People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1895 — MUST BE GREAT DISTRESS. [ARTICLE]

MUST BE GREAT DISTRESS.

situation Among Mtuem at lilipeiulng Mich., Becoming I>o»|>erate. Ishpeming, Mich., Aug. 28.—Between 500 and 1.000 miners have left Ishpeming and Negaunee since the beginning of the big strike. Those who first went to other iron ranges of Lake Superior districts secured work, but later arrivals cannot get jobß and the men think the blacklist is being used. It is probable that mining companies elsewhere think li inexpedient to employ men from here until the strike is settled. Merchants are selling goods only for cash this week and the prevailing destitution must increase frightfully with a few more weeks of idleness. There is a great difference of opinion in the ranks of the union, many men wishing to go back to work on almost any terms, but those who advise ending the strike are Jeered and reviled and a show of hands gives the preponderance to those who wish to remain out. The laborers and trimmers are almost unanimous in favor of going back, but skilled miners, principally Cornishmen, hold the key to the situation and they vote to continue the strike