Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20
HELD IN CHECK.
Martial Law Practically in Vogue
at Ie Arnits Mines.
STRIKERS NOT ALLOWED TO MARCH.
True Uniformity Agreement Secures
Few Signers-The Situation In
:. West Virginia and In
Other States.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. 1s.-After con-
ference Tuesday evening between the
sheriff and the strike leaders the lat
terare convinced that the sheriff s latest
order pending the decision of the court
IN the injunction case means practically
martial law. They understand that
the strikers may retain their camps,
but cannot march, nor do anything to-
ward getting the De Armit men out.
They cannot 90 about in squads nor
singly il their mission is for anything
but to attend to private business. They
cannot call on friend If he should be
located on company ground. Under
the changed conditions it is expected
the corps will be greatly reduced in
numbers, as only few men will be
needed.
Women and Farmers to Help.
The contemplated plan to have WON
en- make marches which was to have
been inaugurated Tuesday has been
definitely decided upon by the leaders,
and the wives and daughters of the
strikers will now take up the work
doing. 1t is the intention to begin to-
day and have the women do the march
ing while the men remain in camp. The
leaders think the injunction is not
operative against women and it remains
to be seen what the outcome will be.
A new element is to be introduced in
tile situation at an early date. The
farmers of the entire country surround
ing the several camps are making ex-
tensive preparations for demonstra-
tion to show their sympathy for the
strikers. They propose to have pa
rade, headed by band and march down
the Salisbury road and up over the
hills. There will be NO ION to the
mines" sentiment or any effort to get
the miners out. No missionary work is
to be attempted, the demonstration is
purely for the purpose of showing SYM
patty for the strikers. The prepare
lions for the event have been carried on
secretly, but the story was given out
by one of the prime movers. He says
the class Of men who will compose the
parades have no fear of interference
ana will not disband at the command of
% few deputies.
Suits and counter suits promise to be
one of the most prominent features of
the coal miners strike. While the New
York Il Cleveland Gas Coal company
has been prosecuting its injunction
case, the miners have been gathering
material on which to bring suits, not
alone for wages, but for trespass. Pres
ident Dolsn said that as soon as time
afforded the miners officials will bring
action against the officers of the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal company.
The question of the right Of the strikers
10 visit employees Of the company at
their homes and plead with them, and
the right of deputies to interfere with
man when he is walking on a highway
toward residence, even though he il
compelled to walk on the property OF
the company, will be looked into.
Get Few signers.
In the opinion Of number Of coal
operators the uniformity agreement, adj
mittedly good thing, will not receive
the support Its articles are said to war
rant. A canvass of operators shows
that they are not rushing to the COM
mittee with signed agreements In their
hands. In fact, they are all holding
back and each one seems waiting to see
what the other fellow intends to do.
The uniformity committee refuses to
divulge the names Of the operators who
have affixed their signatures to the IN
strument and inquiry tends to show
that only three firms have made de-
cisive step in the matter and placed
their signatures to the agreement. A
number of coal men stated that they
yet had the question under advisement
although they thought it improbable
that they would sign. Others stated
that they were waiting for the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal company to
head the list, and seemed unwilling to
have their names enrolled until Presi-
dent De Armit announced that his COM
pany had actually signed.
In West Virginia.
Wheeling, w. Va, Aug. 1s.-Commit-
tees Of Belmont county strikers are
closing up all the peddling banks on the
Ohio side with the exception of one
which supplies Bellaire's waterworks.
Continent against this move is strong
and the eastern Ohio strike leaders do
not favor 1t. Manufactures are getting
West Virginia coal or putting in natural
gas. There will be no sympathetic
strikes among the iron workers on ac-
count of the use of West Virginia coal.
There has been heavy increase in the
amount of Fairmont coal going west
via Wheeling. The coal carrying roads
centering here are handling more coal
than at any time since the strike
started. The strikers have not made q
move against the coal trains, their dis
astrous experience of 1895 being les
son they have learned thoroughly.
VIII Start the Mines.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 1s.-The operators
of the Pennsylvania coal mines held {
conference in this city Tuesday, a
which "a firms were represented. L
was determined that mines in the Pitts
burgh district should be started ane
operated without further delay on thu
grounds that the miners have taken :
high-hnnded position; that nothing bu
an unreasonable price for mining will
satisfy their demand and that they hav'
been unwilling to treat with the opera
tors on any fair grounds. Also tina
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