The herald., 1897-08-15
STRIKERS
WAITING
To See What the Courts
Will Do
! LABOR LEADERS Confident
OF AN INCREASE IN PUBLIC
SYMPATHY
LABOR LEADERS Confident
The Utmost Anxiety Prevails Until
the Injunction Question Shall
Have Been Decided
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
PITrsBURG, Pa, Aug. H.-For the
next two days the eyes of the industrial
world will be turned toward Pittsourg.
The greatest anxiety will prevail until
Monday, when the injunction proceeo-
inps against the marching miners Will
be finally heard.
That there is much interest in the sit
uation is evinced by the presence here
of committee Of the formeost iapor
leaders in the country. Mlcnael -.
Ratchford. national presiden OF the
United Mine Workers; Gompers. presi-
dent of the American Federation OF La
bor. and Severance, general master
workman Of the Knights OF LABOR ar
rived this afternoon and will reman
few DAYS. They came from West Vlr-
Cinia. and were enthusiastic. Ratcn-
ford, in an interview, said:
",rhe fight is in better condition TO-DAY
than it ever was. The men are, all as
solid as a rock. They are growing
stronger every day, and there are more
organizers among them than there mas
ever been. We have reached point
where we are very much curtailing the
OUTPUT. and will hNve the courts to fight
In this connection wish to say that for
every man who is incarcerated there
will be a hundred friends for the cause.
We did not come here to defy the courts
and Judges in the discharge OF their
plain duty, but as we know and under
stand it, it would not be crime to talk
TO men of the benefits of trace unionism
and call them together in peaceable as
sembly, We are willing to meet ths
case.
''There was a feeling among some OF
the miners in this state and West Vir-
ginia that their officers would desert
, them when lnjunctoins were entered,
, xqss ssr,r,1u NY their faith and this grand
cause until the last.
gWe have entered into this contest
to win, and if we fail to do 80 1t will
be because the miners themselves have
not taken our advice. do not anticipate
this, however for am sanguine of the
miners conduct and victory
. President Samuel Gompers expressed
; a hopeful view of the situation in West
, Virginia. He maintains that 13, 900 of the.
10000 diggers of the state have Joined the
suspension.
A series of meetings to be addressed
, by the labor leaders will be arranged
Ratchford, Gompers and Sovereign will
! address a big meeting at Camp Isola-
ton at Plum Creek tomorrow again.
1t is expected to be one of the biggest
meetings in the history of the strike. 1t
is hoped to have nearly all of the miners
employed by the New York and Cleve-
land company at the meetings.
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 their unsuc-
cessful attempts at marching in small
bodies they settled down to await the
result of the injunction proceedings of
Monday.
!, While number of the strikers, espe-
, cially the foreigners, are anxious for an
, other march at Oak Hill and Plum
Creek, it is not thought there will be
, any further developments until Tues
day morning.
If the injunction Is continued it Is al
: together probable that some of the men
may march in order to get arrested. The
> reason for holding off today, it is said
: | 10 tltt tHC IiCH al c III llOp6o lIe
tions will be quashed. In case of this
the strikers say they will camp right
where they are and march every morn
, ing until the strike is won.
The camp commssaries are we'll
stocked with provisions and the strikers
; Twill not suffer.
No movement will be made by the
sheriff towards raiding the camps until
after the hearing on Monday.
secret meeting of the Plum Creek
miners was held on the company's prop
erty this afternoon. The situation was
discussed and it was agreed by ma jor-
ity to continue work.
After the meeting the minority, num-
bering about IS, marched to the camp
and joined the strikers. They were re-
ceived with open arms and there was
great rejoicing throughout the camp.
The Plum Creek men announced that
they would stand out for the sixty-nine
cents until the company granted their
, demands. The accession of these men
is a great victory for the strikers and
they expect that tomorrow wholesale
desertion from the Plum Creek mine will
occur
There was also a mass meeting Of the
strikers at Plum Creek. which served to
act as a stimulus to the men who had
been chatting under the inaction Of the
day. Addresses were made by a num-
ber of local leaders, who counselled the
men to keep the peace and obey the
; law.
, 1t is stated that several men who
were discharged from Oak Hill will be
evicted from the company's houses on
Monday. Such action promises to stir
up a good deal of feeling among the
, strikers and their friends.
The Boone mine of the Cannonsburg
Coal company was closed today, owing
to report that another march was con-
templated. The strikers in camp at
McGovern are paying no attention to
the sheriff's order prohibiting march