The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-13
INJUNCTIONS THEIR WEAPON.
Operators Using Courts To Defeat
Strikers.

Strikers.
Organized Defiance of This Kind of War
Fare on Part of Miners-The Marches
Continue.
Pittsburg, August 12.,-Sweeping and
searching injunctions now figure in the
coal miners strike in the Pittsburg dis
trict. The developments of today tend to
make the situation strange one and it
appears that crisis is near at hand.
Tho strikers have demonstrated that their
assemblages, marches and missionary
work have materially affected the output
of the New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal Company, while at the same time
public sympathy has been enlisted in
their case. The sheriff's proclamation,
issued two weeks ago restraining the men
from assembling and marching, has been
a dead letter and the marches have been
continued daily.
No disturbances of any kind have oc-
CURED, the officials of the miners con-
triving through the whole time to keep
their men peaceful. The preliminary
Injunction issued today by Judges Col
lier and Stowe, now brings the matter to
the county courts for settlement. The
case will be heard on Monday morning
and \ the decision is looked forward to
w ith much interest.
Developments at Canonsburg are being
watched ! closely. The avowed intention
of the STRIKERS to march tomorrow morn
ing despite Judge McIlvaine's injunction
is expected to result in bloodshed or the
filing of county prisons with the arrested
miners.
Patrick Dolan stated that it had been
determined to keep up the marches, and
as fast as one group is arrested another
will take its place.
Pittsburg operators that the miners of
Bell, Lewis and Yates company have
struck in the Reynoldsville district and
that all of the miners of the company
are idle About 5000 men are employed
The march of the miners was made at
Turtle Creek at o'clock this morning,
but there was little to encourage the
than yesterday.
Firmsi from all sections of the Union
are coming to the rescue of the strikers.
Serious trouble was threatened at Unity
at O'Clock this morning. Deputy Sher-
if Richards was in charge of some men
going to work and the strikers ran ahead
of the men hooting and jeering them.
Sheriff Richards ordered the strikers to
move, but they refused. He then called
on his other deputies to assist them,
and the strikers seeing that he meant
what he said. moved off, still hooting the
men going to work. There was great
excitement and many threats, but the
of the leaders. There are now 1873 depu-
ties at Plum Creek, an increase of 81.
When T. B. De Armitt heard of the
threatened trouble, he spent all the morn
ing going from house to house to induce
the men to go to work. At noon there
were 203 men in the mines, az decrease of
12.
number of the miners who are working
will file bill in equity asking that the
strikers be restrained from marching past
their houses.
Marching on Decatur.
Springfield, ILL.,, August 12.-With
sold Glory flying at the head of their
column and to music of fife and drum,
100 Springfield miners started today on
their march to Decatur, Ills.
Vice President Archie Tai of Dawson,
is leader. Strikers are marching over an
old wagon road. En- route they will pick
up one hundred and fifty at Riverton,
preparatory to entering Decatur to1nor-
row. The marching miners are observ-
ing the strictest discipline and are order
ly. They have large commissary and
say they will have no trouble getting
the men out at Decateur.
Col. B. B. Hay, Gov. Tanners special
commissioner, left here for Mantle today.
There he talked with miners, operators
and authorities and then proceeded to
Decatur.
Kincaids' Men Strike.
Owoaao, Mich. August 12.-The coal
miners at Kincaids, five miles east, have
gone out in obedience to an order from
the headquarters of the coal miners
union. The strike is purely sympathe-
tic one, since Kincaid has been pay
ing the scale demanded by the miners
who are out at present in West Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania.
The mines were being worked to
their full capacity owing to the increase
of orders during the big strike, the largest
one being placed by Mark Hanna's COM
pany.
Manager Kincaid hopes to be able to
reach satisfactory agreement and to
have the miners return to work tomor-
row.
Miners Fighting the Injunction.
Washington, Pa, August ID. V.
Fl. Cook, coal operator of McGoyern, came
into court this afternoon and complained
that the strikers were again trespassing
on his property; that Andrew Savage, a
leader, already enjoined, was there, and
he thought they had instructions to go
when and where they pleased in disre-
gard to the injunction. At this the court
made an order including the United
Mine Workers of America, President
Ratchford and Secretary Pierce and the