Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-02
WANT FINANCIAL AID.
President Rae Visits Knights of Labor
Headquarters to Secure
A PROMISE OF IMMEDIATE HELP
Quarterly Adjustment of the Homestead
Scale Made Yesterday.
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL ITEMS

The labor leaders OF; Scottdale are greatly
encouraged over the success. of their confer.
ence with the Executive Council of the
Federation of Labor, and the backing they
received from the latter. As stated exclu-
sively in yesterdays DISPATCH, the fight
from now on in the coke regions will be for
eight hours, and the intention is to direct
the entire power of the Federation and
knights of Labor against the operators in
that district.
President Rae has gone to the headquar-
tiers of the X. of l.. for the purpose of solicit
ing financial aid. If he succeeds, it is alto
both organizations will be in the Connells-
vile region instead of other fields The
fight will be one to the death, as defeat
would mean disaster to organized labor in
that region.
No little excitement was created last night
by the announcement of the arrest of sew
eral prominent local labor leaders. The
charges of riot, assault and battery, con-
spiracy, intimidation, etc., were made by
Superintendent j. S. Schoonmaker, of the
Frick Company. Deputy Sheriff Skyles, of
Fayette county, made the arrests, among the
men taken being Chairman James Keegan,
of the Mine Workers Wage Committee;
George Eyer; James Crow, a member of the
Miners Executive Board; Godfrey Pagan,
a German leader and William McEnerny
and William Kerfoot, both active members
of the strikers committee.
Gave Bonds for Tn cir Appearance.
They all gave bonds before Justice Hickey
for hearing at Uniontown April 10.
Twenty.eight other strikers were also ar
rested by the same officers on similar charges.
With couple of exceptions they furnished the
required bond. The injunction papers to pre-
vent the workmen from interfering with the
men at the FrIck works are being served.
Messrs Wise, ,Kerfoor, Penna, Keegan and about
30 other strikers and leaders are named in the
bill land most of them have been served with the
order. The hearing will take place at Union
town next Saturday.
. A tremendous mass meeting was held yester.
day afternoon at Dawson. Strikers gathered
there from miles around, and there was q great
number OF citizens present. Addresses were
made by the leaders. At the same time an
other large mass meeting was being held at
Dunbar. This latter meeting was addressed
by Master Workman Wise and Messrs. Dies
man and Corrigan Wise said laughingly to
the crowd: "The Uniontown Jail IS not large
enough to hold US ALL" He used this express
sion in referring to the legal action taken by
the Operators.
More workmen Ordered Out
While at Dunbar. Wise ordered the employees
of the Hill Farm and Parish mines out on
strike. There were about 200 mon employed at
these plants Several weeks ago the firm was
granted the privilege of resumIng at the old
rate of wages, but yesterday they posted up a
COPY of the new Frick sliding scale with The
notice attached that they would henceforth
operate their works under the conditions
therein mentioned. The miners who had
gone back under these false .pretensIons
at once held a meeting, and rejected theI :.
proposition. 1t IS stated at labor headquarters
that the men will be out on strike solidly this
morning
Late reports last night were to the effect that
operations have been partially resumed at the
Whitney plant of the Hostetter Company. A
number of Italians-about ten-have gone to
work under the sliding scale. At the office of
ing on briskly at the Leith, Morewood Ade-
laide, Mutual, Jimtown and Lelsenring Nos
and g. They state that no work is being done
at the Trotter. Superintendent Brennan of
the Mcclure Company, says there was a fair
run at the Coalbrook plant to-day. This plant
is heavily guarded.
Another Injunction Issued.
Representatives of the southwest Coal and
Coke Company at Norwood came to Green's
burg yesterday and petitiened the court for
preliminary Injunction against 80 OF the More
wood rioters. The bill sets forth among other
things that these persons are believed to be the
leaders of the crowds and advisers and pro-
moters of the proceedings that took place at
their works last Monday. They also swear that
many persons came from distance and
figured in the riots. Judge Doty this afternoon
granted the preliminary injunction restraining
them from entering on the property of the
said coke company and from assembling upon
the property, or committing any acts of vio-
lence against the employees or officers of the
company. The papers were given into the
hands of Sheriff Clawson, and they will be
served in the morning.
Superintendent Ramsey, of Morewood, went
to Greensburg this afternoon and made infor
nation against 25 of the rioters there.
Captain Loar, of Company E, Tenth Regi-
menr, was burned in efigy again yesterday
morning, and the citizens passed resolutions
condamning the action of the Captain.