The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-22
STRIKERS NUIIER|NG.
THE pANGs OF HUNGER ARE TELL
sNG UPON THE STRIKING
MINERS.
SERIOUS TROUBLE BREWING
ONE THOUSAND STRIKERS MARCH
ED TO CANNONsBURG LAST
NIGHT.
OPERATORS ASKED FOR DEPUTIES
There Mny BE IL Clash When the
Boone and Allison Miners Show
Up for Work This Morning.
West Virginia Situation
Considered Serious.
OPERATORS asked FOR DEPUTIES

Pitsburg, July 1S.-The events of to,
day in the Pittsburg mining district in
dicate there is trouble ahead. The strike
has been on for two weeks with no
cause for alarm in any quarter, but to-
day the pangs of hunger and mutter-
ings of discomfort have taken tangible
form, and before morning 1000 miners
will have marched on Cannonsburg, the
objective point being the Boone and ALI
son mines.
A few days ago the operators of these
mines made a requisition on the sheriff
of Washington county for more deputies.
IL is supposed that there are mt least
thirty deputies at each mine, well arm
cd for any friction that may take place.
Today the miners of Miler's and Toms
run districts held mass meetings. The
men employed in the Slope and Bridge
Vile mines, Essen Nos. / and . and
Stems mines, met at Bridgeyilc. Cecil
was the scene of Il meeting of Laurel
Hill, Nos. 2 and !, Creedmore and
Bishop mines, and the diggers employed
in the standard and Ellsworth mines in
Miller's run also held a meeting. The
gatherings were attended by men, women
and children. The women did not lag in
interest. Many of them openly branded
their husbands as towards. They argued
that they might as well fight as starve.
The men said the victory could be won,
providing every coal miner employed in
the section where the lake trade is sup
piled would join the general movement
of idleness.
Plans for bringing out the miners at
work in the Boone and Allison mines
,ycre discussed. 1t was decided to march
'on the Cannonsburg mines tonight, and
brass bands were engaged TO join the
marchers. A miner who was very en-
thusiastic over the plan, said there
would be at least 1000 men in line.
Whether the men will go armed is not
known, but they expect to be mt the
mines when the offending diggers are
ready to go to work and will use every
ing into the mines. Some of the leaders
claim there will be no trouble. They say
when the men see such big demonstra-
ton in favor of what they term Il peace
,tul battle for bread they can not enter
the mines and retain their manhood
lust what the result will be is difficult
10 tell. The men are known to be in Il
condition of Scmi-insanity on the strike
question.
They have been goadcd on by suffering
wives, daughters and swcetheartS, and
III appears rs if it is the beginning of the
'end Of the strike.
ut utSOlHillulS ~ lut tbul
operators to sign uniform agreement
are still going on. The commissioners
having it in charge feel as if they would
he able to accomplish it, Secretary G..
Frank Schimd said tonight that within
the next few days powerful influences
would be brought TO bear on the opera
tors, and with the strike in operation
the chances were for a successful con
summation of the agreement.
AZ an evidence that the operators are
not counting on arbitration, it was an
nouneed tonight by prominent opera
TOR that if the strike in West Virginia
b does not prove successful the Pittsburg
operators will make an effort early next
week to start their mines at the 80 cent
rate, the rate now asked by the men.
They will claim that as they are willing
ITO pay the price asked the law must pro-
rect them in the operation of their mines.