The age-herald., 1897-08-15
LABOR LEADERS PRESENT
No Marching Will Be Attempted Until
 They Give Orders.
PLEASED WITH THE OUTLOOK
Is President Ratchford, Who Says the Miners Are Willing to Meet the Issue Squafely -GoWpers Speaks Encouragngly
 of West Virginia.

Plttsburg, Aug. 14.-For the next few days the eyes of the industrial world will be turned to Pittsbulg The great
 est interest will prevail on Monday when
 the injunction against the marching
 miners will be heard. That there is
 much interest is evidenced by the pres
 enes here of prominent labor leaders.
 Michael Ratchford, of the United Mine Workers of America; Samuel Comp rs, l president of the American Federation of
 Labor. and J. R. Sovereign, general mas
 ter workman of the Knights Of Lab-r
 arrived here this afternoon and will re-
 main here a few days. While they are
 here they will be kspt busy. They S1me here from West Virginia, and W re brown 1 and enthusiastic. President Ratchford
 seemed to be pleased with the outlook,
 and in an interview said:
 "The fight is in better ( ndiion to- | day than it ever was. The men are sold
 as a rock, while they are increasing in
 numbers and determination. They are i growing stronger every day and there
 are more organizers among them then
 there has ever been. We have reached | the point where we are closely curtailing 1 the output and whre we have the courts
 to fight. In this connection I wish to say | for every man that is incarc5 5rated there
 will be 100 friends gainad for the cause. | We have not come here to defy the courts
 or judges, but discharge plain duty | as we understand it. If it would be a | crime to talk to men of the benefits of 1 trades unionism and cali them together 1 in peaceful assembly we are surely I. ady | to meet the issue."
 Prsident Samuel Gompers expressed a 1 hopeful view of the matter in West Vir- | giEia. He said there was some coal be- | ins produced in certain sections, but the
 supply was being gradually cut off. He | claimed and maintains that fully 5000 of l the 10000 diggers of that state have join | ed the suspension.
 A series of meetings to be addressed | by the labor leaders will be arranged. | Rstchford, Gomeprs and Sovereign will
 address a big meeting at Camp Is ] ion
 at Plum Creek tomorrow morning. It is 1 said to be one of the biggest meetings | in the history of the state. It is hoped
 to have all the miners employed by the | New York and Cleveland company a the
 meeting and make one grand effort to
 rally them to the standard of the strik- 1 CTS.
 The majority of the campers are await l ing anxiously for the courts decision on
 Monday. In case the injunction is con- l tinued 1t is altogether probable that some | of the men may march in order to get l arrested. The reason for holding off is | said to be due to the fact that the men | have hopes that the injunctions will be | quashed. In case they are the campers
 say they will camp weher they are and | march until the strike is won. The
 camps are we'll stocked with provisions | and so far as the material man is con- l cerned the strikers will not suffer- No
 move will be made by the sheriff towards 1 raidng the camps until after the hear | ing on Monday. If the injunctions are | continued, he says, the camps will be 1 broken up in short order.
 There was a big meeting of striking
 miners at McZeesport tonight. Over | 5000 strikers were present, and addresses
 were made by Ratchfor, Gompers, Sover | eign and Mrs. Jones. Previous to the l meeting there was parade of 1,500 mi
 ners and striking steel workers. The
 speakers predicted succes, denounced the | injuctions and advised the strikers to
 obey the law.