The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-04
II sTATE TROOPS NOT NEEDED.

having had an engineer in that town some
| weeks before the troops arrived The ar
| of the Second Brigade, n. G.. p, in the city,
! and his conference with local officers of the
| guard, give rise to the story to-day that ne
| was here to arrange for the transportation
| of the troops to De Armitts mines. When
| told of the rumorS atloat General wiley
said: II am here on personal matters only,
| and my visit has no connection with the
! Second Brigade or National Guard. ! have
| not consulted with any military officers,
| neither do l expect to, and there is no
| necessity for such move" The general is
! satisfied that the strike Will be settled
! without the calling out of the guard, and
! said that so long as there is no outbreak
| the sheriff will be able to control the stu
! alton, and from the present condition OF
| affairs the strikers will remain peaceable
The district mining officials were in the
| city to-day arranging the details for the
| continuance of the camps at the De Armitt
mines They were elated over the change
| that has been worked in the situation, and
| President DoIan is the authority for the
| statement that the entire New York and
| Cleveland Gas Coal Company interests have
been fought TO a standstill.
The lull in the situation after the eX
| citing events of the last twenty-four hours
| is the first opportunity the officials nave
| had to size up the situation. AS a result,
| each of the three camps of striking miners
| was to-day placed under strict mlltary
| government. This will be continued until
| the camps are abandoned two members or
| the district executive board being placed
| at each camp. These men are to receive
| instructions from Dolan and warner and
| no further general move Is to be made un-
| less a general conference Is held secretary
| Warner is experiencing great dithculty In
| getting provisions. The demand for bread
| is SO great that the local bakeries were un-
| able to meet the orders placed this morn
! ing. AS a result the camp at Plum creek
will be short on rations.
DOLAN ON THE SITUATION.
In speaking of the situation tonight Pres
ident Dolan said: "The entire success Of
the movement now depends upon the order
maintained in the camp. We have demon
strated to De Armitt that his men whom
| he had bound with the ironclaGs were not
| invulnerable. When left the mines to-day
| his entire interests were at a standstlll.
| The New York and Cleveland Company has
! given up all hope of operating the Sandy
creek mines while those at Plum creek and
Turtle creek are so badly crippled that
there are not enough men to get out ear
of coal. These statements are not based
upon the idle talk of the men, but upon
| personal observation. Mr.. De Armitt un-
| doubtedly recognizes that the strike stu
alton is gradually assuming a favorable
aspect dor thf I'll, iit, fat anu i 'ilar rtain u
| When asked regarding the report or the
need of the State military FORCES he salu;
| The men are orderly and nave never gwen
| any sign of making trouble. Instead, they
| have been harassed by individuals VINO, II
seems to me, want TO inclte riot ana Dloou-
| shed among the men,"
! This evening President Dolan issued a
| general order appointing Edward Mckay
| general manager of Camp Determination,
! and empowered him to make arrests and
| eject all persons under the influence of in
! toxicants trespassing on the premises OF OF
| the camp. The order urgently requests all
| miners 10 respect the law in the future as
| In the past ana strictly prohibits them from
| trespassing on the property of the New
| York and Cleveland Gas and Coal Com
| pany. During the afternoon Edward Nc
| Kay and Paul Trimmer We're arrested on
! aha, nto and oxKrf11l
! They were released on bail.
1t was rumored this afternoon that the
! fourth pool operators are to take advantage
of the siege Of De Armitt's mines and start
| the mines along the Monongahela. The
| Charles Jutte Company, the Tide Coal
| Company and the Elizabeth Coal Company
are mining. and it is said three more op-
| orators contemplating asking tor
| sheritf's posse to guard their mines before
| they place nonunion men in their mines.
| The miners officials say they will have lit
| tie trouble in getting these men out If they
| succeed in closing De Armitt's mines.
| Mr.. De Armitt is confident the strikers
| cannot wholly shut down his mines, and
AYERS that change will come come oyer Oyer the
he does not say how this is to be brought
| about Mr. De Armitt intimated he would
soon spring the injunction against the
! and which was sustained by the Supreme
Court after the Superior Court had re-
| which was issued against John Cairns,
| Cameron Miller, Patrick Dolan, owen
| Cruise, William warner ana others, was
made perpetual and restrains the defend
| ants from assembling or encampng upon
| the highways, roads and premises adjoining
| the mines of the plaintiff, or in the vicinity
| of the same for the purpose of intimidating
| and preventing the plaintiffs miners from
| Mr.. Be Armitt said 1.-THE miners en-
| ployed at our mines are not only intimi-
| dated from going to work, but they dare
| not leave their families at home at the
mercy of a mob responsible to no one The
mob has increased until it is beyond the
control of law
judging from his remarks it is believed he
| is expecting that Sheriff Lowry will call on
| the Governor for troops to disperse the
In a published statement tonight, w. P
| De Armitt said that anything tending to
| stop the output of the Pittsburg mines
necessarily resulted in the advantage of the
mines of West Virginia, and it cur
rently reported and generally believed that
| the West Virginia coal operators contrib
uted S10,000 through the leaders and officials
of the United Mine Workers of America
for the purpose of making a strike in the
mines of Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
A DETERMINED WOMAN.
During the progress of the crusade to-day
| there were many incidents worth noting
Hungarian miner was attacked by a
woman this morning as he was entering
the pit at Plum creek. The Hungarian had
ventured alone to the pit. There were no
deputies guarding him and just as he was
! cOngra tulatlng hlInseH tnat the strikers
had not tried to stop him he found him
self face to face with a miners wife. She
had rock in each hand For shame of
yourself" shouted the indignant woman.
You dirty blackeg, that YOU are. Go
| home and let these men win the strike
| Now go" Then the woman raised a rock
! Perhaps the Hungarian thought the woman
! would or could not hit him for he at
| tempted to dart past ner. AS he ran the
| woman threw the first rock. It grazed past
| his right cheek. The hungarian howled
| ducked his head and ran towards the pit
| mouth Then the second rock sailed after
| him, but went wide of the mark As the
| man doubled his speed the woman gave
! chase Indignation gave her speed and She
| soon caught up TO the fleeing coal miner
! and caught him by the neck. Before she
had time 10 hit him., as he struggled to
! free himself six of the strikers ran for
| ward and made the woman release her
| sduirming captive. They had to hold her
/ until the Hungarian in the mine As
| he disappeared she shouted out to him that
| she would be waiting for him when he
left the mine
Not all of the miners wives acted as this
! one had done Two of them were seen going
! to the pit with dinner buckets In their
hands short time later they We're seen
! returning from the mine with two other
| buckets 1t was learned that the husbands
| of these women are in the mine and are
afraid TO leave. They prefer to sleep in the