The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-06
THE STRIKE GROWING.
MINERS SAY ALL THEY NEED TO
SUCCEED Is FUNDS.

More Of De Armit's Men Join the Strikers.
No Work in One of His Mines-An the
Shomock Miners Quit Work-A jump in
the Price of COal-The Miners Camps
and Marches Perfectly Orderly-rhe Big
Meeting This Evening
Pittsburg, August 4.-The miners
strike situation has not changed ma
terially since yesterdays report. Every
thing about the Turtle Creek camp was
quiet the only riple of excitement be-
ing the hearing Of President Dolan,
and the other officials of the miners for
riot and unlawful assemblage. The
strikers claim twenty new accessions
to their ranks today. careful esti-
mate of the men now at work in that
mine shows 215 out of the usual total
of 285 No work was done at Sandy
Creek mine. The camp was reduced
in number today by 800 men. They
We're sent to their homes for two
reasons-to lessen the expenses and be-
cause these men were not inclined to
respond to the numerous marching
orders imposed on them. The camp
has been costing $500 a day to keep it
in provisions ETC., being at the rate Of
cents per man per day, as against
10 cents per day in the national guard
encampments. The camp is now under
strict military discipline and every
thing is moving like clock works.
The customary march will be made
to Plum Creek in the early morning
and will be continued daily, the
tel, fIn
sion in the De Armit's mines is COM
plete.
AT the hearing in the case of Presi-
dent Dolan and others for riot and un-
lawful assemblage this afternoon be-
fore Justice Semmes, a number of wit
nesses testified, but the justice reserv-
ed his RECESSION until tomorrow after
noon.
The hearing of the four miners ar
rested last week at the McGovern
mines near Cannonsburg for trespass
were concluded this afternoon. No
evidence connecting the defendants di-
rectly with the song We'll hang the
blacksheep to sour apple tree or
with the use opprObriOus eplthets was
produced. None of the defendants ap-
peared at the hearing and they were
held in contempt. Attachments were
issued for their arrest.
Secretary Warner paid his compli-
ments to President De Armit, of the
New York and Cleveland Company to-
day in no choice terms. The reason Tor
this was the publication of the story
that Mr.. De Armit had said that $1O,-
600 had been sent into the Pittsburg
district by the West Virginia operators
in order to bring about a strike of the
miners in this district and thus force
the price of coal up. Both the Secre-
tary and President M. Carrick, of the
Painters and Decorators Union,
characterized the story as a canard
and said that if it were true they would
hardly send organizers into that dis
trict to try to induce the men to
strike.
Organizer Cameron Miller is arrang-
ing for a meeting of business men and
miners to take place at Roscoe in the
fourth pool at l p. m. tomorrow. He
expects 100 will be in attendance, COM
ing from all the mines in the fourth
pool The meeting will be addressed by
President Patrick DOlan and MIR.
Miller.
Arrangements have been completed
for the open air demonstration under
the auspices of the United Labor
League of West Pennsylvania tomor-
row evening, on the Duquesne, which
are in the interests Of the striking
miners. The leaders expect 10000 peo-
dressed by Eugene V. Debs, Mrs. Mary
Jones, of Chicago; M. NJ. Garland,
president and w. A. Carney, vice pres
ident of the Amalgamated Association;
United Mine Workers Organizer Cam
eron Miller. M. p. Carrick, national
president of the Painters and Decora-
tors Union and NJ. ]. Counahan, ma
Union.
Aftar tho addresses an appeal will
be made to the audience for financial
assistance for the striking miners, and
the leaders expect that the results will
show that the public is in hearty SYM
pathy with the miners in their struggle
for living wages. The miners claim
that if they can only get little more
financial assistance they will easily win
the strike and are straining every
nerve to accomplish their end.
The miners at the Schmock mines on
the Redstone branch Of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad came out again today
and the mines are closed down. This
intelligence caused the price of coal to
jump from Is cents to S1.00 a ton and
brokers say there will probably be an
other advance to s1.50 per ton before
the end of next week.
Eight hundred working men headed
by a band, marched through the streets
of Turtle Creek tonight. The strikers
had gone to meet them. About 1900
men were in line.
Rev. William Hall, of the NJ. z.
church, of Wilmerding, addressed a
meeting after the parade. He compli-
mented the miners on their manly fight
and the peaceab1e manner in which it
was being conducted. AT the close of
mis- address he handed the miners bag
containing 1865. contribution from the
citizens of Wilmerding.
j. B. Cory. a prominent coal operas
tor, has sent letter to Governor Has
ings calling attention to the open @e-
fianee of the sheriff's proclamation Ind
the sheriff's failure to infOrce the proc
lanlaalon and asking him to order out
a sufficient force of the national
guards, whom Mr.. Cory says are play
ing solasers, to disperse the strikers. =