The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-19
TURNED TOWARD PITTSBURGH
EWES OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLn
WATCHING THE INJUNCTION
PROCEEDINGS. n
The LABOR LEADERS IRE GATHERING.
In Case the Injunction Is Made Per-
manent the Sheriff Will Proceed
TO Break Up the Camps-Twelve
Arrests Yesterday.


when the injunction proceedings against
the marching miners will be finally heard.
That there is much interest in the situa-
ton is evidenced by the presence here Of
a number of the foremost labor leaders.
Michael D. Ratchford, national president
of the United Mine workers of America;
Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. and James X.
Sovereign, grand master workman OF the
knights of Labor, arrived here this al
tcrnoon and will remain few days. While
they are here they will be kept busy. They
came from West Virginia and were ali en-
thuSiastic
Mr.. Ratchford seemed to be well pleased
with the outlook and in an interview sald:'
"The fight is in better condition TO-DAY
than it ever was. The men are solid as
rock, while they are increasing in numbers
and determination. They are growing
stronger every day and there are more Or
ranizers among them than there have
been. We have reached a point where we,
are very much curtailing the output nnk@
where we have the courts to ight. 1Aeiy
connection / wish to say Tor I'M NJ,
that is incarcerated there willy NNAYs'X
friends for the cause. We have~Ass'AN d
here TO DEFY the courts and judges. but to-
discharge a plain duty as we know ana
understand it. If it should be declared a
crime to talk to men of the benefit OF thelr
trades unions and call them toSetner III
neaceful assemblage, we are surely ready
3 TO meet the issue.
emily 40 per cent of the American peo-
ple are opposed to depressing the convlc-
tions of the public, and if we shlrk our
duty we will be unworthy of trust ana
. confidence reposed in us. There was y
| feeling among some of the miners. Doth OF
This state and West Virginia, that their OF
ticcrs would desert them when inJunctlons
| were encountered. You can say i0r me
! that the officers will stand by the Inlth anu
! this great cause until the last. we n"re
entered into this great contest 10 VIII,
! and if we fail to do it, it will be because
! the miners themselves have not taken our
advice. | do not anticipate this, however,
for am sanguine of victory If the miners
conduct themselves as they have IL tue re-
! cent past. to,ofr,
President Gompers expressed hopeiul
view of the situation in west virginia
| He said there was some coal pe1us pr
duccd in certain sections, nut Ihe supp'S
was being gradually cut off He CANNED
| that there was general sympathy for the
| c,use in the mountain state, ana mann
| tnins that fully $4,000 of the 2O.OOO dig
GERS of that state have joined the Suspeh-
| sion. ,a-,.,od hu
| tho labor leaders will be arranged. MessrS:
| Ratchford Gompers and Sovereign VIII 4
| address a big mass meeting at camp iso
! lotion at Plum creek tomorrow AFTERNOON.
If is expected to be one OF the DlGseSI
meetings in the history of the strike: IL
is boned TO have nearly all OF the miners
emploved by the New York and Cleveland
| Gas Coal company at the meeting anu
make one great effort to rally the falterihs
! ones to the standard of the strikers.
| Inactivity prevailed at the camp OF the
strikers about the De Armitt mines all
day. After the return of the strikers 10
camp this morning from their unsuccess-
| ful attempts at marching in small BODIES
they settled down to await the result OIL
the injunction proceedings on Monday.
While number of the strikers. espec-
ially the foreign element, are anxious Tor
another march to Oak hill and Plum
creek. it is not thought that there VIII be
any further developments until TUESDAY
morning. The majority of the campers
are awaiting anXiously for the courts de-
cison on Monday They claim It viii nave
an important bearing on their future
course.
In case the injunction is continued, it is
altogether probable that some OF the men
NAV march in order to be arrested. Inc
reason for holding off is said to be due to
the hopes of some of the men that the IN
junction will be Quashed.
In case they win the strikers say they
will camp right where they are and march
every day until the strike is ended.
No move will be made by the sheriff
towards raiding the camps until after the
hearing on Monday. If the injunction is
continued, he says the camps will be brok-
en- in short order But under the present
circumstances the men can remain there
as long as they are peaceable and well be-
haved.
A secret meeting of the Plum creek
miners was held on the company property
this afternoon. The situation was dis
cussed and it was agreed by majority
to continue work.
After the meeting the minority, number
ing about seventy-four, marched to the
camp and joined the strikers. They We're
received with open arms and there was
great rejoicing throughout the camp. 900,
The Plum creek men announced they
would stand out for the 69-cent rate until
the company granted their demands. The
accession of these men is a great victory
for the strikers, and they expect that to-
morrows meeting will be followed by Il
wholesale desertion from the Plum creek
mine.
There was also mass meeting
OF the miners at Plum creek which
served to act as stimulus on the
men who had been chatting under the in
activity of the day. Addresses were made
made by number of local leaders, who
counseled the men to keep the peace and
obey the law.
The Boone mine of the COnnorsburg
Coal company was closed today, owing
to report that another march was con-
templates The strikers in Camp w. c.
MeGovern are paying no attention to the
order forbidding marching. The Cooke
hill mine is still being operated, but the
full quota of men is not at work. The
day.
Twelve arrests of strikers for disorderly
conduct were made today and eight YES
terday. The men were brought to Pitts
9nrg and lodged in Jail in default of bail.
me strikers made no resistance when ar
rested Another effort will be made to
start up Monday morning and the strikers
expect to take their usual stand. The
managers of Bunota mine are somewhat
discouraged over their futile attempts to
| resume operations.
ihere was 4 big meeting of striking
n 1il,ers az Mcheesport tonight. Over
5oOo strikers were present and addresses
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