The herald., 1897-08-13
STRIKERS
ENJOINED
From Pursuing a Marching
Campaign
ANY ASSEMBLY NEAR MINES
TO BE CONSIDERED CONTEMPT
OF COURT
The Situation Becomes Strained, and
the Long-Delayed Crisis Is Now
Considered Imminent
Associated Press Special Wire.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug 12-Sweeping
and far-reaching injunctions now figure
| in the coal miners strike in the Pitts
burg district. The developments of to-
day terd to make the situation strain
ed ore, and it appears that crises is
near at hand.
The strikers have demonstrated that
their assemblages, marches and mission
airy 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 cause.
The sheriff. proclamation, issued two
weeks ago, restraining the men from as
| sambling and marching, has beer. dead
| letter and the marches have been cor
tinued daily. No disturbance of any
| kind has occurred, the officials of tha
miners contriving through the Whole
time to keep their men within peaceful
| bounds. The preliminary injunction is
sued today by Judges Collier ard Stow
now brings the matter to the county
courts for settlement. The case VIII he
heard, on Monday morning, and the de-
cision is looked forward to with much
interest.
The much talked-of bill of injunction
was filed today in the county court by
counsel for the New York and Cleveland
/ Gas company, also against the United
F., Mine workers Judge Collier granted
a temporary injunction restraining the
defendants from milling in proX
| unity to the mines and houses OF miners
| for the purpose of in tim alton or induc-
ing employees to quit work.
If the strikers continue their marches
| in the morning as they now say they
| will in defiance of the injunction cap
iases will be issued for the offenders on
the charge of contempt of court. Should
the injunction be enforced, the. strikers
camps around the De Armitt mines Will
soon be extinct The strikers, though
! excited over the turn of events, are in o
| wise disheartened.
! The injunction secured by the New
| York and Cleveland Gas and Coal COM
pany was. read to President Dolan by
deputy this afternoon at the miners
! Headquarters Mr.. Dolan, who was
| writing al the time, scarcely stopped his
work. and. when the reading was finished
|
| Thank you"
He says the injunction will not change
the miners campaign in the least.
Ex-Vice-P President Mills came into
headquarters shortly after the reading
of the document to Dolan. He said the
miners would continue as heretofore.
using all lawful means possible to keep
miners from working during the struggle
! for better wages.
1t is the intention of the officers Of the
court to try to forestall the customary
march in the morning by going to the
camps tonight and reading the injunc-
! tion to the campers. If this is done the
crisis will be certainly reached al about
o'clock in the morning, as the strikers
appear determined to test their right to
carry out their usual program. 1t is said
| that when the deputies do start to en-
force the injunction they will be com
PEELED to arrest every man for contempt
and that as fast as the men are placed
in jail others will be brought into camp
to take their places, and thus the depu-
| ties will be kept busy making arrests
until the jails are overcrowded.
This evening the strikers at Plumb
! Creek held meeting and voted unani-
mously to hold the fort but not to resist
arrest.
The striking miners propose to test the
legality of Judge McEiwayne's injunc-
ton by continuing daily marches on the
public roads until arrested. Dolan says
! that as fast as one squad is arrested an
other will take the road to the mine until
so many are in Jail that public opinion
will be aroused on the question.
Ex-State President Harris of the Min
| ers' union, was in conference here today
with the miners officials relative to the
| strike in the coal fields of Pennsylvania.
He stated that the miners are dissats-
! fled and he believes can be induced to
quit work. which would add materially
to bringing others to the movement.
The Jefferson Clearfield Coal and Iron
company employs about 1900 men, he
says, and they are turning out daily
| from 80 900 to $4,000 tons of coal, most
of which is being shipped to the Fits
| burg market. The Reyuoldsville min
| ers, numbering 1000. have already quit
work and are now considering the ad
visa ability of making raid on the old
mines of the company located in Jeffer
son county and inducing the miners
there to quit work 1t was decided to
| start the movement at once.
APPEALS FOR FOOD
| COLUMBUS, O., Aug. Ex-Governor
| Bushnell has issued an appeal on behalf
| of Ohio miners who are in absolute need
of food.
ILLINOISANS MARCHING
DECATUR, ILL.,, Aug. 12.-B. b. Ray.
Governor Tanners representative in
mining troubles, has just arrived in De-
ca tur. after being out all the morning
! with the marching miners. He has been
getting kilograms from Mount Pulaski
about movements of men there. Bodies
of men have left both places for this
city Mr.. Ray said 300 men who left
! Springfield were Joined at Riverton by
hundred more and at Dawson by about
| fifty The men are in charge Of Presi-
lot of