The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-13
STRIKERS BNJ0lNED.
And They Unanimously Resolve to
Defy the Injunction.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS EXPECTED
The Strikers Declare They VIII Con-
tinue Their Marching and Camping
Until the JaiIs Are Overcrowded.
VIII Not Resist Arrest.

Until the JRlIS Are oNefcroWueu'
VIII Not Resist Arrest.
Pittsburg, Aug. IS. - Sweeping and
far reaching injunctions now figure In
the coal. miners strike in the Pitts
burg district The, developments Of
yesterday tend to make the situation
a strange one, and it appears that the
, crisis is now at hand"
The strikers have demonstrated that
their assemblages marches and mis-
sonary worl, have materially affected
the output of the New York and CleVe-
land Gas Coal company, while at the
same time public sympathy has been
enlisted in their cause. The sheriff's
proclamation, issued two weeks ago,
restraining the men from assembling
and marching has been a dead letter.
and the marches have been continued
daily. No disturbances of any kind has
occurred, the officials of the miners
contriving through the whole time to
keep their men within peaceful bounds
The preliminary injunction issued
yesterday by judges Collier and Stowe
now brings the matter to the county
courts for settlement. The case will be
heard on Monday morning. and the de-
cision Is looked forward to with much
interest. The miners and their officials
claim that they are keeping within the
law, and have the right to assemble
in peace and demonstrate to the world
that they are being wronged by a rate
of wages that keep them constantly al
the point of starvation, also that they
have a right to use their presence ana
influence among men who are militat-
ing against their interests by contln-
uing at work.
The New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal company, on the other hand, as
sert that the marches and assemolases
are unlawful and a menance to then
employees, many Of whom, they say,
are willing to work provided the strik-
ers remain away Looking at the mat
fer from this standpoint, the company
made its radical move yesterday in the
courts to bring about condition under
which the company can operate lts
mines.
The defendants named in the In
junction are the United Mine Workers
of America, Patrick Dolan president;
Edward Mckay, vice president; Will
lam Warner, secretary and treasurer,
and others. The plaintiff company sets
forth that it Is a corporation under the
laws of Pennsylvania with capital OF
81 ,O00, 900 invested In coal lands OIL fenh-
sylyania, Three Of their mines, EN-
poying 1900 men, are at Plum Creek
Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek. The
bill then recites the conditions pre-
yalling at their mines since the strike
began, and alleges that the strikers
have paid no attention to the sherif's
proclamation, and that the HVes OF
miners and the property of the COM
pany are in danger
The injunction granted by Judge
Collier restrains disorder and enJslns
the defendants from assembling, march
ing or encamping in proximity to the
mines and houses of the miners for the
purpose, by intimidation, menaces,
threats and opprobious words, of pre-
venting the miners of the plaintiff from
working. 1t further restrains the de-
PENDANTS from inducing or compelling
any empioye or miner to quit work.
The injunction is regarded as the most
sweeping issued.
President Dolan expressed surprise
when informed that it had been grant
ed, and added:
ut will make no difference to us. We
will not break camp, and will so right
along as usual until the matter is
tested in the courts. We will stay there
regardless of every Judge in Allegheny
county, and il they try to enforce the
Injunction they will have to build mora
jails to accommodate the men,"
When the news of the injunction
granted by the county courts, practi-
cally breaking up the camp, reached
Turtle Creek the widest excitement
ensued. The strikers were emphatic
in their protests against the action. A
conference of the camp leaders was at
once called for and plans were dis
cussed for some means Of holding the
ground gained against the New York
and Cleveland Gas Coal companv's
men.
Last evening the strikers at Plum
Creek held a meeting and voted unani-
mously to hold the fort, but not to re-
sist arrest. The resolutions say that II
one man is arrested they will have to
arrest ALL
If the strikers continue their marches,
as they now say they will, in defiance
of the injunction, capias will be issued
for the offenders on the charge Of
contempt of court. Should the injunc-
ton be enforced the strikers camps
around the DeArmitt mines will soon
be extinct. The strikers. though ex-
cited over the turn of events. are in
no wise disheartened.
Developments at Canonsburg are be-
ing watched closely. The avowed in
tention Of the strikers to march de-
spite Judge McIlraine's injunction is
expected to result in bloodshed or the
filling of the county prisons with the
arrested miners.
1t Is said that when the deputies start
to enforce the injunction they Will be
compelled to arrest every man for con-
tempt, and that as fast as the men are
placed in jail others will be brought
into camp to take their places, and
thus the deputies will be kept busy
making arrests until the jails are over
crowded.
The strikers claim that this move
ment of the company is only another
plan for getting the militia on the
ground. When they find that the min.
ers will not obey the injunction. and
the jails become crowded, 1t is ex-
pected that the sheriff will adjudge that
his deputies are not sufficient to cope
with the situation, and he will be con-
strained to call out the militia. This
is the view of the situation taken by
the leaders of the strikers now in tho
camps.