The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
INJUNCTION MADE PERMANENT
Ptttsburg Court Decides in Favor Of the
Coal Mine Operators.

Ptttsburg Court Decides in Favor Of the
Coal Mine Operators.
Pittsburg, Aug. 20.-This was the
operators day, and, from present APP
pearances, they have made a most
effective move, and have nearly, if not
quite, checked their opponents, the
striking coalminers. The courts decree
today, in making permanent the prelim-
mary injunction restraining the strikers
from camping, marching. or in any
manner interfering with the New York
& Cleveland Gas Coal Company's
miners, had the effect of almost depict
ing the camps, and apparently gen.
eral decentralization among the campers
exists.
In order to follow up their advantage,
the operators held largely attended
meeting tonight at the Monongahela
house and arranged for the starting of
their mines with or without force. If
force seems to be unavoidable, it is the
intention to start few mines at once,
under the protection of deputies, and
whatever expense may result will be
shared pro rata by the mine-owners,
When court convened this morning
Judges Stowe and Collier handed down
the decision in the injunction proceed
ings of the New York & Cleveland Gas
Coal Company against the United Mine
Workers of America, Patrick Dolan,
William Warner and others. The pre-.
liminary injunction was made perma-
nent and the plaintiff was ordered to
file bond of 5000 to answer for such
damages as may be sustained by defend
ants by reason of the injunction.
Immediately after filing the decree,
and upon motion of Thomas Patterson
the court ordered similar decree to be
drawn in the case against the Bunola
miners, in which the injunction was
applied for by Rufus G. Crawford.
The price of coal, which is reported
to have advanced at almost every
point in the country east of the Missouri
river and at all Mississippi river points,
since the great srtike began seven weeks
ago, shows no material increase at
Pittsburg. The ruling figure in barge
lots is to III cents per bushel.
Plans are being formed for the main
tenance of the strikers and their fam
lilies for prolonged period. The ex=
pense Of carrying on the strike is placed
at $500 day, and appeals are coming
in every day for help for families i9
the mining villages.
The action at the meeting of operat-
ors yesterday is in accordance with the
plan mapped out after the uniformity
agreement had been formulated. The
agreement provides that all coal con-
tracted for on the 54-cent basis shall be
mined at that rate until the contracts
are filed. It is known that the require
ments of the Lake trade by September
Is are G, 900, 900 tons. If the contracts
are not filled the operators will not
only lose large amount OF money, but
put themselves in a position to lose
contracts for all time to come.
The striking miners encamped at the
mines of the New York & Cleveland
Gas Coal Company did not march this
morning, as they had planned to do.
At Turtle Greek they formed IN line.
but when ready to start they beheld
the deputies standing just outside OF
the camp, 80 the march was abandoned
and small parties numbering from two
to six each were INSTRUCTED to patrol
the woods in the vicinity ct the mine
and report the number of men going to
work. They were instructed to keep
moving, and if approached by deputies
to get away rapidly to escape the service
of an Injunction, if possible. The
leaders propose In this way to harass
the deputies and De Armitt They say
there are $1,000 men in the district,
and that injunctions will have to be
read 20. 900 times before the attacks
upon the mines at Oak Hill. Sandy
Creek and Plum Creek cease, unless the
mines are sooner closed down. The
men followed the instructions, but were
unable to learn just how many dlggers
went into the pit today. The output
of the Oak Hill mine yesterday was
seven cars of lump coal and two Of
slack and nut or about $50 tons. This
shows gain for the company, though
no claim of increased force is made by
DeArmitt, and the strikers claim that
only % men are at work.
Anarchists to Be Excluded.
New York, Aug. 16.-A special to
the Herald from Washington says: The
treasury department is keeping sharp
lookout for the anarchists now being
driven from France, Spain and Italy
by concerted action by the great CONT.
mental mowers. No pains will be