The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
THE CLASH HAS COME
Miners Attempted to Morch and
Were Arrested.
THE DEPUTIES BLOCKED THE WAY
Order to Turn Back Was Received
With Laugh.
INJUNCTION Is ON THE DOG. J"
Conference Between the Miners. Of
fciais and Operators for Arbitra
tion of Difference In Prospect.
INJUNCTION IS ON THE DOG. )


clash between deputy sheriffs and strikers
at Plum Creek at a. m. and Ave strikers
were arrested for contempt in disobeying
the orders of the court as contained In
the Injunction. There was no bloodshed.
The determination Of the strikers to
march at a. m. was formed yesterday az
ternoon after they had successfully passed
four deputies, who wanted to stop their
escorting some citizens Of New Texas to
their camp. Their plans were known to
the deputies and they were ready for the
marchers. The campers were divided into
three parties, one going 10 Clarksville. an
other to the tipple at Plum Creek and the
not formed in line, but walked along aim
lessly. The deputy sherrs met the van
guard on the pike about half mile above
tho postoffice at Center. The men In
advance turned back, but the others kept
on and the deputies formed a line across
the road. Chief Deputy Samuel Young
stepped to the front and told them they
would have to turn back 10 their camp.
There was a laugh at this and the men
pushed on. There was sudden push from
the rear of the body of strikers and the
iac 1,a,l Al.
distance and then there was such a mix
| up that one could not tell which OF the
struggling men were deputies and which
were strikers. Chief Deputy Young seized
two men and called out that they were
| under arrest. At the same time he shouted
| to the deputies not to struggle with tho
strikers, but to arrest any man who at
tempted to pass. This had It's effect. The
strikers stood still to see what Mr.. Young
intended to do with his prisoners and the
deputies thus had a chance to form in a
more solid mass across the road and to bar
all passage. The two men were placed In
charge Of deputies who conducted them to
the DeArmitt stables and placed them I'M
der an armed guard. There were about
sixty men in the body of strikers and most
OF them started back slowly toward Camp
Isolation.
There was about dozen Of them, how
ever. who stood still and said that the
court had no power TO block public roads
and told the others to 80 back to camp
and they would either see the miners In
their homes and persuade them not to so
in the pit or be taken to Jail They started
across the road on n run towards the tipple
with posse of the deputies in pursuit.
The latter caught up to them near the COM
panv houses at the coal works and placed
three mere under arrest. The prisoners
were loaded into a spring wagon and taken
to Turtle Creek after which they were
brought to this city and lodged In jail
The camp at jefferson school house,
guarding the Sandy Creek nine, has keen
re- established with seventy-ive man. he
camp is well stocked with provisions and
mine by doing missionary work in the dig
gers houses. The campers at Turtle Geek
attempted to march at . a. M, hut they
were stopped by a posse of deputy sheiifs.
The strikers have made log blanket
out OF the copy of the Injunction ard have
clothed bulldog with It.. and their motto
is THE Injunction Is On the Dog Tho
leaders in the camp will not allow the
animal to be paraded on the streets
The miners arrested at Plum C,cek this
morning reached the city shortly after 10
oclock. Instead Of being taken before the
court as was originally intended they we're
escorted to office of Alderman Groetzing-
er. lnformations were made charging them
with unlawful assembly. The inf ormations
were read and hearing fixed f.r Tuesday
August 81. The men were then released
on their recognizance.