The Saint Paul globe., 1897-08-13
ON THE STRIKERS.
Sueepipg IqjdqCtioQs Grapted
Any Attempt on the Part of the Officials to
Enforce the DEGREES of the Court Liable to
Result i'm BloodsI1ed.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 12sSweep-
ing and far reaching injunctions now
figure in the coal miners strike in
the Pittsburg district. The develop
ments of today tend to make the stu
alton a strained one and it appears
that a crisis is near at hand. The
strikers have demonstrated that their
assemblag ges, marches and missionary
work have materially affected the out
put of the New York & Cleveland
Gas Coal company, while at the same
time public sympathy has been en-
listed in their cause.
The sheriff's proclamation, issued
two weeks ago, restraining the men
from assembling and marching, has
been a dead letter and the marches
have been continued daily. No dis
turbance of any kind has occurred,
the officials of the miners contrivin2
through the whole time to keep their
men within peaceful bounds. The pre-
liminary injunction issued today by
Judges Collier and Stowe now brings
the matter to the county courts for
settlement. The case will be heard
on Monday morning and the decision
is looked forward to with much in
terest. The miners and their officials
claim that they are keeping within
the law and have the right to assem-
BILE in peace and demonstrate to the
world that they are being Wronged by
a rate of wages that0keep them con-
stantly at the point of starvation;
also, that they have a right to use
their presence and influence among
men who are initiating against the11
interests by continuing at work. The
New York & Cleveland Gas Coal COM
pany, on the other hand, assert that
the marches and assemblages are I'M
lawful and menace to their employees,
many of whom, they say, are willing
to work provided the strikers remain
away.
Looking at the matter from TINS
standpoint, the company made It's raol-
cal move today in the courts to bring
about a condition under which the
company can operate it's mines. The
bill for an injunction against the Unit
ed Mine Workers was filed IN the
county court about noon by counsel
for the New York & Cleveland Gas
Coal company The defendants named
are the United Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca, Patrick Dolan, president; Edward
Mckay, vice president; William War
ner, secretary and treasurer, and
others. The plaintiff company sets
forth that it is a corporation under the
laws of Pennsylvania with capital of
81 ,OOO, 900 invested in coal lands of Penn
sylvania. Three Of their mines, en-
ploying 1900 men, are Plum Creek,
Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek. The
bill then recites the conditions pre-
vailing at their mines since the strike
began, and alleges that the strikers
have paid no attention to the sheriffs S
proclamation, and that the lives of the
miners and the property of the COM
pany are in danger.
Judge Collier granted a preliminary
injunction restraining and adjoining
the defendants from assembling,
marching or encamping in proximity to
the mines and houses of the miners for
the purpose by intimidation, menaces,
threats and opprobious words of pre-
venting the miners of the plaintiff from
working. It further restrains the de-
PENDANTS from inducing or compelling
any employe or miner to quit work. A
hearing was fixed for Aug. 16.
The injunction is regarded as the
most sweeping yet issued
President Dolan expressed surprise
when informed thdt it had been grant
ed, and added: 1T will make no DIFF
ference to u.s.. We will not break camp
and will go right along as usual until
the matter is tested in the courts. We
will stay there regardless of every
judge in Allegheny county, and if they
attempt to enforce the injunction they
will have to build more jails to accom-
modate the men,"
If the strikers continue their marches
in the morning, as they now say they
will, in defiance of the injunction, ca
phases 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 strik-
5ers, though excited over the turn of
events, are in nowise disheartened.
Developments at Canonsburg are be-
ing watched closely. The avowed in