The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05

O'Clock, and then marched back 10
camp, taking with them in triumph
the twenty diggers who came out.
The campers at Sandy Greek had lit
tie to do The mine is to all inents
and purposes shut down The output
is not more than two cars day. The
capacity of the mine has been 100 cars
day. The normal output with the
three mines in operation is seventy
cars.
There has been no change so far al
Oak Hill. A statement made by the
miners that only two men were working
may be true. In that case the output
Of eight cars claimed for Monday and
Tuesday will be decreased to one car.
The extraordinary capacity of the mine
is 120 and the normal capacity ninety
cars
The demonstration against De Armitt
has had the effect of decreasing the ca
pacity of $40 cars TO n cars, with the
probability of it being further reduced.
The campers at Turtle Creek We're on
the march at 3 a. m, and went to the
Oak Hill mine They marched back at
6:30 a. m. and had breakfast. Camp
life has been reduced to a system. One
hundred men were sent to Plum Creek
and 300 sent home. leaving 600 men in
camp. They have divided into compa-
MES of 100 each, under lieutenant.
Provisions seem to be plentiful. The
camp will be policed by strikers as bor-
ough police.
One Of the notable features of the
strike of the miners has been the alb
sence Of effort by the operators to get
their miners to work. There has been
no meeting by them TO consider the sit
uation, nor have there been any at
tempts to start mines with new men.
This was explained to-day by an oper-
atcr, who said he is satisfied to have
the strike continue until January, as
he has enough coal to last him, or can
get it at prices which Will enable him
to make profit. The lower river mar
kets are reported to be we'll stocked
with Pittsburg coal and by reason of
almost continuous navigation from jan
uary until July. large stocks have been
accumulated in the New Orleans, Lou
isville and Cincinnati markets, and no
coal boat stage of water can be ex-
pected now before November.
Some of the rail operators have plen-
~ of coal, one producer claiming to
have not less than 300 1000 tons avail
able for his contracts, and others can
! buy coal at a price almost as low as
they can produce it. Ruling prices are
10 cents for cars and shipping point
for run Of the mine, and 81 to 81 % for
screen coal
The miners at Schmicks mine, on the
Redstone branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, came out to-day, and the
mines are once more closed down.
| When the news was received in this
city the price of coal jumped to 81 a
ton, and brokers said prices were like
Iy to advance to 81 80 before next
week
President w. P De Armitt of the
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
Company, says his men are not on
strike, and not in sympathy with the
movement. They have been intimi-
Dated he said, and I have no doubt
all would return to work if the strik-
ers encamped at the different mines
We're withdrawn
STRIKERS LOSING COURAGE
WHEELING CIV Va), Aug. 4.-Ex-
cept in the Fairmont region, where j.
w. Rae and Joseph Wood appear TO be
making some nedUWdy, the Slrlke Iedu-
eTs are losing courage. The strike in
the Kanawha Valley is a failure thus
far. while in the New River region
there has been but little to lend en-
coura cement. On the Norfolk Western
there is nothing to indicate that a strike
was ever ordered. Miners day, to-
morrow, is looked forward TO with the
hope that it may effect a change, and
particularly in the Wheeling district,
where so much was expected and so
little was accomplished, although min
ers claim there are but fifty at work
The disorder at Corinth last night
leads to the fear that serious trouble
may follow an attempt to arrest the
foreigners who were mixed up in it.
There is a feud between the italian and
Hungarian miners, and since they have
taken opposite sides in the strike, they
are decidedly dangerous.
OHIO MINERS QUIT WORK.
CANTON (O.), Aug. 4.-Over hundred
Osnaburg miners, headed by a band,
marched to North Industry and held a
meeting. Afterwards they visited all
the local mines, and succeeded in Undue
ing all the miners to come out. An
agreement was reached whereby no
coal Will be mined for any purpose
whatever until the present mining
troubles are settled