Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-05
MARCHING MINERS.
A Lively Day at Turtle Crock
EncampmenE
he~piss Watch 90 vsrsisz Miners Heavy
Gs-r~s-~ ta the uasasifs .r s..f c...a-
iag s'-tt ~f the tsirs...t H~xis. a
-arprs-. ls ~ssr- foe ov~rss-r..

ing miners FROM ali over the district
we're converging toward Camp nrtsr~
mutation and IL all thn-r reported a.
being on the march rvarh the ss.rn. be-.
f''ts morning. there viii ~ A. l~a-t
e.oo9 digg~rs Prcs~nt AZ the meeting
which Is schrsial-,i for n s'closk at
Ncs' rca's .sha.,l house. The uainssSwx-
pevt :. ao0 u be ga han.l
The borough % Turtle Greek ~
peri~nes.d the iivetiest day in tss his
tory with iss large transient popula-
tipn u miners ansl curious sisit,ir,. but
the cay passed without trouble Of any
Kind.
Barwe~s reats. of the borough. viz
tied the miners camp. and stated IL.
hal M reason to order tn. crowd "a
dishand. and a. long a. peace prevails
be viii uot disturb them.
I There was a coutpiste shift in ths.
makeup ~ the eampers yesterday.
The msn from the Wheeling division
Of the baltimore a Ohio. who have
been on guard ever since IN. big move
msnt against ne Armitt's was inaug-
uratsd. left during the night for their
homes at Finleyville, Gastouville.
>nowdeu. Whitehall and Banlssville.
These same men. after reaching home
ant recuperattng somewhat have
formed new divisions and are return
ing to the seat of war ia order To at
tend the big meeting this morning.
While the old guard was iittiug last
night. new nisn were taking their
places and took charge Of the watch
that i Ia be s.pt mp until all of the
New York 4 Cleveland men quit work
saturdays guard was noticeable for
the absenee OF foreigners. The gather
ing on watch to-day il just the reverse
and is composed almost en- tirely OF the
foreign element which il mor,. exeit-
able than ths others and much harder
to control This phase gives To the
situation a more serious aspect.
Over i,000 weary strikers were quar-
tered at Camp Determination. aud
about 100 at camp Desperation. aud
about 40 loanged about the hills above
and around Turtle Creek
| When the first batch Of $50 marcherS
arrived ON the scene yesterday morn
ing they were very hungry and clam
ored for fool There were provisions
enough left for 310 men, and a grand
rush was made for tn. provision
wagon. and the result was mary went
hungry.
| About this time Organizer Miller ar
rived on the scene and announced that
a Pittsburgh baker hai donated /. OOo
loaves of bread, and a grocer had given
u dozen eheeses. To prevent another
rush Miller organized guarsi. and all
were satisfied for the time being. ~
large donations of food have been
promised. it is not likely that there
will be u repetition of yesterdays
scramble.
Amoag the most prominent visitors
ut the miners Turtle Greek camp yes
terday were ten. john Little. presl-
dent and Joseph Bishop. secretary of
the Ohio state board of arbitration
They are ready to solicit signature, To
the uniformity agreement aud were
present To get the status of uffairs
amoag the strikers. Gen. Little ex-
pressed some surprise at th. demon
stration- lie said he had often seen
miners on strike in the Buckeye state,
but never had seen them mbled
under such circumstance lie sail he
was pleased with the apparent mani
festations of peace.
| Sheriff Harvey A. Lo'yrey spent the
afternoon in Turtle Creek consulting
with his deputies, Chief Deputy James
Richards was in the district all night.
Sheriff Lowrey said he would not in
terfere with the STRIKERS ia holding
meetings IL they acted orderly. He
|
erty of the New York Il Clevslaat tias
Coal Company, nor will he allow them
to at .disorderly while marching on
the road
L. Is. DE Armitt. manager OF the Oak
Hill nine. said that h. hal been im-
portuned by men for positions in the
mine. lie said he had given Il OF
them places aud they would 20 to
work this morning lie aidsi that
two men had offered To supply him
with 50 good miners To go 10 work
Thursday morning. He WAS receiving
letters in every mail from miners in
various portions of the district asking
for places in the New York Il Clevs-
land mines.
a surprise In store FOR tn. Operators
FAIRHoSr, WA. Aug. There il
i surprise in store for the operators Ut
this region" said Joseph W. Rea last
night inside Of ~ hours there will
be several additions To the men already
out
There Is more in Reas words than
many people think lie has been here
since last Wednesday and has had two
or three meetings each day Not in
tine usual way. but has quietly gone To
some school house or public hall. and
the miners have gathered there rs il
by magic.
Yesterday afternoon ut Monoagah the
meeting was a repetition of the sue
cess at FaIatine Saturday night and
tatawba Saturday afternoon To-day
at Worthington he will make n speech
La the men
Rsa says he is highly elated over the
prospects and thinks West Virginia
wiIl yet come eat Mskon teisgraphcd
from Charleston yesterday that the
ISanavha and New River men had
struck foe 80 cents a ton and n check
weighman- Rsa says he intends TO
call on Special Judge John ". Mason,
who granted the injunction. to-day.
and that he wants to know what the
judge means. lie docs not know
whether the injunction attempts to
keep him from holding meetings in the
public roads or not
There are better signs of a gen
eral Iaying-tiown of pic<s thaa there