The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-15
Attempts Made at Sandy Creek and
Turtle Creek to Renew the Cru-
sade, Despite InJunctions.
CONFERENCE OF LEADERS
VIEWS OF RATCHFORD AND COM.
PERS ON THE SITUATION,
Action Of Courts COndemned-OfFer of
so Cents Rejected by Brazil Miners
Affairs i'm West Virginia.

PITTSBURG, Aug. 1-For the next few
days the eyes of the Industrial world will
| be turned towards Pittsburg The greatest
| anxiety will prevail until Monday when
| the injunction proceedings against the
| marching miners will be finally heard That
| there is much interest in the situation is
| evidenced by the presence here Of q. num-
| Der of the foremost labor leaders in the
| country Michael d. Ratchford, national
| president of the United Mine Workers of
America, Samuel Gompers president of
| the American Federation of Labor, and
James r. Sovereign, general master work.
man of the knights OF Labor, arrived here
this afternoon and will remain a few DAYS.
While they are here they will be kept
busy. They came from West Virginia and
We're brown and enthusiastic.
President Ratchford seemed to be we'll
pleased with the outlook and in an inter-
view said: 1.-The fight is in a better condi
ton to-day than it ever was The men are
solid as a rock, while they are increasing
in numbers and determination. They are
| growing stronger every day, and there are
more organizers among them than there
| have been. We have reached the point
| where we are much curtailing the output
and where we have the courts to fight In
| this connection L wish to say for every
man that is incarcerated, there will be
one hundred friends for the cause We
have not come here to defy the courts
and judges, but discharge a plain duty as
we know and understand it, If it be crime
| to talk to men of the benefits of trades
unionsm and call them together in peace
full assemblage, we are surely ready to
meet the issue. Fully 30 per cent. of the
American people are opposed to depressing
the convictions Of the public and if we
shlrk our duty we would be unworthy of
the trust and confidence reposed in us.
| There was a feeling among some of the
miners both of this State and West Vir-
ginia that their officers would desert them
when injunctins were encountered. You
| can say for me that the officers will stand
by the faith and this great cause until
the last. We have entered into this con-
test to win, and If we fail to do So it will
! be because the miners themselves have not
| taken our advice l do not anticipate this
| however, for l am sanguine of victory If
! the miners conduct themselves as thew
| have in the recent past"
President Samuel Gompers expressed a
! hopeful view of the situation in West Vir-
! ginia. he said there was some coal being
prduced in certain sections, but the supply
was being gradually cut Off He claimed
there was general sympathy for the cause
IN the mountain State and he maintains
that fully 1900 of the 10000 diggers Of that
State have joined the suspension.
BIG MEETING TO-DAY.
A series of meetings TO be addressed bv
the labor leaders will be arranged. Ratch-
ford, Gompers and Sovereign will address
a big meeting at Camp Isolation, Plum
| Creek tomorrow afternoon. 1t is expected
to be one OF the biggest meetings in the
history of the strike 1t is hoped to have
nearly all of the miners employed by the
New York and Cleveland Company at the
meeting and make one grand effort to
rally the faltering ones to the standard of
the strikers.
Despite their leaders orders the campers
at sandy Creek and Turtle Creek attempted
10 march on the mines this morning, but
the deputies were on the alert and both
oodles were forced to break ranks and re-
turn to their camps. There was the same
show of resistance made by the marchers
at Sandy Creek this morning that occurred
at Plum Creek yesterday, but of a milder
degree. The campers began the march at
3 O'Clock, an hour and a half earlier
than usual. This was done to outwit
the deputies, but 1t failed The sher-
IFS men were on guard, and when the
strikers came up the road they were met
by twenty-six deputies and ordered to halt.
The injunction was read to them
| and they were ordered back to camp. They
resisted at first but when the deputies
pressed forward the strikers quickly broke
| ranks and returned to their quarters AS
the result of this, twenty-five diggers went
into the mine.
| AT Turtle Creek the men had just formed
| on the road when the deputies appeared.
| After a short parley the strikers quietly
| withdrew. The output of the mine shows
an increase. Yesterday it was seven cars
| of lump, three of slack and one and a half
of nut.
AT Plum Creek the situation is a victory
for the company SO far as operation of the
mine is concerned. There was no march,
ing, the strikers having decided to obey
| President DOlan's order to discontinue the
marches until after the injunction proceed
| ing next Monday. All was quiet during the
night, and the campers and deputies had
good nights rest. There were 23S men in
the mine to-day a gain of 35. The output
was twenty-seven cars run Of the mine
The sheriff arrived at o'clock this morn
ing with an additional force Of deputies
!
to prevent all marching even of squads of
three or four. The strikers had decided to
so about the pits in groups of from two to
| four men, but this will not be permitted by
| Sheriff Lowry.
SCOUTING TOUR.
This morning Chief Deputy Richards Su-
perintendent De Armitt and two deputies
went to Clarksville on a scouting tour.
| They found several small bodies of men
on the road. They were stopped and after
! the injunction had been read were ordered
to disperse The men invariably obeyed the
orders The object of the trip to Clarks-
| Vile, it is said, was to secure names for the
| purpose of entering proceedings for con-
tempt of court. A score Of names we're OBJ
| tanned, among them being President Dolan.
! Captain Billingham, Paul Trimmer and
| James Bruce.
! by the Bunola Coal Company. the strikers
! continue to march every morning TO the
| pit This morning the deputies arrested
eighteen and brought them TO Pittsburg
! They were placed in jail on a charge OF dis
1 orderly conduct. The injunction case
/ against the Bunola miners was heard he
! fore Judge Collier, of the county court this
| morning and the decision reserved The
| Judge said he wanted 10 do justice to both
side.& and before rendering q decision he