The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
DECENTRALIZATION.
Permanent Injunction Order Causes
Breaking Up of Strikers Camps

Pittsburg Aug 1S-Yesterday was OPP
orators day, and from present appear
ance they have made a most effective
move and have nearly, II not quite,
checkmated their opponents, the strlk-
ing coal miners. The courts decree IN
making permanent the preliminary IN
junction restraining the strikers from
camping, marching or in any manner
interfering with the New York and
has had the effect of almost depicting
the camps about those mines, and ap-
parentIy a general Generalization
among the campers exists
In order to follow their advantage.
the operators held a largely attended
meeting last night at the Monongahela
House and arranged for the starting OF
their mines with or without force II
force seems to be unavoidable, it is the
intention to start certain few mines
at once under the protection of depu-
ties and whatever expense may result
will be shared pro rate by the mine
owners.
President Dolan. of the miners or
ganization does not believe the move
ment will be success, as the strikers
are more in earnest than in any former
struggle The operators now talk
about their inability to pay the advance
on account of having taken contracts
at the present rate" said he. when
they made those contracts they were
fairly warned that a higher rate would
be demanded. We called a conference
and told them to not make any con-
tracts based on the low rate for dig
bility of MISUNDERSTANDING. we issued
a public notice and had it printed in
the daily papers They were told plain
ly not to make contracts based on %
cents mining rate. We did not take
any advantage of them for they knew
what was coming. When 1 spoke of .
strike they merely laughed and said:
We will have you all starved out in
two weeks They see now where they
were mistaken and want to start, but
they will not succeed. We will estab-
lish a camp and march at every mine
where the attempt Is made to operate
We will fight to the bitter end
Camp Determination at Turtle Creek
was reduced in numbers today from 200
to so. The men who were told to go
home gathered in an angry crowd and
denounced the officials bitterly Sec
rotary William Warner came in for g.
large share of vituperation from the
crowd They demanded of him work or
assistance. He replied rather CURLY
that he would get them jobs in the
workhouse-
After Warner left, a number of men
threatened to return to their respective
homes and go to work in their mines.
They said the strike was a fizzle. Some
of the men left for Irwin and Green's
burg districts where they will look for
work.
Uriah Dillingham;. in charge of the
camp at Plum Creek, put a damper on
the campers at that place. He had just
returned from the city where he heard
the courts decision in the injunction
case. He told the men there would be
no more marching and no need of such
a large number of men at the camp He
advised the men to dispense to their re-
Spective homes and get work wherever
they could At this camp where there
were yesterday 500 men, there are less
than 100.
Sandy Creek camp is practically
abandoned and it is not known wheth-
er ii yill be opened again or not. All
told there are less than $50 men now
encamped about the three mines.