The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-17
Sheriff Lowry's Stern Meas
ures for Plum, Patton
and Wilkins Town
ships.
STRIKERS FORCES SWELLING
One Nine Likely to Surrender
Marching Suspended Today
Gains in West Virginia.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug II, 1S97.-Ths
strike leaders for some reason have aban-
doned the idea of having a meeting of
the heads of the different labor organiza-
tions to devise ways and means Of
battling with an adverse ruling of the
court on the miners Injunction. President
Dolan says meeting of the union Off
GERS may be held ON Thursday, but II it
Is 1t Will be for another purpose There
is rumor current that the De Armits
have arranged for the Importation of 200
foreign workmen next Monday to work
in the Turtle Creek and Plum Creek
mines. This is denied by Thomas De
Armit, who says the company has enough
men working and that there is no need
of importing other miners
In spite of all denials, however, it is be-
lieved that the New York and cleveland
Gas Coal Company will give notice TO all
strikers that they are willing to re-em-
ploy all the old hands, and should the
strikers not choose to return to work.
within a few days the company will try
to employ some who will work The
work of securing signatures TO the uni
formity agreement is progressing favor
ably and in few days the list will be
ready for publication. About thirty oper-
ators are said to have signed, but the
committee is not willing to say whether
or not any of the larger operators are on
the list.
Martial law has been declared in Plum,
Patton and Wilkins townships by Sher-
if Lowry. The three mines of the New
York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
are in these townships, and all roads
leading TO them will be patrolled by his
deputies Persons walking or driving
r hn Rl1 dc rl3fAk uNf rrt4-r
isfactorys account of himself or herself
will be ordered to leave the neighbor-
hood, and, upon refusal. will be arrested
The Sheriff will not attempt to break up
the camp of the strikers until the
Court has passed on the question, but
announced today that he is determined
to stop the marching and trespassing on
the companys $ property. No one will be
allowed on the company's property who
fails to have a pass signed by Superin-
tendent De Armit.
There are now nearly 800 men in the
camp at Plum Creek. After the mutiny
that point was abandoned and the men
went to Plum Creek.
In addition 200 men arrived at three
o clock this morning from Bellevernon.
The large increase in the number In camp
has caused shortage of provisions and
the men are hungry. They threatened to
march during the morning, but were In
duced not to do so blythe deputies Last.
night was decided to have the women
march, as the injunction did not include
them. The order of the sheriff to arrest
all persons, however, caused q change in
the programme and there was no march.
Sheriff Lowry said he would dispsrse the
women as quickly as the men as ha
interpreted the courts order to mean to
enjoin not only the men but all who at
tempted to interfere with the Dc Armit
miners in any way by a show of force.
There were twenty two evictions near
Plum Creek during the day of striking
miners. The evictions began at noon yes
terday.
Passengers on the morning train from
Pittsburg to Turtle Creek says man
who gives his name as John Monroe said
he was from Osceola, and announced
he was going to kill Sam De Armit. The
claim is made that there are q number
of Anarchists in the vicinity of the mines
who are after the De Armits. They are
not in the camp however.
Samuel De Armtt is under arrest by the
Sheriff. Neither he or the Sheriff will
say for what, but the strikers say 1t Is
to prevent his arrest by any constable
which will be impossible as long as he Is
in the Shertff's custody.
Sixteen more men went into Plum
Creek mine this morning. The strikers
say only twenty-nine men are at work,
while the company say they have two
hundred and fifty men. The output yes
terday was seven cars of lump and three
cars of screened coal