The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-22
COAL STRIKERS ENJOINED.
THE PROTECTION OF THE COURTS
ASKED IN PENIS TLTANIA.
Coai Company at Gsnit.in Demands mat vto-
Ience ne Observation-Disclosures Capture =
Train at Pann, Men Go hack to
work In west virEinia-Gioem ut Columbus.

ALTOONA, Pa, July 21.-The coal strike stu
alton at GallitEin is becoming more serious
daily. The Mitchell Coal and Coke Company
asked for an injunction in the Cambria county
courts to-day to restrain the striking miners
from overt acts and to allow the company to run
It's own affairs. The petition asks that the
striking miners be restrained from any act OF
violence toward the Mitchell Coal and Coke
Company or any Of its employees.
Judge Martin Bell OF Blair county presided.
The injunction was granted. and the attorneys
for the company will ask for its continuance on
Saturday next.
In addition to the case OF the injunction. the
Mitchell Coal and Coke Company desires pay
ment Of money to compensate It for the outlay
made in defending its property and employees.
This is one Of the most important Of the cases
that have come up in central Pennsylvania. Tho
plaintiff coal company is represented by Ste
vens, Owens & Pascoe Of Tyrone. In case the
miners and strikers should violate the injunc-
ton they will be arrested for contempt, which
Is not a bailable offence. The Sheriff served tho
injunction this evening on the strikers. Tho
hearing Of the forty-two women who were ar
rested ut Gallitzin for rioting has been post
poned because of the indignation manifested by
the miners. More deputies have been sworn In
by the Sheriff.
The situation among the soft coal miners in
MS EeRiou uurluB Nv poSt iOui ouA
has become very grave. In the Patton and
Barnesboro fields, which have hitherto been I'M
affected by the strike, strained relations exist
between the miners and operators. The miners
assert that they were mining 5000 pounds OF
coal for a ton, and demanded a check weighman.
as Is allowed under an act of Assembly. In re-
ply. the Patton Company discharged 14o men
who had voted to mako the demand. A mass
meeting was called, but q proposition to strike
was held over until tomorrow.
That the strike sentiment Is spreading Is
shown by q telegram received here to-day
which says that tho miners in the PUNK
sutawney. Reynoldsville. and Dubois regions
were discontinued and restless, and will accept
! q strike order when it is given. The men in that
district average 20 to 80 cents q ton for min
ing. Their aggregate earnings for the
year have been small. The organizer says that
one or two good speakers could tie up the
entire field within three days. Leaders OF the
miners in the Clearfeld region. principally
along the line of the Tyrone division Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, have been at work
among the men, and it is limited that these men
stand ready also to go out when a general call
Is issued
PANA. ILL.,. July 21.-Two hundred coal strikers
boarded an Illinois Central train here this morn
ing and refused to pay their fares or leave the
train. The strikers came from the Pana and
Moweaqua mines, and had decided TO go TO Cot
teen and induce the miners there to quit work.
When the strikers refused to pay their fares the
trainmaster ordered the freight train side
tracked at Oconee, nine miles south OF here:
The miners defed the trainmen. and the Central
officials at Clinton were advised of the situation.
The railroad o~facials at once notified Sheriff
Courtright at Shelbyville that a train had been
Ocouee and interfering with traffic: Protection
was demanded en- bfast at onss t. m %osr the l1,, train rail- and %
Pana at once with q body OF deputies. They met
some Of the officials OF the Illinois Central. and
o oaiss = f snd ssns in "s sGvs seeeot 81 thu h Z fas st'i pas:
senger train to the scene OF the trouble. Local
labor leaders were informed and teleyraphed
and take to the woodA.
Reports from Oconee and Mowcaqua say that
the strikers did not attempt to escape. but left
the train. Upon tho arrival Of Sheriff Court
right and deputies at Oconee what leader they
no resistance on the part OF the strikers.
WHEELING. w. Va, July 2l.-To all appear
s sPssss the i Fqf.S % 8t we 81 T she msn s0 feta minsi' t is
work at tho Monogah mines to-day, and nine
other plants in the district are working on full
time. In the southern part OF. the state, the
Norfolk and Western operators have asked for
more cars. and they are hiring all diggers that
IN spite Of the seemingly indisputable fact
Virginia. In the Panhandle district and at
places In the Fairnlont teld the few men who
morrow nse row 100 striters from Noundsvihiise viii
march to the Boegs Run mine, near this city.
with brass bands and agitators; The Bogss Run
mines were the scene OF disorder in 1894.
Stories circulated about troops having been
asked for are groundless.
among the miners Of tho Palatine and Aurora
companies. The most conservative estimates
than 1000. In the Pocahontas district, where
Sovereign was suppressed a day or so ago, The
men resent the efforts of agitators. Speaking
Of the Sovereign incident, Eugene V. Debbs said
today: - ,o,.., .,,, -. ,ra pr..,.
Free speech is denied here, as 1t Is in Russia.
soverelgn's fate will strengthen the social de,
moCracy."
The threat OF agitators that the fight has just
begun does not appear alarming to the opera.
tors. who declare the whole state open.
missioner" Little OF ohio and W. +. De Armitt
returned to-day from philadelphia. where they
saS s1ns to 09 Mr.. L siERst said K the result %nitfS Of ny
trip was satisfactory to him. He was asked by
THE sun correspondent II he had secured sigma
lures OF the operators who live In Philadelphia,
Il have seen no operator who refused to sign
Wien asked for more specific Information
Mr.. Little would say no more about his visit,
but remarked:
1T is my judgmen that the success Of the
uniformity, movement depends on the Pittsburl
operators"
a newspaper from the home OF f, r. Ridgely
count OF the meeting OF Col. W. p. Rend, one O
this OCCASION ReHd told R lid that he ycus6i
TO sweep mis- own doorstep" that Ridgeiy'l
father, tho President OF the Consolidated Goa
Company Of Illinois. was The De Armitt OF thu
Illinois coal field. Col. Rend also showed q
Mr.. Ridgely twelve kilograms from Pittsburt
operators, who refused TO sign the uniformity
agreement.
Nothing has yet occurred to render improba
BILE the general impression that tho uniformity
agreement will amount to anything. Mr.. Little
said tonight that the old uniformity agreement
would have TO be altered, and smong the altera
lions proposed he mentioned the differential il
wages Of miners in the thick.yein district. It i
generally admitted, however, that the thick
vein operators will not consent to a change il
the diferenLial.
Secretary William Warner, to-day issued hi
circular appealing for help or starving
miners" tIie says one woman died Of starvation
at Moon.run, and that the miners Of Toms-run
Shire Oaks, and Bunola have applied to tn,
miners headquarters for aid.
Notwithstanding these facts" Warner say
in his circular. 1.-The miners are just as deter
mined that they win never 20 back 70 work with
out securing at least living wages"
COLUMBUS, o., July 2l.-When tho NationA
Executive Board of the Mine Workers of Amer
lea convened at noon to-day, after tho member
had returned from the funeral Of John Kane
the yice-President OF the organization, a feelinI
OF depression was noticeable, which was not du,