Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Daily Public Ledger Maysville, KY September 2, 1895 ALARMING Is the Situation at Ishpeming and Negaunee, Mich. Mine Owners Will Attempt to Put New Men in Place of Strikers Several Companies of Militia Are Present, and Others Have Been Ordered to the Scene - The Strikers in Ugly Mood and Bloodshed is Expected. ISHPEMING, Mich., Sept. 3 - Excitement and forebodings for the morrow expressed the feeling of the citizens of this mining town and the neighboring one of Negaunee Sunday night. A hundred and a half of state soldiers are encamped in the vicinity of the Lake Angeline mine, where the steam shovels are to be operated by men who have been brought from Chicago to take the places of the strikers. The mining companies are determined to begin the movement of their ore after a month's idleness and Gov. RICH has dispatched six companies of the Fifth regiment of infantry to the scene for the purpose of affording all the protection which the sheriff and the owners of the great mines may need to keep the peace and resume business. The thousand odd strikers, skilled miners, laborers, trimmers and steam shovel men, who have been reduced to desperate straits by their idleness and the prospect of seeing other men fill their places, threaten to prevent the operation of the shovels and the situation is alarming. Col. LYON, of the Fifth regiment, arrived here Sunday afternoon with two companies of his regiment from Houghton and at once put his men in camp under strict discipline, expecting serious work for them Monday. At a later hour a special train arrived from Ironwood, bearing another com- pany of the Fifth regiment. From Marquette, Big Rapids and Ludington will come early Monday one company each of the Fifth, making three hundred well armed and officered militia- men with orders to protect life and property at all hazards. The strikers have been in an ugly mood all day and the arrival of the troops has added to their excitement. They gathered around the ore pit and on the streets when they heard of the arrival of three hundred men from Chicago to do the work which they refused to do until their demands were satisfied. They talked threateningly of what they would do if they got at the new men, who had been taken in charge by agents of the Lake Angeline Co. on their arrival Sunday, and housed and fed under protection of private guards. The company is determined to put these men to work early Monday to move the big stock of ore to the lake. The mines of the Lake Angeline, Lake Superior and Cleveland Cliffs companies here have been flooded by the withdrawal of the pumps on account of the strike, and the Buffalo and Jackson mines at Negaunee have been treated in a similar manner, so that no attempt will be made to put new miners to work. The stocks of iron ore on hand will last a long time. Three thousand men were originally locked out when a raise in wages was refused, but the number of strikers has dwindled down to 1,000, the remainder having gone to other mines and obtained work. Capt. WALTERS, of the Lake Angeline, says he does not ex- pect serious trouble, but he is determined to follow the order of the company's officials to move the ore. Crowds were on the street at a late hour discussing the situation and the prospects of a conflict between the strikers and militiamen. The merchants, who were at first in sympathy with the strikers, are now against them for their stubborn- ness, and have refused to extend credit for provisions, which has resulted in much privation already among the families of strikers. The business men fear the looting of their stores, and armed watchmen patrol the streets and guard the interests of business houses. Lansing, Mich., Sept. 2. - Gov. RICH was in telegraphic communication with Col. LYON, of the Fifth regiment, at Ishpeming, Sunday night, and was fully advised of the situ- ation. The governor will order out the entire state militia should trouble occur Monday. The attempt to operate the steam shovels with imparted labor will be made at 7 o'clock. ==========================================================================