The herald., 1897-08-14
MARCHING
OF MINERS
Is Stopped at Least for a
Time
A BLOW STRUCK BY ACCIDENT
DRAWS FIRST BLOOD FROM A
STRIKER
Good Leadership Gains the Excited
Crowd, Which Retires to Camp
to Consider Plans
Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
PITTSBURG, August 13.-The first
blood shed during the present miners
strike was that of Jacob Mott, drum
mer in the Mcdonald band. The trou-
BILE occurred about o'clock this morn
ing near Plum Creek tipple.
One thousand strikers left the camp
at Plum Creek at 8 a. m. and divided
into two squads at Center, one body of
marchers going to Center school house
and the other to the strikers houses.
The Center squadron was headed by
the Mcdonald Drum Corps.
Sheriff Lowry reached Center about
a. m. and met number of deputies. He
then ordered the strikers to return to
camp. They paid no attention to the
order for a time and the drum corps at
tempted to lead the marchere past the
Sheriff and deputies. The latter closed
up and moved forward, headed by the
sheriff, and the opposing forces came
together. No blows were struck and no
weapons were drawn, but there was a
lively scuffie. during which horn in
the hands of one of the band was push
ed in Jacob Motifs face and he was badly
cut over the right eye. The blood
| flowed in a stream from the wound and
the sight of blood checked the pushing
and struggling men. The Sheriff again
read the order of court and ordered the
crowd to disperse and appear in court
on Saturday to make answer to the bill
filed. The men again refused and one
was particularly pronounced in his op-
position. He was threatened with ar
rest, and, after considerable argument,
during which he asserted his right to
be on the public road, Urich Belling-
ham and the band again tried to force
their way past the Sheriff and his depu-
ties.
After repeatedly warning the strikers,
who were reinforced by the division
guarding the miners houses, the depu-
ties finally induced them to march back
to camp, but not before several exciting
scenes had been enacted.
The strikers at Turtle Creek obeyed
the injunction by not marching on Oak
Hill mine. The deputies at Center
spent a sleepless night. They were first
aroused by a column of strikers escort
ing Emma, Haas, a lame girl crowned
with a wreath of daisies, for firing a re-
volver in honor of the strikers. At 2
o'clock the daisy-crowned Joan dare
had aroused seventy-five Hungarians to
the point of Joining her in missionary
work. They We're dispersed. but later
on the same girl headed a crowd of
about forty women, who defied the dep
uties, but were finally induced to dis
perse.
NO MORE MARCHING
PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 13-Injuna-
tions by the court have put a stop to
marches by the strikers against the New
York and Cleveland Gas Coal company
for time at least. But in the executi ion
of the injunctions the sheriff and his
deputies narrowly escaped precipitating
! serious trouble. AS it was the first
blood of the strike was shed. Henry
| Stewart, ore of the sherifr's deputies,
struck Jacob Mott a drummer Of the
Mcdonald band, with the edge of brass
horn, and cut a severe cash above his
eye The sight of the blood wrought up
the thousand of idle mirers to such
pitch that desperate conflict was i'm
minert. The deputies also were excited
and noisy. The strikers were jeering
and yelling and urging a further rush.
There were enough Of the miners to an
initiate the deputies. Captain Bellins-
| ham, Sheriff Lowrey Chief Deputy
James Richards and Superintendent De
Ahmtt were the only cool men in the as
semblage. To them ard to Captain Bel
lngham. belong the credit of averting
a riot. When Bell.n CHAM saw there was
danger of his men getting beyond his
control he commarCed "a halt and ad-
dressed himself to the task of restrain
ing the more belligerent. So we'll were
his efforts directed that he soon had re-
stored comparative order.
Sheriff Lowrey had difficult task to
perform, but he handled it we'll, and by
his coolness and good nature Cdd much
to neutraliZe the bitterness and strife
invited by his subordinates. The striK-
ers finally retired and marched back to
their camp. There were several other
brushes with the deputies, but no ac-
tual collisions. After the MIXERS return
ed to camp the officers held confer
r,ece with their attorney and he advised
them to quit marching until the count
had heard the argument next Monday
over a bill in equity brought by the New
York and Cleveland Gas Coal company,
IS it might injure' their case if they were
| brought up for contempt before the
court.
President Dolan then issued orders
that 0 more marches should be made in
any of the New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal company's mines until further
orders, though marches may be made
at other places.
The feature of the scene today was
the fact that the woman sympathizers,
for the first time since the strike, par
ticipated in daylight demonstration
and, like their brethren in the cause, had
the injunction read to them and they
were ordered to cease using the public
highway for a parade ground.
There were nc signs of trouble tonight.
The strikers remained within their
camp ard while the deputies We're on
guard they had little to do. In order to
more Thoroughly fortify his position,