.
1t is expected II. V. Debs Mrs. Mary
Jones, NJ p. Garrick. Patrick Dolan and
others will make addresses. A march
is to be made from Turtle creek. AT the
institution of Thomas Sutton of Willicks,
Henry Ulrich, Emil Hazer,. Henry Hau-
ser and Gustave Rings, miners, will be
charges. Ulrich is charged with nggra-
waited assault and battery and Hanser
and Rings with unlawful assembage
The warrants are the result of an alter
cation at Willicks on July %, on account
of the strike.
Early this morning the miners of West
Elizabeth made Il search of the mines
of the Elizabeth Mining company. About
fifty men were going to work. After n
consultation the men asked that they be
allowed to finish loading a fiat They
agreed to go out as soon as 1t was load
ed. which will take several days. The
officials made an effort this afternoon
to get permission from the mining Off
cials to continue work on Il 60 cent basis.
This was refused, and it is expected the
mine will be idle as soon ms the fiat is
loaded.
Thomas B. De Armitt, superintendent
of the New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal company. worked hard today to get
the miners at Oak Hill to return to
work BY n house-to-house canvass he
succeeded in getting few more dig
gers. Thirty-seven men went in. The
men were told by De Armitt that they
would lose all they had earned II they
would not work. and would he given five
days to vacate the cOmpany's houses.
The strikers say only seventy-hve men
out of 2SJ were Mt work in the Plum
creek mine. The company claims almost
full force was working The strikers
are hopeful that the remaining diggers
will quit after getting their pay. The
Plum creek men were not paid today,
and it is expected the company will re-
quire the men to sign new agreement
before they are given their envelopes.
The Sandy creek miners are awaiting
developments. They are hopeful that
the courts will set aside the contracts
of the company, which the men were
obliged to sign. Hunger is doing more
injury to the cause of the miners than
any other one thing. and the officers of
the commissary department are doing
everything possible to provide against
this contingency.
President Doan will go to the Can
nonsburg region and defy the injunc-
tions by speaking at meeting sched-
uled for the 18th inst.
1t is said only thirteen cars were
loaded at Plum creek today. There is
to be big demonstration I'm the morn
ing at rum creek Wnen tne StrlkerS De-
lieve they will be able to close down the
mine.
J. G. Dysart, member of the uni
formity commission. returned to the
city today after a weeks absence. He
said the work of securing signatures
will he pushed earnestly, and he believes
the required number will be secured
The miners. he says, can not possibly
win the strike as the miners still in
operation can supply the demand. Some
Of the coal operators are getting restless
and will try to start their mines this
week.