The San Francisco call., 1897-08-14
ScuffIe in Which One of
the Strikers Gets a
Bad Cut.
The Sheriff Reads an lnjunC-
ton and the Strikers
Are Halted.
Wtitecap Notices for the Men at
Work-Sleepless Nights for
the Officers.


blood shed during the present miners
strike was that of Jacob Mott, drummer
in the McDonold band. The trouble oc-
Cured about O'Clock this morning near
the Plum Creek tipple.
One thousand strikers left camp at
Plum Creek at A. NJ, and divided into
two squads at Center, one body OF the
marchers going to Center schoolhouse
and the other to strikers houses.
The Center squad was headed by the
Mcdonald drum corps. Sheriff Lowrey
reached Center about 5 A. NJ and met
numbe Of deputies. The marchers were
stopped and the Sneriff read the iniunc-
tion order. He then ordered the strikers
to return to their camp.
The men paid no attention to the order
for time, and the drum corps attempted
to lead the marchers past the Sheriff and
his deputies. The deputies closed up and
moved forward, headed by the Sheriff, and
the opposing forces came together.
No blows were struck and no weapons
drawn, but there was lively scuffie, dur
ing which horn in the hands OF one of
the band was pushed into Joseph Motifs
face, and he was badly cut over the right
wound, and the sight of blood checked
the pushing and struggling men.
The Sheriff again read the order of the
court. and ordered the crowd to disperse
and appear in court on Saturday to make
an answer to the bill filed.
The men again refused, and one was
particularly pronounced in his opposi-
ton. He was threatened with arrest, and
after considerable argument, during
which he asserted his right to be on the
public road. Urich Bellingham and the
bani again tried to force their way past
the Sheriff and his deputies.
Sheriff Lowrey threatened the strikers
with arrest if they did not instantly obey.
He told them they were defendants in
suit brou ht by the New York and Cleve-
land Gas-coal Company, and that the in
junction would hold good until Monday,
when they would have a hearing before
Judges Stowe and Collier.
He added: II command you, as High
Sheriff of Allegheny County, to cease this
marching. You must not molest men
who want to work. They have as much
right to the roads as you, and if you do
not desist in obedience to this injunction,
| will arrest you
Deputy Sheriffs formed line across the
road and forced the strikers TO move along.
Seeing no way TO defend themselves, the
strikers moved in the direction of their
camp.
By this time news of the Sheriff arri-
val and action had reached the division OF
the strikers guarding the miners houses
across the ravine and they hastened to
me ct their companions. They met on the
hill above Center and formed on either
side of the road and invited the Deputy
thrOnUh
was not accepted and the deputies allowed
the NJ to stand.
This did not please them, and the band
started back. One of the strikers, who as
sumed leadership, bade the others fall
in the rear. George Kelley of Claremont
and Michael Dukes of Carnegie marched
ahead. carving flags, and attempted to
break through the ranks of deputies.
They did not succeed, and were COM
pelled to stand and listen to the reading
of the injunction. A few of the more
stubborn ones offered resistance and as
serted right TO go down the road in the
direction of the pit month.
One of these was Jam es A. Bruce (col-
ored) of California. He said he had paid
his tax and asked to pass through he line
of deputies. When refused he insisted
that his name should be added to the list
OF defendants in De Armitts equity suit,
and also demanded copy not only of the
Injunction but of the allegations upon
which it was issued.
While the negro was being disposed OF,
Richard Barrow of Walkers Mills and
half dozen companions seated them
selves on the side of the road and refused
to move on. They said ey could not be
made to move by all the deputies present,
and wordy war ensued. Finally Deputy
Sheriff Clark seized Barrow by the shoul-
ders. Half dozen strikers ran to his
rescue.
One striker, with cooler head than the
others, s outed to them not 70 resist the
officers and after much persuasion Bar
row and his com mpanions moved Off. The
strikers then m rched to Camp Isolation
without further molestation. No one can
tell how serious trouble was averted dur
ing the clash between the strikers and
deputies: :u;, - o.mn - rur,,o c,oo.
obeyed the injunction by not marching
on Oak Hill mine. Instead they pro-
ceeded to the Snring Hill mine of Demp-
ster, Boyd & Co. and succeeded IN in
ducing themen to meet them this after
noon and discuss the situation.
Last night was one of sleeplessness
among the Deputy Sheriffs at Center.
They had hardly fallen into doze before
the pickets gave an alarm that the strikers
were coming in body. and they tumbled
out of bed and were mars hailed about the
company's buildings at Center.
The music of a brass band was heard,
and after wait of ten minutes the head
of column of strikers appeared escorting
home from the camp Emma Haas, the
lame girl who had been crowned by
them with a wreath of daisies for firing
revolver in honor OF the marchers,
About 2 o'clock this morning some of
the deputies doing duty at the Plum
Creek mines were called from Center
School to disperse crowd OF HungarIans.
The daisy y-crcwned Jeanne dare had
aroused seventy-fivs Hungarians to the
point OF accompanying her to the COM
pany's house to do missionary work.
The m motley crowd got good start. but
news of the move was conveyed to the
deputies After much chasing the depu-
ties managed to catch up with the crowd
and dispersed ii.
Superintenden mt de ArmItt of Oak Hill
mine 4 will make another determined
effort to operate his mine with largely
increased mum ber of diggers.
Instead of importing men, the miners
now idle, through sympathy with the
strike, are to be rounded UP, with view |
to getting them to work. Deputies will
be placed on guard at the homes of the |
miners willing to work, but unwilling to |
run the gantlel of tie strikers. Benja- |
min Tarr the master mechanic at the |