The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
iTAscA COUNTY OFFICIAL ANTIc-
lPATEs TROUBLE AND ORDERS
MEN UNDER ARMS.
STRIVING FOR SETTLEMENT
CHIEF STUMBLING BLOCK Is THE
ORE HANDLERS STRIKE -
QUIET ON RANGE.

DuluIn, MILL, july QUA 6pD
message last evening to the News
Tribune from Bovey, Mimi, says that
Sheriff Hoolihan of Itasca county, who
is at Nashwauk, has SEN a telegram
to his deputy at Bovey. telling the lat.
ter to get the deputies under arms
ment's notice.
A mass meeting Of the representa-.
tive citizens, those sympathizing with
the United States Steel corporation in
t~erests, was held at Bovey yesterday
morning, with the result that about
$50 men under arms are reported to be
camped about the city hall, prepared
to entrain in ten minutes time.
Strong Union Camp.
There are about q hundred men un-
der arms at the Holman location,
which will be picked up en- route to
Nashwauk. The mines at Nashwauk
have not been closed at all. 1t is said
to be the strongest camp of the West
ern Federation. as there is less sym.
pathy there for the United States
Steel interest than at any other place
or the range. 1t is doubted here In
Duluth hat the situation is so serious
as the instructions of Sheriff Hooli-
han to his deputies would indicate.
Mayor Is Hopeful.
Mayor Cullom said last night that
he was very hopeful of being able to
announce by to-day noon, il not before.
that the objections to a complete un-
~derstanding would have been removed
Unless the ore handlers strike is set.
tied, it is the opinion of those familiar
with the conditions on the range, IT is
useless to try to open the mines, as
there would be no way of disposing OF
the output.
The chief stumbling block in the
way of settlement of the ore handlers
strike on the docks here and at the
Allouez docks at Superior and Two
Harbors is the question of the recog
milton of the union.
Everything Is Quiet.
The men are said to be wholly salts.
fed with their pay-that is, they will
waive the demand for the increase
asked. 1t is freely stated that the
railway will lot grant this recogni
ton. No word has come, from the
range towns as to the situation there
but it is said to be a sure thing that
everything is quiet.
Order Arrest of Leaders.
Hibbing, Mimi, July %. - Fearins
that the present quiet is only the calm
hnfprn thn Stnrn1 a Warrant uyoc
terday sworn out for the arrest of Teo
flo Petriella, the little Italian who is
engineering the present gigantic strike
of the iron ore miners on the ranges
north of here. The citizens believe II
he were thrown into Jail on some
minor charge it would have the effect
of breaking up the strike. Petriella
left here yesterday morning for Eve
leth. and the officers have not succeed
ed in locating him.
Pinkertons on the Way.
There is a good deal of suppressed
excitement over the report that l0t
Pinkerton detectives were on their
way to protect the big Steel corpora
ton mines at Eveleth when an effort
is made to open them Monday. The
miners look upon the Pinkertons as
their deadliest enemies. Despite the
protect n offered here by deputies
armed 18th rifles and r~evolvers nc
men are H. urning to work, indicating
that the ranks of the strikers are still
solid. Although many of the idle mer
are seen upon the streets they do no.
gather in the saloons, and not the
least remarkable thing in ,~ccnnectior
with the general suspension OF Worf
is the good order which the leaders
have so far preserved,
Developments Expected.
That interesting developments are
expected shortly is shown by h fac
that Sheriff Bates of st. Louis county
| arrived here on the afternoon train
| and at once held a hasty consultation
with Mayor Weirick. The sheriff
claims he can land $50 deputies from
| Duluth here in four hours time.