The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16
HALT in The MARCH.
Argument on the Mining In
functions in the U. S.
Court Today.
WILL THEY BE CONFIRMED
New Leaders in Case Of Possible
Arrests Strikers Cain
and lose.
WILL THEY BE CONFIRMED

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug 16, 1897.-A
meeting of the officials of every labor
organization in the city of Pittsburg has
been called at the headquarters of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers tonight. to confer with
and take. such action as may be asked
by the local officers of the United Mine
Workers Union of America. 1t has been
anticipated that the hearing on the in
junction to be had today may go against
them and the temporary restraint put
upon the miners now in camp at Turtle
Creek and the other mines of the New
York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company,
as to marching and persuading the De
Armit men from working may be made
permanent
In that event it is expected that the
order of the court will be disobeyed, so
that a test might be had, and the miners,
under the leadership of President Patrick
Dolan, Secretary William Warner, Ed
ward Mckay, Frank McKenna. Paul
Trimmer and Cameron Miller will con-
tinue to march to the mines. Then it is
expected the leaders and perhaps many
of the rank and file will be arrested.
There will be no resistance made to the
arrests. but in that case the strike will
be without head, and the meeting to-
night is supposed to be for the purpose
of selecting a number to take the places
of those who may, in event of their being
arrested for infringement of the orders
of the court be kept in Jail and unable
to longer direct the movements of the
strikers. Then an appeal is to be taken
from the order causing the arrests to be
made.
Superintendent Thomas De Armit dur
ing the proceedings today described the
marches of the strikers and their
camps and said that 200 or 300
of Their men had told him they
were fearful of personal injury or destruc-
tion Of their property if they went to
work.
Superintendent Fisher of the Sandy
Creek mines, testified that he had been
notified to stay in the house,-or he would
be one up and that he had been shot
at The witness refused to give the name
of his informant, and Judge Stowe said
that anything that would tend to show
that life or property was endangered was
competent. They were here, he said, to
find out if the conduct of the strikers
was such as TO cause the injunction to be
continued.
President Dean was next called for
cross-examination and during his testi-
mony he said that the strike was made
at the request of several operators.
Among the number were James Shields,
Captain J. J.. steytIer and Captain
Blythe. These operators, he said, told
him that De Armit was running the trade.
and the only thing that would save
cS1. A..
from starvation was a strike.
No one had told him to order De Ar
mit's men out, but it was hoped to make
the strike general
The hearing will continue until three
o'clock.
Although there was no march from
Turtle Creek, a number of pickets were
sent out, and, with the aid of field
glasses, they saw "a men enter the mine
and they returned to camp highly elated,
thinking the mine still badly crippled
They knew nothing, however, of the en-
frances to the mine located near Mon
roeville, four miles away. Since the
siege commenced that village has been
guarded by two deputies The force was
increased last night by Is men, and at
daylight this morning, 20 diggers and day
men were taken to MOnroeville in wagons
and sent into the mine through these en-
frances.
AT Sandy Creek everything was quiet
The company claims a gam, while the
strikers say but four men are working.
About 200 men were working in Plum
Creek mine.
Before leaving for Pittsburg to attend
the Injunction hearing. Superintendent
De Armit said the talk of the company
importing men was without foundation.
He said the mines would be working full
by Wednesday if the court would make
the Injunction permanent, blu if it should
be dissolved the mines would be operated
with a full force by Monday, he having
promises from nearly all his men to re-
turn to work then
In anticipation of adverse action of the
courts in the injunction proceedings.
Committees have been sent out to secure
boarding houses, so that the siege can be
maintained. 1t is proposed by the march
ers to fill the houses of striking miners
with men and keep them supplied with
provisions. One hundred men will be
quartered at Turtle Creek and the same
number at Sandy Creek and 200 at Plum
Creek. They will do picket duty and mis-
sionary work.
Taking advantage of the suspension of
marching, number of men went to
work during the morning at the Oak Hill
mine. They were gotten in by strategy,