The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-08

FTTsBTRG. Anx. 7.-Aet.ye worx IN
z@c1f1ag Signatures 20 the uniformity
agreement regarding coal r.inergs wages
vas commenced today. number Of op-
efas1n VINO have aires6y placed their
nassses To the agreement me. A. the No
Eoneanssa house Saturday and went over
the HIST When the work wgs cousrse,ad II
Was shown thar 1T had piedred them
sesfes 70 fszn- This includes the largest
operators Ia the district There were a
number OF others reported who are cer-
tzin 10 sign when rhey see that bv with
Hosnsas tneir signatures. they will be re-
sposssnfe Tor the failiire Of the movement.
w aen TIE required number Of signatures
- secured the strike II II Is Still in extxt-
encs, viii be easily settled and mining dis
E4ses o. serious nature viii be al An end
init January ]. iSN. At least
ahs MINERS continue orderly. and are
kashink aceeEslons TO their ranks cox,-
ssanIy- The Ia men employed at the
HorHer 4 Roberts coal mine az Elizabeth
refused TO 80 TO work this nscrning. about
ses-hiy-nEe miners at the Equitable
mines. In the same LEGALITY, also struck
The Euaoia men. who were persuaded TO
come out last evening. all remained away
ITcr the pit today and 30 coal was mind
TX Is reported that an effort 10 start the
nine Monday morning viii be made.
The sfrikers are preparing for the strug-
gle. and Will DO there on Monday morning
~S'N-S S-sofSS- 1BfS GtOFf8 DOWN al
the mines of the first. second ard third
pooss OF the Aonongaheie river.
IRIS was pay day ~ Sandy creek. AMI
when tina strikers demanded their pay
they We're told thar inasmuch as they
had broken the iron-ciad contract, no
money whatever was due them. TIE le-
gaissy OF the contract viii 10 tested IN the
courts
When IL was found but few men were
going 10 work at Plum creek this morn
Ing deputy sheriffs were sent to the
houses Of the men and they were drum
med OUT and escorted to the mine. The
company claims that this mine was work
ing full today and that the usual amount
OF coal was loaded.
The output OF the De Arnis mines was
stu further reduced today. no coal being
taken from the Oak Hill mine. The three
men at Sandy Creek mine have mined one
gondola car In three days. Al Plum Creek
the two hundred men al work mined Seven
teen gondoia cars OF coal.
Counsel for the New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal Company has prepared a bill TO
be presented 10 Judge N. ". Acheson, OF
the United States circuit court on behalf
or the nonresident customers. asking for
an Injunction 10 restrain the striking min
ers from congreSating At tie mines at Tur-
tie Creek, Sandy Creek and Plum Creek,
and from Interfering with the work OF the
for the purpose Of getting the aid or tho
United STATE marshal. as well as the sher-
IN OF Allegheny county. 10 break up the
camps the strikers have established
Pending Developments late ia the day,
the miners Ia the three camps beEeging
the De Armit mines are resting. At no
time during the strike has the situation
been so critical. but no one who has been
In the district every day since the COM
mencement Of the marches believes that
the miners will be drawn into a fight. IL
trouble does come. IL Will not be between
the strikers and deputies, but between the
strikers and negroes in camp at Unity.
who are employed on the Pittsburg & Bes-
senaer railroad. In the camp Of negroes
deprayed men and women are together In
tents and huts. every one OF which is a
"speak-easy."s They have terrorizsd the
community for miles around. ard shooting
ARRAYS ara of almost daily occurrence.
The negroes are walking arsenals. while
the strikers have no weapons.
Aborfive IaII for Militia.
SPRINGFIELD. Ill, Aug AT Il
o'clock tonight Gov. Tanner received the
following telegram from Sheriff Randall.
OF Montgomery county at Coffee. H.:
County and local resources exhausted
Must have militia Sunday night by 10 p
III. at Coffee"
In reply Gov. Tanner promptly sent the
following:
You fail TO give any facts or reasons
Please advise fully Of the nature OF the
trouble and what you have done In the
meantime 1t is your duty to protect life
and property and preserve the peace. 1t
Is your duty 20 call every able bodied man
between the ages OF Is and d, years In
your county TO aid you