Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-08-19
WOMEN TO MARCH.
Strikers Hit Upon a Scheme to
Evade the Injunction.
The MINERS INVADE COFFEEy, ILL.
BIZ Hundred Strikers March into the Town,
Eight Abreast, Despite the Amazed
Deputies Uniformity Agree.
ment Goes Begging.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug ls.-The con
templated plan to have the womel
make marches, which was to have beef
inaugurated, has been definitely de
cided upon by the leaders Of the strik
ing miners, and the wives and daugh
tiers of the men will now take up tn,
work which they themselves have beer
enioined from doing. 1t is the inten
ton to begin to-day and have the
women do the marching while the
men remain in camp. The leader.
think the injunction is not operative
against women and it remains to be
seen what the outcome will be. A
new element is to be introduced in the
situation al an early date. The farm.
ers OF the entire country surrounding
the several camps are making extern
sive preparations for q demonstration
to show their sympathy for the strik-
ers. They propose to have parade,
headed by band, and march down
the Salisbury road and up over the
hills. The demonstration is purely for
the purpose of showing sympathy for
the strikers.
Martial law has been declared in
Plum, Patten and Wilkins townships
by Sheriff Lowry. The three mines OF
the New York 4 Cleveland Gas Coal Go.
are in these townships and all roads
leading to them will BE- patrolled by
his deputies. The sheriff will not at
tempt to break up the camp of the
strikers until the court has passed
on the question, but announced yester-
day that he is determined to stop the
marching and trespassng on the com.
pany's property. No one will be al
lowed upon the company's property
who fails to have pass signed by SUI
perintendent DeArmit. There are
now nearly 800 men in the camp at
Plum creek.
There were 90 families evicted near
Plum creek during the day. Suits and
counter suits promise to be one OF the
most prominent features of the coal
miners strike. While the New York
n Cleveland Gas Coal Go. has been
prosecuting It's injunction case the
miners have been gathering material
on which to bring suits, not alone for
wages, but for trespass. President
Dolan said yesterday evening that as
soon as time afforded the miners Off
GERS will bring action against the OIL
GERS of the New York & Cleveland Gas
Coal Co. The question of the strikers
to visit employees of the company at
their homes and plead with them, and
the right of deputies to interfere with
a man when he is walking on high
way toward residence, even though
he is compelled to walk on the property
of the company, will be looked into
THE MINERS INVADE C0FrEEN, Ill.
HlLGsBoRo. ILL.,, Aug. ls.-Six hun
dred striking coal miners, eight
abreast, invaded Cotfeen at $3.50 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, throwing aside
the deputy sheriffs doing guard duty |
and going through the town pell nell.
The officials ordered the guards not to
shoot, but they began making arrests
as fast as possible. Gen. Bradley was the
first man placed under arrest and
three guards came to this city with
him MS fast as horses could travel. He
is now in the county Jail. Other pris-
oners are on the way here. No shots
were fred and no blood was shed. The
invasion was for the purpose of induc-
ing the men at work in the mine there
to cease and join the strike. The
sheriff will increase his force of depu-
ties and the invaders will be compelled
to leave the town or there will be u
conflict Bradley will be tried to-day
and it Is expected that large number
Of his sympathizers will be here to see
that he gets fair trial The whole
county is aroused over the affair and
public opinion is divided. A telegram
from Mount Olive merchants to Brad
ley stated that they would furnish all
the bail required.
UNIFORMITY AGREEMENT GOES BEGGING.
PlrrsBuRan, Pa, Aug. lS,-ln the
opinion OF u number o. coal operators
the uniformity agreement, though nd
mittedly good thing, will not receive
the support its articles are said to war
rant A canvass of operators shows
that they are not rushing to the com
mltlee with signed agreements IN their
hands. In fact they are all holding
back and each one seems waiting to
see what the other fellow intends to do.
The uniformity committee refuses to
divulge the names of the operators
who have affixed their signature to the
instrument, and inquiry tends to show
that only three firms have made a de-
cisive step in the matter and placed
their signatures to the agreement. A
number of coal men stated that they
yet had the question under advisement,
although they thought it impossible
that they would sign.
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