The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04

PITTSBURG, Aug. 3.-The strikers
still continue to gain accessions to
their number from the New York g.
5 Cleveland company's men. Sandy
creek and Turtle creek mines are COM
pletely idle, and the Plum creek men
are slowly but surely coming into line
with the men encamped In the vicin-
ity. Today nearly half of the diggers
at this stronghold of the company fail
ed to go to work, and a number of
those who did go into the pit have
promised to quit as soon as they clean
up the coal now lying in their rooms.
At Camp Determine ton it was report
ed that every one of the miners of the
New York & Cleveland Gas Coal COM
pany who had gone to work was in
sympathy with the movement, and
only their signatures to contract pre-
vented them from staying out. The
miners are satisfied with the progress
they have made. They claimed that
the offending mines were nearer to
suspension today than they have been
since the strike was inaugurated and
are jubilant over the work they have
done.
watchword of the strikers. They real
ize that they have the sympathy Of the
public, and, if they lose it, their cause
will get black eye. AT the headquar-
ters of the miners officials in this city
there were many callers during the
day. Proffers of aid were numerous,
and the majority did not wish the pub
lie to know of their sympathy. The
miners officials have retained w. j..
Brennan to defend them at the hear
ing before Justice Semmens at Turtle
creek tomorrow afternoon. They are
charged with riot and unlawful assem-
blage. 1t is said there will be some
fine points of law discussed. Attorney
the prosecutors.
Good weather has been a great card
for the campers. Just where most
of them would find shelter in case of
a rain is problem. So long as dry
weather lasts the men can stand the
exposure at night but were a wet spell
many Of the men to desert the fields
Of operation. The roads now are dry
and, while dusty, are nevertheless in
fairly good condition for the sturdy
pedestrians that tramp over them. In
clement weather would soon place them
in the muddiest kind of condition and
should this come, the men could not
stand the extra hardship.
There are close upon 1000 strikers
in camp at Turtle creek; $50 at Plum
creek and 800 at Sandy creek. If this
number is not sufficient 10 deter the
Dearmitt miners from gong to work
all these camps will be largely in
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Arrangements are being made FOR the
big meeting on the wharf Thursday
night. 1t promises to be the greatest
demonstration of the kind ever held in
this city. e. V. Debs and Mrs. Mary
Jones will be the stellar attractions
among the speakers.
The announcement today that Sheriff
LoWrie was in communication with
the governor and that there was a
possibility that the state troops would
be ordered out, had no effect in Camp
Determination. The strikers all say
there has been no occasion nor reason
for discussing the coming of the troops
Sheriff Lowrie's interview, aside from
giving the information that he has
communicated with the government.
gives no indication that he feels the
troops are necessary at this time. In
this connection, it was reported today
that a military attache has been at
work through the strike territory, pre-
pairing maps that will insure quick
mobilization of troops at any given
point in case of trouble. The same plan
was carried out at Homestead, the
state authorities having had an en-
gineer in that town some weeks before
the troops arrived.
The arrival of Brig. Gen. John A.
Wiley, of the Second brigade N. G. p,
in the city and his conference with
lccal officers of the guard, gave rise
to the story today that he was here