The San Francisco call., 1897-07-30
Men Who Continue to
Work Terrified by
Their Visits.
Deputies Fire a Volley Over
the Heads of Mem berS of
One Delegation.
Debs Addresses a Meeting and
Worse Than Slaves.

PITTSBURG, Pa, July 29.-AIthough
about 800 strikers gathered in the neigh
borhood OF De Armitt's mine this morn
ing, there was no violence. For few
minutes it looked as if there might be
fight, but De Armitt's miners preferred to
submit to robbery rather than resist, and
escaped injury.
The strikers marched across the coun-
try, beginning about midnight, to the Nc
Crea schoo! house, where meeting was
held later in the day. Delegations were
sent to Plum Creek, Sandy Greek and
Turtle Creek mines and prepared to re-
ceive the miners as they would start to
work. The authorities forbade one dele
cation to march through the streets OF
Turtle Creek, so the strikers stationed
themselves on the township road. The
steam whistle at the mine tried to drown
the notes of the band, and the company
carried some OF the miners to the coal pit
ov er its private railroad.
The Sandy Greek delegation of strikers
listened to the reading of the injunction
and made no attempt to go on the COM
pany property. The strikers were partly
successful here, as more than 100 of the
Sandy Creek miners later attended the
meeting
The Plum Creek contingent of strikers
missed its way at first and travelled nine
unnecessary miles. When they arrived at
the mines deputies fred volley over their
heads as a warning, and the strikers
drum corps responded with lively tattoo
on the instruments.
The strikers overlook miners going to
work, but were unsuccessful in inducing
them to stay out of the mines. They
robbed the men of their dinner buckets.
The workmen were so terrified that they
submitted meekly and then ran into the
mines.
The meeting at the McRea schoolhouse
began at II A. NJ. Addresses were made
by Eugene V. Debs, M. P Carr of the
Painters and Decorators Union, Dolan
and Warner, the miners local officials.
All blamed De Armitt for being the cause
of the strike.
az am not here" said Debs, ito incite
your passions but | appeal to your rea-
son. You are in the midst of the greatest
contest the world has ever known. Vie
tory depends upon yourselves. To win
you must remain absolutely sober until
this contest is ended. Whisky will make
you do just what your enemies want you
to do. | want to say a few words to the
men here who have not gone on a strike.
Ii you cause these men to lose the strike
you and the men will have wages reduced.
The miner is human owl and has TO
work like a machine. Now he has to live
IN a hoveI which a respectable coyote
would not own.
Forty years ago a slave was worth
from $500 to $4,000. What personal value
do you possess? You are worse off than a
slave. The true owner of slave made
him work for nothing, but had an interest
in keeping him in working condition.
When you are tired your master throws
you away and hires another slave. Poll
tcians tell you you are sovereign citizens.
Instead you are slaves. Railroads would
rather kill brakemeD than hogs; they
have to pay for hog"
Later separate meeting of the Sandy
Creek miners was held, and resolutions
were adopted agreeing to strike. The
miners off ,ials claim that three fourths
of the Turtle Creek miners also attended
a separate meeting
Debs left to- night for Terre Haute. Ind.
Other agi,ators went to Turtle Creek to
hold a meeting.
At the Turtle Creek meeting resolutions
were adopted pedging the Turtle Creek
miners to strike.