The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-09-04
STRIKERS GROWING
LESS PEACEABLE
Idleness and Disappointment Are
Causing Them to Become
Somewhat Ugly.
THE SITUATION is PRoBLEmATlcAL
Camps at De Armitt's Mines Have
Been Maintained for -Four
Weeks without Defn-
lite Results.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 31.-The camps at
Turtle and Plum creeks have been MAIN
tanned for about four weeks, and the Sit
uation today is u little different from
that during the first few days of march
ing. The New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal company is mining coal, but not
nearly to the capacity of the mines. The
men still at work seem satisfied with the
conditions under which they are em-
ployed II doSgedly stick to THEN picks.
On The other hand h strikers in the
camps seem as determined as ever.
They are waiting until the result of
the hearing in the cases of the men ar
rested for violating the injunction show
what curse the courts Will take. In
case the men are released the morning
marches to the mines will be resunle
and then De Armitt will have a hard
time in holding his men at work. If the
courts hold the defendants in contempt
the result will be doubtful. The stay in
camp without making demonstrations
can do but little good and some OF the
strikers say that they will march III
spite of courts and deputies.
The peaceful spirit which has made
the strike the most remarkable on rec
ord is being slowly Worn away by the
~vexation and disappointments which
have been showered upon the strikers.
The continued want of success in clos
Ing the three mines has overthrow the
feeling of certainty that peaceful means
and public sympathy would win their
case, and under the surface an ugly
feeling Is growing. The influence of the
leaders seems as strong today as ever.
and, while it holds, there will be no Vio-
lence on the part of the striking miners.
Cameron Miller, district organizer of
the United Mine Workers, returned to
Pittsburg today n announced that he
had succeeded in practically closing all
the mines in Mercer and Butler coun-
ties.
1t appears probable that about the
only representative of Pittsburg organ
lied labor who will go to the st. Louis
convention is President Dolan. Who will
represent both the miners and the Unit
ed Labor league. Other labor leaders
whose presence would be acceptable are
pleading that important engagements
interfere.
Hereafter the deputies will not inter-
fere with the strikers il they march aft
er 6 O'Clock in the morning and keep off
the property of the coal company, but
all marcherS will be stopped before that
hour.
The first mines in the Pittsburg dis
trict to be started in the attempt to
break the big coal strike will be those of
the Pittsburg and Chicago Gas Coal
company, on the Wheeling division Of
the Baltimore and Ohio. All the arrange
nlents have beer completed for putting
the mines in OF, ration, but the company
prefers to la the old men return and
for that reason las decided to defer ac-
ton for ten days. A sufficient number
of men has already been engaged, but
there are no accommodations for them
at present. The company has houses
and during the day all the tenants We're
served with legal notice to vacate with
in ten days. The company has leased
all the available property in the vicin.
ity, to prevent the strikers camping
about the mines, and President Van
Eman says the men who go to work will
be given ample protection.