The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-08-03
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viii Be Invoked to Dispense the March-
ing Miners-sherin Lowry, of Pitts.
burgh, Issues a Proclamation to That


ing Miners-sherin Lowry, of Pitts.
burgh. issues a Proclamation to That
Effect
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 31.-Legal
proceedings are to be taken against
the marching coal miners, unless they
disband and go to their homes This
was decided on Friday afternoon and
Sheriff Harvey A. Lowry will be ex-
pected to see to it that the assemblages
are disbanded. While the marches
ON the mines of the New York &
Cleveland Gas Coal Co. have not
been as effective as the miners Of
ficials could wish it, it is evident
that the marches are making an inn
preston on the employees of the
company Friday there was posted in
the vicinity of the Turtle Creek, Sandy
Creek and Plum Creek mines a proc
lamation issued by the sheriff, COM
handing that all persons shall refrain
from assembling or congregating on
the public highways or thorough1ares
of Allegheny county, or interfering
with the peace. All are commanded
to retire to their respective homes or
place of residence, or be dealt with ac-
cording to law.
President Patrick Dolan was asked
what he thought of the proclamation.
He said he did not care how many pro-
CARNATIONS were issued, so long as the
peace was kept, which, he said, it was
intended to do. He expressed himself
as having no fear.
A meeting was held Friday morning,
which was addressed by District Pres
ident Patrick Dolan. He went over
about the same ground as was covered
in his speech Thursday night, and
added that all labor organizatio in
the country, with the exception of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers,
was with the miners in their strike.
He made an attack on this order, say
ing that owing to the inroads of cleo
trio railways and other means of rapid
transit the wages Of the engineers
would drop sooner or later, and then
they would be asking assistance from
other organizations.
In other portions of the district the
strike matters are quiet. The strikers
are all awaiting with an anxious in
terest the result at the Dearmitt mines.
The owners of the Castle Shannon
mine have decided to close their plant
until the present differences in the
coal trade are adjusted.
At midnight it looks as though the
sheriff's proclamation would be the
biggest factor in bringing about
trouble in the vicinity of the Derrmitt
mines. Friday night a meeting of
strikers was held at Oak Hill and it
was decided to pay no attention to the
sheriff's proclamation, as it was con-
sidered to be an outrage.
At the meeting, it is reported that
President Dolan, M. p. Carrick and
other leaders told the men that the
mandate of the sheriff was unjust and
could not be enforced. The result OF
the meeting was that three meetings
were arranged for, one at midnight,
one at a. m. and another at a. M,
and the men marched through the
Turtle creek region in three divisions
to reach their meeting places The
different times were chosen for the
meetings as the best time to catch the
working miners when changing shifts.
| Excitement is running high, and it was
thought if the night passed without a
conflict between strikers and depu-
ties, it would be considered almost a
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