The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-21
INJUNCTION ON THE DOG
How the Striking Miners Re-
spees the Order Of the
Courts Almost a Riot
at Plum Creek.

PITTSBURG. Pa, Aug. q, 1897.-There
was clash between the Deputy Sheriffs
and strikers at Plum Creek, at A. NJ,
and five strikers were arrested for con-
tempt Of court in disobeyiEg the orders
of court as contained in the Injunction.
There was no blood shed, but battle be-
tween the deputies and the strikers may
be fought at any time.
The determination of the strikers to
march at four A. NJ was formed yester-
day afternoon, after they had successfully
passed four deputies who wanted to stop
their escorting some citizens of New
Texas to their camp. Their plans were
known to the deputies, and they were
ready for the marchers. The campers
were divided into three parties, one go
ing to ClarksviIle, another to the tipple
at Plum Creek and the other along the
Salisbury Pike. They were not formed in
lire. but walked along aimlessly The
deputy sheriffs met the vanguard on the
pike about half a mile above the post
office at Center. The men in advance
were turned back, but the others kept
on and the deputies formed Line across
the road Chief Deputy Samuel Young
stepped to the front and told them they
would have to turn back to their camp.
There was a laugh at this and the men
marched on.
There was sudden push from the rear
of the body of strikers, and the deputies
were forced back considerable distance
and then there was such a mix-up that
one could not tell which of the struggling
men were deputies and which were strik-
erS,
Chief Deputy Young seized two men and
called out that they were under arrest.
At the same time he shouted to the depu-
ties not to struggle with the strikers but
to arrest any man who attempted to pass:
still to see what Mr.. Young intended to
do with his prisoners and the deputies
thus had a chance to form in a more solid
mass across the road and to~baf AL pas
sage The two men We're placed in charge
of deputies, who conducted them to the
De Armit stables and placed them under
an armed guard. There were about sixty
men in the body of strikers and most of
them started back slowly toward Camp
Isolation.
There were about dozen OF them how
ever, who stood still and said that the
court had no power to block public roads
and told the others to go back to camp
and they would either see the miners in
their homes and rursuade them not to
go into the pit or be taken to jail They
started across the road on a run towards
the tipple with posse of the deputies in
pursuit. The latter caught up to them
near the company houses at the coal
works and placed three more under ar
rest.
The prisoners were loaded into a spring
wagon and We're taken to Turtle Greek,
where they were brought to this city
and lodged in jail.
The camp at Jefferson Schoolhouse,
guarding the Sandy Creek mine. has been
re-establisKed with rs men The camp is
well stocked with provisions and it is
proposed to decrease the output of the
mine by doing missionary work in the
diggers' houses.
The campers at Turtle Creek attempt
ed to march at five A.. M, bu they were
stopped by posse of deputy sheritfs.
of a copy of the injunction. and have
clothed bull dog with it, and their mot
u is, Injunction is on the dog" The
leaders in the camp will not allow the ami
nal to be paraded on the streets.