The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-09

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mittee appointed by him to investigate
the situation. The committee, on
sisting of T.. D.. O'Brien, Harvey Grim
mer and c. H. Day, spent a day on the
ranges and obtained the views of the
strikers and disinterested citizens on
the situation. The general feeling
seemed to be that the strike would be
a peaceful one, despite he fact that
Petriella, the strike leader, had in
structed the strikers to use violence
if necessary to prevent interruption of
their meetings.
This Week Will See End of Strike.
Duluth, Aug. 6. - A News-Tribune
special from Hibbing says:
The third week of the strike on
the Mesaba range, which was engi-
neered by the Western Federation of
Miners, probably will see the last
of the conflict. 1t is believed by those
who have been constantly in touch
with the situation that the next seven
days will witness the elimination of
the struggle. The crisis is past, and
no further trouble of a serious nature
is expected unless something unfore-
see occurs"
The Western Federation of Miners
has not given up the fight, and the
statements in the foregoing must not
be construed as indicating that it will
abandon the purposes which gave
birth to the strike.
Miners Not D~isheartened.
On the contrary, the leaders are n
tering into the third week Of the labor
difficulty with renewed vigor.
The federation on the range is now
led by the national secretary, C. E.
Mahoney. He has prepared several
thousand circulars which will be given
to every miner, urging them to con-
tinue the conflict with the Steel cor
poration. He advances the claim that
the federation Is gathering new re-
cruits every day. The federation is
preparing for a big labor conflict two
years hence, following the presidential
election.
About 1000 miners, it is expected,
Quiet Now Prevails.
Within a few days all Of the open
pits of the Steel corporation will be
shipping so per cent of the ore mined
by that corporation on the Mesaba
range. The Independents are working
all of their open pits.
In the Eveleth-Sparta Virginia dis
trict the miners will resume work in
the underground mines. The situation
on the Mesaba range east of Chisholm
is more satisfactory than in the Hib
bling and Chisholm districts, and near
ly all of the local deputies have been
discharged from further service. In
order to maintain the peaceful status
tina prevails at the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
district, deputies imported by the
United States Steel corporation, under
Sheriff Bates, will remain on duty.
Strikers Are Landed in Jail.
Duluth, Mimi, Aug. 7. - Twenty
three strikers were arrested at Hib-
bling last night, charged with threat
ening to blow up an Austrian boarding
house. There was a clash between the
deputies and the men, but all were
landed in Jail.
Two strikers were placed under ar
rest at Eveleth also, charged with in
timidation and were lodged in Jail
pending their preliminary hearing,
which was set for II a. m. Tuesday.
Approve Proclamation.
Printed proclamations have been
distributed among the strikers at Eve
leth by the Eastern Federation of Min
ers, approving the proclamation Of
Gov. Johnson, and commanding obe-
dience to it's mandates.
The printed slips are addressed in
bold type to the "%strikers,'' and the
proclamation Is prefaced by the an
~nouncement: His excellency, the
governor of the State of Minnesota,
has issued the following proclamation,
which henceforth shall govern our &C.
tons, as we expect it will rule the
actions of our opponents in the indus
trial field"
Citizens Patrol Streets.
Alarmed by the reports that the
strikers would take advantage of the
fact that the special deputies had been
released, Chief Of Police Kent spent
several hours yesterday delivering per-
sonal summons to each of the 125 citi-
zens who had been previously depu-
tized for. guard duty. The result was
that when the people of Eveleth awoke
yesterday morning they found the
streets heavily patrolled, and on all of
the roads leading to the mines there
were lines Of deputies armed with
guns, just as they had been during the
troublous times Of last week.