The herald., 1897-08-17
Make the Strike Situation
Interesting
THE INJUNCTION CASE HEARD
BUT THE DECISION Is NOT YET
RENDERED
Though Exciting the Days Events
Are Not Significant of the Ulti-
mate Result
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
PITTSBURG, Pa. Aug. 16.-Today
was fraught with exciting incidents on
matters pertaining to the miners strike
Mutiny in the miners camp, a murder in
the deputies ranks, filing of civil and
criminal suits against the De Armitts
and the hearing Of the injunction case
against President Dolan and others kept
both sides to the struggle busy and on
the qui vive all day long.
The hearing in the injunction case
before Judges Stow and Collier was per-
haps one of the most important and in
teresting ever held in the Federal court.
1t was hearing in which both capital
and labor were interested and the decis-
ion is expected to have telling effect
on the conduct of the great coal miners
strike, which has been on since July 5th.
From the testimony adduced and from
the expressions of the court, it can be
safely said that there will be some sur
prises. That the Injunction will be ma
terially modified there can be no doubt,
which on it's face would indicate, vic
tory for the strikers. The preliminary
decree has been continued pending a
consultation of the judges, and an opin-
ion will probably be handed down by
noon tomorrow.
AS near as can be learned, the strik-
ers, under the injunction. can march, but
not at stated times, as long as they are
not in company with any of these de-
PENDANTS
ADEAD DEPUTY
| PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 1.-two dep
uties, Robert Kerr and Frank Anderson,
employed as guardians of the New York
and Cleveland Gas Coalcompany, fought
this afternoon and as a result Kerr can
not live until morning.
| 1t Is not known what the men fought
about but they met on a bridge cross
ing Plum creek and, after few words.
Anderson was seen to hit Kerr, who re-
taliated and rough and tumble fight
lasting about five minutes followed
Anderson succeeded in drawing his re-
volver, and placing it close to Kerr's
abdomen fired, the ball tearing through
the victims intestines and lodging in his
back. The physicians say he will die in.
| few hours
UGLY SYMPTOMS
| HAZELTON, Pa, Aug. 16-Twenty-
five hundred miners of the Lehigh and
| Wilkesbarre collieries, in the Honey
brook district, went on strike this morn
ing and at a meeting tonight they re-
solved in body to stand together. This
is the first detection among the miners
of eastern Pennsylvania. Apart from
the wage question the men demand the
transfer of Superintendent Jones. and
the feeling against him is so strong that
he has an armed escort anr his house
is guarded day and night.
Officials of the company came here
from Wilkesbarre and New York and
looked over the ground. They stated that
they were not authorized as yet to say
how the directors would meet the de-
mand of the men,
CASES IN COURT
PITTSBURG, August 16.-The hearing
in the equity case of the New York and
Cleveland coal and Gas company VS..
the United Mine Workers of America
was called at 10 o'clock this morning in
|
and Collier. When court opeped plain
tiff's counsel asked that the injunction
be made permanent, and defendants at
torney made a counter molten for its
dissolution. Both motions We're de-
clared out of order and President De
Armitt was called to the stand and tes-
titled to the facts set forth in the affida-
Wit filed when the preliminary injunc-
tons were issued.
In addition to civil suits entered
against President w. P. de Armitt by
his former employees for wages, three
criminal suits have been brought against
Samuel de Armitt "a brother of the pres
| ident.
Mrs. Anna Croto, who was evicted on
Saturday by Samuel de Armitt has
brought criminal suit charging assault
and battery. She says in her charge that
her husband was not at home and de
Armitt took her by the shoulders and
| threw her out of the house. She says he
held a hatchet above her head and threat
ened to kill her. Her two children, small
boys, were also thrown from the house.
John Croto, her husband, also sues De
Armitt for larceny. He claims that after
assaulting his wife and children ami
| throwing his household goods from the
house, De Armitt took with him small
keg of wine and SIG revolver of Crotos
and has since refused to return them.
Writs and warrants will be served on
De Armitt in the morning
DRAWS THE LINE
| NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE World
prints the following dispatch from San
Sebastian, prefacing it with statement
that it has passed through the hands of
the Spanish censor:
"Senor CASTELAR, and several other
leading statesmen, both Liberal and
Conservative, have been questioned con-
cerning certain declarations recently at
tributed to Secretary Sherman, and they
assure me that they do not attach any
Importance to them, even if true, be-
cause all Spanish politicians and the
government always draw the line be-
tween the opinions and the utterances