The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-11
west VIRGINIA
is WEAKENING
Persistent Work of the
Organizers Is Bear
ing Fruit.
Complete Suspension of Min
ing in the Panhandle
District.
New Strikers Fall In Line With the
Observation-Disclosures Injunctions
Issued.

WHEELING, W. Va, Aug. 1O.-To.
morrow evening will witness a general
renewal of the efforts of the coal-strike
managers to carry West Virginia. Strike
agitators are invading every field of i'm
portance in the State. and careful obser-
walton of the conditions warrants the
statement that the situation is becoming
more comforting to President Ratchford
and his men. The hitherto impregnable
Kanawha district is beginning to show
the effects of the persistent missionary
work of the agitators. This week the list
of walking delegates in the southern part
OF the State is being increased twofold.
On the great Kanawha River the strik-
ing diggers of the MEGA, Crescent, Black
Eagle. st. Clair, Mason and Cedar Grove
mines, headed by dozen new agitators
have adopted the plan of marching to
working mines. They have met with
some success, and, aided by contributions
of food by farmers and sympathizers, de-
clare they will remain on the march until
the last man comes out.
Ohio delegates assisted the local men to
bring about complete suspension of min
ing in the Panhandle district to-day. Sew
affected.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 10.-Following
the preliminary injunction, granted July
20, restraining Patrick Bolan, William
Warner and others from trespasslng on
the property of the Bunola mines, Attor-
neys Crumrine and Patterson, on behalf
of Rufus G. Crawford, obtained an order
to-day making the injunction operative
on dozen additional strike leaders and
restraining them from the use of any vio-
lence, threats, menaces, intimidations or
opprobrious epithets toward employees at
the mine and from in any manner unlaw-
fully interfering with such employees.
District President Dolan accuses the
operators of Pittsburg district of having
broken faith with the striking miners.
He says the miners are now ready to carry
the fight into the Central Pennsylvania
district, where it is proposed to close
down all the mines He cannot predict
when the strike will be settled, but says
the organization can hold out until the
last of September. To-day he received
report that only four miners went into
the Bunola mines this morning.
COLUMBUS. OHIO Aug. 10.-The heads
of half a dozen of the largest National
labor organizations in the country held a
secret conference tonight to determine
on policy to be pursued in relation to
sweeping injunctions issued to prevent
miners holding meetings in disturbed dis
tricts. 1t is understood that the meeting
decided to send Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, to West
Virginia TO advise the holding of public
meetings. and thereby bring about test
case. He will also address public meet
ings and thus place himself in contempt
of court. Ii sent to Jail he will be brought
into court on release proceedings and the
case tested.
EVANSVILLE, IND. Aug 1O.-The
marching miners, Notwithstanding the
courts injunction issued against them last
evening, lined up on the public high
ways leading to The Ingel mines early
this morning, and as the men came to
work at 5 o'clock they were again ap-
pealed to by the strikers, with the result
that few men who had intended to work
decided to join the strikers. The entire
force is now out, and the marchers are de-
voting their energies to the other mines of
the city. The strikers remain orderly.
They are being well fed.