Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-14

like their brethren in the cause, had the
injunction read to them and they were or
dered TO cease using the public highways
for parade ground.
During the morning about forty women
appeared on the road leading to Plum
Creek. The party was headed by the strik-
ers' queen. Emma Haas, wearing a wreath
OF daisies, and carrying q flag. A number
OF banners were displayed, bearing strik-
ing inscriptions, among which We're: We
Are Out for Women's Rights" 'Sixty-Nine
Cents or Busti' United We Stand Di-
yided We Fall Its Bread and Butter
The women were accompanied bv Jacob
Thompson, who has been active during the
campaign. The deputies lined up again and
ordered oris the crowd to disperse. One girl
many. We are not afraid of you
The deputies received many taunts and
Jeers. but the marching women were finally
persuaded to return TO their homes with
out any serious trouble occurring.
All Quiet Last Night.
There We're no signs OF trouble Tonight.
The strikers remained within their camp
and while the deputies were on guard they
had little TO do. In order to more thor
oughly fortify his position, Sheriff Lowry
sWore in twenty additional deputies to-
night and dispatched them to Plum creek
The sheriff does not think there will be
trouble at any one Of the mines of the
New York ard Cleveland Company. and is
fully convinced the miners will do the
right thing. He is now confident that he
can handle the strikers and tha+ if ~
injunctions of the Allegheny counfy sourtS
are made final they will obey them He has
given strict orders. however. not to Dar-
init any marching and to enforce the law
even If compelled To arrest all the leaders
in the movement.
So long as the men simply camp. without
marching TO the mines and interfering with
not be disturbed.
Superintendent DeArmit. of the Oak Hill
mine No. 4, will make another determined
eTCrt to operate his mine with a largely
Increased number Of diggers. Instead of
importing men, the miners now idle
through sympathy with the strike are TO
be rounded up with a view TO getting them
10 work. Deputies will be placed on guard
AT the homes of the miners willing 20 work
but unwilling to run the gauntlet of the
strikers.
Benjamin Tarr the master mechanic al
the mines. said to-day that most of the
miners were afraid to go TO work They
are actually afraid TO go to the pit, or
else they would be there now" said he
~ Yesterday morning We found 4 whitecap
notice tackled on the door of one of the
miners houses, warning him of the conse-.
queEces If he dared TO work until after the
strike is settled / turned the warning over
to Superintendent DeArmit. Only this
morning several miners were stopped and
threatened at Newton and told what was
going to happen in case they went into
tha mine"
The strikers deny that any whitecap
notice has been posted or men threatened.
Nineteen Italian miners, residing near the
bridge at Newton, went to work at Oak
Hill this morning. They promised to work
every day if given protection. Orders were
issued to the deputy sheriffs to keep a
posse constantly guarding the miners
homes, night and day.
This afternoon William ]. Brennan. at
torney for the strikers. said he would en-
ter suit against w. p. DeArmit for per-
jury in connection with the affidavits made
in the application for the injunction issued
yesterday. Mr.. Brennan said one of the
named had been dead two years
and two others had not been mining for
about the same period. The names he
said. had evidently been taken out of an
oil book.