Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-09-16
TROUBLE AT EVlCTlONS.



COmpany's Houses.
Pittsburg, Sept. 13.-At s O'Clock
this morning deputies evicted a family
from one OF the company's houses at
Plum Creek. Little resistance was
offered at the time, but as soon as the
house had been emptied and the furni-
ture put in the middle of the street,
women gathered in front of the house,
and, after the deputies had gone, miners
forced an entrance to the house and
carried the furniture back. Desperate
resistance will be offered in case sec
Ond attempt is made to evict the family.
Three hours later, l6 deputies ar
rived at Clarksville, and evicted John
Puke and his family They are Polish
people, but have many friends at
Clarksville. Their furniture was car
ried into the house again, and Puke,
his family and several friends installed
themselves there, prepared to make
trouble for the deputies if they again
attempted to evict them.
At l O'Clock Superintendent Samuel
c. and Thomas DeArmitt, with Deputy
Sheriff Young and a posse of 20 special
deputies appeared, and the eviction was
all done over agin. A party of 20
women from the neighborhood had
gathered, and nearly all of the striking
miners from Camp Isolation were pres
ent. They jeered the DeArmitts. The
women were armed with baseball bats,
picks and other things. They con-
Quoted themselves in such belligerent
manner that the DeArmitts were glad
to remain within doors while the evic-
tion was going on. Mr.. DeArmitt
came out on the porch, and asked the
men and women ii they would permit
him to make few remarks. They con-
sented to hear what he had to say, and
he entered into an explanation of the
contracts which the miners had made
with the company, the purpose being
to show to the assembled people that
the company was not doing more than
1t had right to do. Then he launched
into discussion of the strike. and said
the men had only themselves to blame
for their troubles, for they had allowed
themselves to be led, and their leaders
had simply sold out again. Mr.. De-
Armitt concluded by inviting Dillinp-
ham, leader of the striking miners at
Plum Greek, to reply to his charges.
Mr.. Dillingham; accepted the invita-
tion. and the result was period of
warmth that threatened to become a
riot. Dillingham; made denial of De.
Armitt's accusation, and asked for
proof OF the charges. He wound ur
his remarks by denouncing Thomas B.
DeArmitt as a "grinning liar"
Cheers came from the assembled
miners and women, and Deputy Sheriff
Young came from the house. Young
essayed to place Dillingham; under ar,
rest, but that man appealed to some of
the deputies who were in wagon to
prove his assertion that DeArmitt had
invited him to make a speech. The
striking miners moved forward to the
support of their leader, and Young con-
cluded not to make the arrest.
Dillingham; succeeded in getting the
strikers to return to their camp, but
the women remained, and remarked
that they wished to get at the De.
Armitts. The latter stayed in the
mouse to avoid trouble.
The evicted families moved their
goods into stables in the neighborhood
and began housekeeping in these quar-.
ters.
Late tonight it is reported from
braddock that number of deputies.
who had been concerned in the evic.
tions at Plum Creek, got into row
with a crowd of strikers, the result be.
ing that three deputies are under arrest