New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-18
Operators Asked That Miners
Should Stop Work, Says
I. ]. President Dolan. III
Il e. Was the Only Way,in Which
Some Gould Be Brought
To Time.
! Testimony Of De Arnitt and 9th
ers Pittsburg Labor Leaders !,
in Conference.

i IN conference.
PlTTsBURG, Aug. 1.-THE hearing il
the equity case Of the New York an(
/ Cleveland Gas Coal company agains
the United Mine Workers Of America
was called at 10 O'Clock in common
pleas No. before Judges Stowe anG
! Collier. The courtroom was crowded
an hour before court opened. The
plaintiffs We're represented by Attorneys
Schoyer, Kaufman & Hall, while A. J,
Brennan appeared for the defendants
The affidavit in the preliminary in.
junction was made by William P. De
Armltt, president of the New York and
cleveland Gas Coal company, and set
forth that plaintiffs employees were I'M
DER contract; that terms were mutually
satisfactory, and that both parties were
ready and willing to fulfil their re-
spective duties under it. By en-
camping and other methods the
strikers prevented many Of the
men from carrying out their part Of the
agreement. It also recited the COM
pany's contracts to supply coal in points
~ the United States, in Pennsylvania
and abroad, to supply the Pittsburg
pumping station with coal, which de-.
mands daily supply in order to keep
up the service of water in the city Of
Pittsburg. The officers of the United
Mine Workers of America were named
IN the bill, and the PURPOSES Of organ
izations are set forth S,gether with a
history of the strike.
" WhenNcourt opened MI. Schoyer, on.
behalf Of the plaintiff company, have
fled a motion to make the preliminary
injunction permanent, aud Mr. Bren-
nan made a. counter motion to dissolve
it. - -
; Judge Stowe decided both motions
out Of order, and President De Armitt
was called to the stand. His testimony
did not materially differ from the af-
fadavits filed when\the preliminary in
functions were secured. y
- Feared Personal Injury.
Superintendent Thomas De Armitt,
the next witness, described the marches
Of the strikers and their camps, and
said that 200 OF 800 of their men had
told him they were fearful of personal
injury or destruction of their property
IT they went to work.
Superintendent Fisher Of the Sandy
Creek mine testified that he had been
notified to stay in the house or he
would be ''done up," and that he had
been shot at. The witness refused to
give the name of his informant, and
Judge Stowe said that anything that
would tend to show that life or property
was endangered was competent They
were here, he said, to find ont if the
conduct of the strikers was such as to
cause the injunction to be continued
~ President Dollars Testimony.
President Dolan was next called for
cross-examination, and during his, testi-
mony he said that the strike was made
at the request of several operators.
Among the number were James Shields,
Captain J. j. Steytler and Captain
Blythe. These operators, he said, had
told him that De Armitt was running
the trade, and the only thing that
would save them from the sheriff and
the miners from starvation was strike.
No one had told him to get De Armitt's
men out, bet it was hoped to make the
strike general.
Suits for Back Pay.
The threatened suits against the New
York and Cleveland company for re-
tanning thewages Of their striking min
ers have been commenced. It is an.
ticipated that about $50 suits will re-
suit Each will be for salaries ranging
from $15 to $40, which represents two
weeks pay. Three suits were entered
before Alderman Toole. The hearings
were fixed for next Saturday and the
outcome will be watched with great in
terest. 4 l:s|s...
LABOR LEADERS CONFER.