The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-27
DEBS FAILS.
Has Been Unable to Get w. Va.
Miners Out.
Says they are Intimidated by
the Operators.
THE BOYCOTT is NEXT
Railroad Men Will Be Asked to
Refuse
To Haul Coal Mined in the West
Virginia District.

Paramount, w. Va, July 27.-The
strike in this state, which Ratchford
predicted would be general, has proven
| a fiat failure. After days of vigorous
| effort by Debs, Mahon, Coslett, Miller
and Ratchford, eliminating Sunday
with mass meetings in many places, the
miners at Paramount remain I'M
shaken.
Before leaving Paramount last night
Debs said: Il have tried to make the
Paramount miners appreciate the stu
alton. The poor fellows do appreciate
in a great measure, but are 1nt1m1dated
by the operators. They have been
locked in the mines, discharged for at
tending meetings and threatened like
slaves. They know it and feel power
I Wheeling conference. The operators
win now, but they are sowing the wind
to reap the Whirlwind. When the
worm turns he becomes a maniac, and
maniacs destroy opposition
Senator Camden said today: Dur
ing the past ten days the agitators
have been given full swing. They have
used every effort to get out men, and
failed. During that time we have been
put to an endless expense and worry.
The efforts of the agitatOrS have proven
futile Our men want to work, and we
propose to do some fighting now to pro-
tect our men from intimidation of agi-
tators.'
Railroad men are afraid of the mis-
sionarieS who are working among the
Baltimore & Ohio men to induce them
to strike.
Scottdale, Pa, July 27.-The crisis in
the Scottdale iron and steel strike will
be reached tomorrow. A batch of new
men arrived today and they express a
determination to go to work. The
strikers committee 1abOred with them
unSucceSSfully and reported the result
of their interviews to the idle men and
the excitement became intense. Armed
deputies are on guard about the mill
property and orders have been issued
to arrest any person who tries to pass.
Both sides seem to be preparing for a
conflict, which nearly everybody ex-
poets and fears.
ficials Dolan and Warner have assured
the sheriff that the strikers had no in
tention of marching on the mines of the
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
not intended to lose the sympathy of
the public by any ill-advised display of
force.
A body of 10000 miners carrying
heavy clubs, marched to the Castle
Shannon mines at Oak Station, where
about forty men were working, and
prevailed upon them to come out. There
was disorder.
Yesterday afternoon Rufus Crawford,
owner of the BuenOla mines, went into
court and secured preliminary in
junction restraining the miners Off
Gals at Dillon from interfering with the
work or congregating about the mines.
The hearing was set for Saturday.
President DOlan said the miners would
not attempt to fight the injunction.
They are not hunting trouble, he said,
and would not deliberately violate the
law.
The sheriff of WestmoreIand county
has been called on for deputies to pro-
tect the miners at the Rostraver mines
at Webster. The Webster company
proposes to start with the non-union
miners Wednesday.
Cincinnati O.. July PA special to
the CONGRATULATIONS from Clarks-
burg, W. Va, says:
The miners held a meeting here and
organized a union of United Mine
Workers of America. Over 200 men at
tended and signed the agreement.
Guards were put out and no newspa-
per men were allowed to attend
The meeting was secret. but from
what could be learned it was inferred
that all men should be governed by the
action of the meeting of the representa-
tives at Wheeling today. All the men
are organized and ready to go out, and
if a. Wheeling the word is given they
will go.
T. NJ jackson, president of Pinnic-
kinnick mines, said today that his men
received from $40 to $2S per week and
that no trouble was feared. Mahon and
Rhea will be here Wednesday and from
present indications all the men will be
out by that time If they do not come
out boycott will be declared and any
company using West Virginia coal any
where in the United States will be boy
cotted by all labor organizations.
Mr. MahOn says they have the help
of all except Chief Arthur, and that he
will be brought to time. The meeting