The Saint Paul globe., 1897-08-19
Marching Will Be Con-
tinued in Spite of the
Order of the Court

was operators day, and from present
appearances they have made a most
effective move and have nearly, If not
striking coal miners. The courts de-
cree today in making permanent the
preliminary injunction restraining the
strikers from camping, marching or in
any manner interfering with the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal company's
mines, has had the effect of almost de-
pleting the camps about those mines
and apparently a general demoral1-
zation among the campers exists.
In order to follow up their advan-
tage, the operators held a largely at
tended meeting tonight at the Monon-
gahela house and arranged for the
starting of their mines with or with
out force If force seems to be un-
avoidable. i is the intention to start
a certain few mines at once under the
protection of deputies, and whatever
expense may result will be shared pro-
rata by the mine owners. This scheme
was adopted to break the national
strike in 1884. The operators then
agreed to bear the expenses and two
mines were put in operation and the
men were guarded by deputies. The
mines selected were the Manowan, Of
the Youghiogheny Gas Coal company
and the Durr mine, Of Osborne Sac
ger & Co. At the former mine eighteen
railroad cars were loaded the first day.
1t was expensive coal, but when the
bills were settled no operator could be
found to tell what that coal cost.
Various estimates were given, and it
was conceded by some that it did not
cost a cent less than S. a ton. But it
had the desired effect.
President Dolan. of the miners or
ganization, does not believe the move
ment will be a success. Operators
now talk about their inability to pay
the advance on account of having
taken contracts at the 54-cent rate
said he. when they made those con-
tracts they were fairly warned that a
higher rate would be demanded. So
that there could be no possibility of a
misunderstanding, we issued a public
notice and had it printed in the daily
papers. They were told plainly not to
make contracts based on a 54-cent
mining rate
Camp Determination, at Turtle
Creek, was reduced in numbers todav
from 200 to So These men, who were
told to go home, gathered in an angry
crowd and denounced the officials bit
terly. Some of the men threatened to
return to their respective homes and
go to work in their mines. They said
the strike was fzzle
President Dolan said tonight that his
I[ men would continue to march and if
the sheriff arrested them other men
would continue to march and if the
sheriff arrested them other men would
take their places at once. The small
showing OF the men at the camps has
apparently encouraged the De Armitts
and it is expected they will make the
attempt to start their mines in full
at once.
All the men remaining at Camp De-
termination will conform more closely
to military law from this time In
the morning the men are to march
Ihey Will form in squads of twos and
threes instead of solid body. Women
Will be more than ever factor in the
proceedings. They will circulate among
the men going to work and doing
What missionary work they can. The
men discharged from camp who are
sui lingering about asserted that they
were ready to come back and ioin
When they are wanted.
IL was announced today that the
solicitors had received the signatures
OF about sixty per cent of the oper
ators to the uniformity agreement and
1t was expected before the close of the
week to secure almost the required
number of them
When the court opened this mornin p
Judges Stowe and Collier handed down
a decision in the injunction proceed
lnSS or the New York & Cleveland Gas
Coal company against the United Mine
Workers of America, Patrick Dolan
william Warner and others The nre.
lmlnary injunction was made perma-
nent, and the plaintiff was ordered TO
lie bond of $4,000 to answer for s11cr
damage as might be sustained bv the
defendants by reason of the iniunc-
ton.
Immediately after the filing of the de-
cree and upon motion of Mr.. Thomas
paterson, the court ordered a similar
decree issued in the case of the BunoIa
miners IN which the injunction was
applied for by Rufus c. Crawford
The indications are that the co,,,,
about De Armitt's mines will be abane
ooned, and there will be no more
marching. Uriah Bellingham reached
rum creek about noon, and. calling
the men together, told them of the de-
cIslon Of the court. He told them
there would be no further use in re-
naming in camp. as no moro fooa
would be furnished u
You had better go home to vo,,r
families he said, land find VOL,
where you can"
There was considerable murnurirg
among the men, but shortly after.
ABOUT $50 started for their homes and
others soon followed. Be1lingham. KeI-
ly and Tomlinson who were in cbar~e
at Plum creek, then took the train for
Pittsburg, abandoning the camp and
demonstration against De Armitt,s
mines. The mine managers exneot
that all the men will be at work to-
morrow.
The miners did not march this morn
ing, as they had planned to do. II
was their purpose to start for the
mines, headed by a brass band and
march till the sheriff stopped them
They did not anticipate, however. that
the sheriff had his men so close to their
camps. At Turtle creek, the men
formed in line. and when they were
ready to start, they beheld the forms
of the deputies just outside their camp
The march was at once abandoned
and small parties, numbering from two
to six each, started to patrol the woods
in the vicinity of the mine, and report
the number of men going to work.
They were instructed to keep moving.