Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-14
No o MORE BIG STRIKES
The View Taken by Some Opt.
mistic People Up Around the
Pittsburg Coal District.
AT LEAST FOB ONE GENERATION,

Pittsburg to Secede from the National Body
II Dolan Can Have His way-Some Rev
Citations at Columbus the Cause of the
Change of POlicy-No Notice To BE Taken
of the Ten-Day Limit-women in n Mob
at Plum Creek-FOur Arrested-LOoking
for More Trouble at Hazieton.
Pittsburg. Sept. 1.-THE national
bituminous coal miners strike of 1897
Will probably be the last of the kind fer
the present generation. ard hereafter
the difficulties arising through wage dis
putes Will likely be settled by states and
districts, and a revolution may be ex-
pected in differentials favoring other
states, as the Pittsburg miners have had
their eyes opened n. D. Ratchford, ma
tional president, and Patrick, Dolan, dis
trict president. both expressed them
selves privately that they were thor
oughly Disguised at the action of the
delegates from Illinois and West Vir-
ginia, and the cupidity Of some Ohio
delegates who wished to continue the
strike. Last night President Dolan met
in conference with the original commit
tee of seven. representing the big Thir-
eSSI, VI idhe SilippSIS- Alter HlStt-
irs Dolan said he had told the operators
that the ten-day clause in the Columbus
settlement was a farce, and that he
would not interfere in any way with any
miners who wished to return to work to-
day or any other day before the ten days
had expired.
Would Have Pittsburg Secetle.
1t is the present intention to make a
concerted effort to have the Pittsburg
miners in body secede from the nation
al organization ard form an organiza-
ton for this district alone. The facts
concerning the Columbus convention will
be laid before the delegates to the con-
ventiOn tomorrow and It is believed the
whole district will be running in full by
Thursday morning. The machine cut
tiers at the Darr mine of Osborne & Sac
ger went TO work yesterday morning
ard the men resumed at the Jumbo No
1 mine of the Robbins Coal company
The miners of the Eclipse. Anderson,
Hacket, Nottingham and Germania on
the Wheeling division, also met yester-
day, and after hearing a report from
the delegates to Columbus, decided to
ignore the ten days clause and to re-
sumo work this morning. ]. j. O'Neill
received word from the men at the Web
oEce. The miners in the vicinity Of Nc
Donald also tried to get into the pits and
| it is believed that by Thursday the mines
will generally have resumed. The men
at Osceola mine will also be at work to-
day. Meetings were held yesterday all
over the district, and in anticipation OF
a general resumption the operators have
everything in readiness for the diggers
to begin at moments notice.
Women Go on the March.
Pittsburg, Sept. 1.-THE women went
on the march at Plum Creek again yes
terday, led by Emma Haas, the Joan
OF Arc of the strike. The result is that
Emma an three other women were ar
rested, nearly every deputy was more or
less dubbed and Samuel De Armit was
cut in the hand with knife. The riot
was the result of carefully planned
| attempt to prevent the men at work at
Plum Creek from entering the mines
There were about twenty-five women
| and about fifty strikers concerned in it.
The plan was to have the women march
! in front with their babies, with the de-
| sign of working on the sentiments of the
| men who would be going to work and
| to act as a shield to the rest of the par
| ty. The women were to crowd around
each man as he attempted to go into the
| mine, take his dinner bucket from him,
| and then throw it into the ditch.
| Emma Haas Heads the Column,
About daylight the party started out,
| headed by Emma Haas. Those not hav-
| ing baby carried a pick handle or a
club of some sort. On the Murraysyille
| read they encountered a posse of depu-
\ ties and were ordered back to the camp.
| No attention was paid to the order and
| the party tried to force their yay
through the line of deputies A scuffie
| followed and Emma Haas and three 9TH
er women who were in the lead were ar
rested. A scene Of wild excitement then
ensued. The moment a deputy laid
hands on woman he was surrounded
by others waving clubs in the air ana
using them on the head of a deputy
when the opportunity offered.
Deputies Hold Their Prisoners.
| Deputy Walker was severely clunbet1
AID s. c. De Armit was cut in the hand.
| He says he was attacked by a woman
| with knife. The deputies finally got
their prisoners into the company stables,
| ard later brought them to this city.
! where they were lodged in the county
| jail. The names of the women arrested
\ were: Emma Haas. Mrs. John Kosar.
Mrs. Frank Haas and Mrs Eisner. Mrs
Kosar and Mrs. Eisner had their babies
with them. After the removal OF the
prisoners from Plum Creek the excite
| ment subsidized and the women and strik-
ers returned to camp. The reason more
Of the women were not arrested was
| to hold one Of them.
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