The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-18

strikers. The preparations for the event
have been carried on secretly, but the story
was given out tonight by one of the prime
movers. He says the class of men who will
compose the parades have no fear of in
! tereference and wiz not disband at the
command of few deputies.
About six hundred strikers from Thomas
run, accom- panied by about 150 women and
| children, murched to Camp Victory, near
| Cannonsburg, to-day. They will remain at
the camp until Saturday, when a meeting
will be held. Several of the officials will
be present and address the meeting. About
five hundred more men and women are eX-
pected to arrive at the camp by Saturday.
| The forenoon at the camp was spent in
singing and dancing by some, while others
prepared dinner. In the afternoon a line
was formed, headed by the band and led
by the women, and march made to the
mine of Cook & Sons where operations are
still being carried on, although but, few
men are at work. About thirty of these
miners joined the strikers.
SUITS AND COUNTERSUITS.
Suits and countersuits promise to be one
of the most prominent features of the coal
miners strike While the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal Company has been
prosecuting it's injunction case the miners
have been gathering material on which to
bring suits not alone for wages, but for
trespass President Dolan said this evening
that as soon as time afforded the miners
officials will bring action against the Of
fcers of the New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal Company. The question of the right
of the strikers to visit employees of the
company at their homes and plead with
them and the right of dep tiles to interfere
with a man when he is walking on hign-
way toward a residence, even though ne is
compelled to walk on the property CT Ine
company will be looked into. While speak
ing on the subject President DOlan SAID:
In this battle it must be remembered Indl
the laws have also been enacted LOT our our
Justice vet it may take little time 10 90
it. l can say. no matter how the case Is
decided, whether we win the battie or rose
it, none Of our men will go before the courts
of Allegheny county to answer & criminal
charge as a result Of the strike IL IL can at
all be prevented. ~
poses been declared in Plum, Patton ana
Wilkinson townships by Sherin Lowry. me me
three mines of the New York ana CleVTIi;.llu
Gas Coal Company are in these townships,
and all roads leading to them Will pc pa "a
troled by his deputies; Fersons irIa
satisfactory account of himself or herSell
will be ordered to leave the neighporh090d,
and upon refusal, will be arrested. me
sheriff will not attempt to break up tne
camp of the strikers until the court co"7 a"9
| pa ssed on the question, but ne ahIlo oulltSu ~ u
| to-day that he is determined 10 sup ~ StiS y
noarC6inp and trespassing on the company
| nronertv No one Will be allowed on 'no
| company's property VINO IdllS ~ Krneitt
mass signed by Superintendent DE ArnllIt,
! There are now nearly 500 men IN the cttlt am = =
! at Plum Greek After the mutiny az 9anuy I,.,
| Creek yesterday the camp az dtt nc plum
| abandoned and the men went 10 ~ i+ii1 .
| Geek In addition 200 men arrived at at, .
| O'clock this morning from BeIleNeI @ l@lol, i,'S
! large increase in the nulnDel III N"iR +bo
! naTSed a shortage in provisions, anu t!e ne
! =" 49,, are hungry They threatened 10
! march during the morning Dut were '1-
| d,,ced not TO do so by the deputies
MARCHED AGAINST ORDERS.
A. turtle Creek fifty miners, without
leaders or music. and with nothing at thelr
boad but the American flag, marched from
| Carnn Determination this morning on the
ooh FI{u mines. This was done unexpected
lv and in violation of the restraining order
+ononorarilv continued by the court yesleI-
! dav BEFORE reaching the mines Sherlil
Lowry and a posse met the marchers ana
| ordered them back to camp. Inc sVllhei'
| reluctantly turned back, soreiy ul9dP
! nointed. but peaceful. While the men were
| going to work this morning they nad ~
| pass between two rows OF EIeiCu ", M NJ g
| headed by Mrs. Jennie DE WIZ anu NJ NJ % %
| Morie R9rgia The women called at the
| men on the way to work and thrSatent9
! to hit them with stones, although tney st ~
| not do so The mt hurried past as IaSl
! as they could, fearing to say anXtnlns, 90
| the women looked desperate. Wncn II ~
| men had all passed the women WegI ~
| their homes saving that they would De
out again tomorrow morning; x
There were twenty-five eVlcu0nS hGdl 5
Plum Creek during the day of striking min
ers The eyictions began at noon yesterday.
Passengers on the morning tram from
Pittsburg to Turtle Creek saw a Ihau nan VIZ il
gave his name as John Monroe, sdlu ne
was from the OSceoIa mine, allilou ne
he was going to kill Sam De Armltt Inc
LAIN ce m"3 is made that there are a number
of Anarchists in the vicinity OF tne mines @
who are after the De Armitts. Ihey are
mitt is under arrest by the sheriff. NeltheT
he nor the sheriff will say for What, Dut
the strikers say 1t bCb is TO Wod be- m impos
sihIe as long as he is in the sheriff S GUS
tody. ov 4o,,o
abandoned the idea of having meeting OF
the heads of the different labor organlZa- z
tions to devise ways ana means VI o,,c+ go
fling with an adverse ruling OF the court
ON the miners injunction. President Dolan
saws a meeting of the union officers may
be held on Thursday. but IL IL Is II VIII
be for another purpose. ~
There is a rurnor current that the De
Armitts have arranged for the 1mn1p0Fdta- n1pd
tion of 200 foreign workmen next Monday
to work in the Turtle Creek and rum
Creek mines. This is denied by Thomas ne
Armtt who says the company nS s mas ne enpue need
of importing other miners. In spite OF an
denials, however, it is believed that the
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Com
pany will give notice to all strikers thaI
they are willing to re-emplOy all the ola
hands and should the strikers not choose
to return to work within few days tn9
company will try to employ some who will
work ,..4,,,oo,,
the sheriff and the strike leaders the lat-
ter are convinced that the sherins latest
order pending the decision of the court IN
the Injunction case means practically mar mar
tial law They understand that the strlk-
ers may retain their camps but cannot
march nor do anything toward getting the
De Armitt men out They cannot go about
in squads or singly, If their mission Is for
ANYTHING but to attend to private business
They cannot call on a friend II he be 10
Gated on company ground. Under the
changed conditions. it is expected the
camps will be greatly reduced In numbers,
as only a few men will be needed.
There was another shooting near Camp
Isolation to-day. A negro belonging to the
Irnitv Camp on the New Pittsburg & Bes-
semer Railroad beat his wife and threat
ened to kill her Deputies were called TO
the scene and in arresting the negro a
denutv sheriff shot him in the arm. No
other trouble of any kind has been re-
ported.
The Uniformity Agreement.
PITTSBURG. Aug. 17-In the opinion of
a number of coal operators, the uniformity
agreement. admittedly a good thing, will
not receive the support its articles are
said to warrant A canvass of operators
shows that they are not rushing to the
committee with signed agreements in their
hands. In fact, they are all holding back
and each one seems waiting tC see what
the other fellow intends to do. The uni
formity committee refuses to divulge the