Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-15
WILL DO NOTHING PENDING THE IN
JUNCTION HEARING.
GREAT INTEREST IN RESULT.
PROMINENT LABOR LEADERS TO AT
TEND THE HEARING.
President Bntchford Confident of the
IItimnte victory of the strikers
Deputies stopped Attempts
at Marching Yesterday
another Clash.

Pittsburg Pa. Aug. l4.-For the next two
days the eyes Of the industrial world viii
b. turned towards Pittsburg. The greatest
anxiety will prevail until Monday, when
The Injunction proceedings against the
marching miners will be finally heard.
That there is much interest in the situa-
tior is evidenced by the presence here Of a
number OF the foremost labor leaders IN
. the country. Michael d. Ratchford, nation
al president Of the United Mine Workers Of
America: Samuel GOmpers. president OF the
American Federation Of Labor and James
r Sovereign. general master workman oi
the Knights Of Labor. arrived here thls
afternoon and will remain a few days
While they are here they will be kept busy
They came from West Virginia and were
brown and enthusiastic. Ratchford seemed
TO be well pleased with the outlook. ana IN
an interview said:
The fight is in a better condition to-
day than il ever was. The men are solid
as IA rock. while they are increasing IN
nun bers and determination. They are
growing stronger every day. and there are
more organizers among them than there
have been We have reached the point
where we are very much curtailing the
output and where We have the courts 10
hght
In this connection. ] wish to say that
for every man that is incarcerated. there
will be 100 friends for the cause. We did
not come here to defy the courts and
Judges in the discharge OF their plain duty,
a. We know and understand ii. II il would
be a crime 20 talk TO men for the Deneht
OF trades unionism. and to call them TO-
gcther in peaceable assembly, We are Will
ing 10 meet the case.
Fully % per cent Of the American people
are opposed TO depressing the convictions OF
the public. and If we shirk our duty We
would be unworthy Of the trust and con-
fdence reposed I'm Us. There was fear
among some Of the miuers In this state and
I'm West Virginia that their officers would
desert them when injUnctiOns were encoun-
tered You can say for me that the officers
Will stand BY the faith and this great cause
until the last We have entered into this
contest 10 win. and II We fail TO do so II
will be because the miners themselves nave
not taken our advice. ] do not anticipate
this however. for 1 am sanguine of vic
tory n the miners conduct themselves as
they have in the recent past
President Samuel Gompers expressed a
hopeful view Of the situation in West Vir-
ginia He said there was some coal being
produced ia certain sections, but the sup
ply was being gradually cut OF. He
claimed there was general sympathy Tor
the cause in the mountain state. and main
tains that fully 1300O OF the 2O,O0 diggers
Of that state have Joined the suspension.
series OF meetings 10 be addressed by
the labor leaders wiz be arranged. Ratch-
ford. Gompers and Sovereign will address
big meeting At Camp Isolation at Plum
Creek. tomorrow afternoon. u IS expected
20 be one Of the biggest meetings in the
history OF the strike. II Is hoped to nave
nearly all Of the miners employed by the
New York and Cleveland Company at the
meeting and 10 make big effort 10 rally
the faltering ones 20 the standard OF the
strikers.
Inactivity prevailed at the camps Of the
strikers about the mines OF the New YORK
and Cleveland Gas Coal Company all day.
After the return OF the strikers to camp
this morning from unsuccessful attempts
AT marching in small bodies. they settled
down to await the result Of the injunction
proceedings on Monday. While a number
Of strikers. especially the foreign element.
are anxious for another march at Oak
i'm and Plum Creekit is not thought mere
will be any further developments until
Tuesday morning.
Despite the orders Of the miners officials
the campers at Sandy Greek and Turtle
creek attempted to march on the mines
this morning but the deputies were alert
and both bodies were forced TO break ranks
and return 10 their camps. There WAS the
same show Of resistance made by the
marchers at SANDY Creek this morning as
was made at Plum Creek. only Of a milder
degree. The campers began the march al ,
O'Clock. an hour and half earlier than
usual. This Was done 10 outwit the depu-
ties but 81 failed. The sherihs men were
on guard. ana whom the strikers came up
the pike road. they were met By twenty
six deputies and ordered TO halt. The in
junction was then read 20 thofn. and they
were ordered back 10 camp. They resisted
at first. hut when the deputies pressed
forward the strikers quickly broke ranks
and returned ~ their quarters. As re-