The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-06

wheeling, w. Va, Aug. -. "A devel.
opment of the strike that is likely to
cause great trouble is the eviction of ten
ants from the houses of the mine compa-
MES in this city and Eastern Ohio.
Notice was served by the Gilchrist Min
ing Company, of this city, and the Frank.
lin Company, near Bellaire, Ohio, to day
upon the striking workmen that they
must move out within ten days or be
evicted OH three days notice. The strik-
ers are indignant, having been bro ught
to believe by the agitators that they
have paid for their houses every year
they have occupied them. There are
threats of burning the whole town Of
Franklin, which consists Of mining tene.
ments only, If the order is enforced.
Another cause of complaint is that there
are no new men to occupy the houses and
the move is merely coercion.
The miners are getting hungry'in the
Eastern Ohio district and to-day half q
dozen wagons were sent out to solicit
provisions These solicitors were only
moderately successful.
There is no noticeable chunge in the
number of men working in any of the
West Virginia coal fields to-day. j. w.
Rae, James f. Wood and Ed. L. Davis,
who are in charge of the strike mt Fair
mount, went to .Clarksburg, where they
held big meeting at night. The Carks-
burg district is about tied up and the
miners are enthusiastic.
NC move has been made toward a strike
in the Watson mines at Paramount vet
and but fifty men are out among the 500
employed there. Messrs. Rae, Davis and
Wood are making canvass of that district
and will personally meet every miner
there before the end of the week.
In the Kanawha and New River valley
the men ut four mines are still out and
there is no change. The report that TO-
COO men had struck''On the Norfolk and
Western is not verified and is believed
to be unfounded.
Parkersburg, w. Va. Aug. 5.-Upon
the application of Ex-Governor a. b.
Fleming, representing the Monongah
Coal Company of Paramount and bond
holders of the company, Judge jackson,
in the United States circuit court here,
issued temporary injunction to-day to
he argued and determined as to it's per-
manency September O.
The Injunction restraints Eugene V.
!)ebs and numerous Others, named and
unnamed. from conspiring to prevent the
miners of the Monongah Coal Company
from continuing AZ work 1T prohibits
meetings and marches on the highways
and covers every form of conspiracy that
may be entered into to induce the miners
to quit work.
The order is almost identical with that
issued by Judge Mason, of the Fair
mount circuit court.upcn the application
of the same com pany, except that it is u
little more sweeping.
Columbus, o., Aug 5-President
Ratchford was happy this morning over
the news from Pittsburg ~ do not
know of anything that could have aided
the miners more or their cause" said he,
than the shutting down OF De Armitt's
mines. They are closed for good. We
can now devote our whole attention to
the West Virginia operators"
He was asked what he had to say in re-
gard to the charge made by De Armitt
that the operators of West Virginia had
contributed $4,000 to push the strike
along in Ohio and Pennsylvania "De
Armitt always cries fraud wien he is
cornered," said he. "You may say for
me-" said Mr.. Ratchford, chat the
statement that the West Virginia opera
Tors contributed anything or had any
thing to do with this strike is an unqual-
ified lie. 1 SHALL say so III n circular let
ter which l shall issue tomorrow 4
dispatch from President Carson, of the
Illinois Miners, this morning announces
that 900 miners. employed in the Du-
quoin district, on the Ohio river, have
joined in the strike.