Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-05

James Sloan, Jr.. who is principal
holder Of the bonds Of the company,
in his bill of camplaint alleges, among
other things. that the defendant, in
conjunction with other defendants in
the bin named, were conspiring TO-
gether to interfere with the operating
and conducting Of the coal mines
operated by the Monongah Coal and
Coke Company, and by such tnterfer-
ence preventing the employees OF the
Monongah Coal and Coke Company
from mining and producing coal IN
and from the said mines, and that un-
less the court granted an immediate
restraining order preventing them
from interfering with the employees OF
the owners Of said mines, there was
great danger Of irremediable injury.
damage and loss to the owners OF said
mines, upon consideration whereof the
bill was ordered to be filed and pro-
cess issued thereon and a temporary
restraining order allowed restraining
and inhibiting the defendants and all
others associated or connected with
them from in any wise interfering
with the management, operating or
conducting Of said mines by their own
ers or those operating them, either by
menaces. threats or any character or
intimidation used to prevent the en-
plOyes Of said mines from going to or
from said mines, or from engaging IN
the business of mining in said mines.
And the defendants were further re-
strained from entering upon the prop
erty of the owners OF the said Monon-
Nnv,ry1r,rr fNr thu
purpose of interfering with the en-
ployes of said company, either by in
timidation or the holding Of either
public or private assemblages upon
said property, or in any wise molest-
ing, interfering with orr intimidating
the employees Of the SAID Monongah
Coal and Coke Company so as to in
duce them to abandon their work in
said mines. And the defendants are
further restrained from assembling
in the paths, approaches and roads
upon said property leading to and
from their homes and residences to the
mines, along which the employees OF
the MonOngah Coal and Coke Company
are compelled to travel to get to them,
or in any way interfering with the
employees of said company in passing
TO and from their, work, either by
threats, menaces or intimidation; and
the defendants are further 'estrained
from entering said mines and inter-
fering with the employees in their
mining operations within said mines
or assembling upon their property at
or near the entrance of said mines.
The purpose and object Of this re-
straining order is to prevent all un-
lawful combinations and conspiracies
and to restrain all the defendants en-
gagged in the promotion of such un-
lawful combinations and conspiracies
from entering upon the property Of
the MonOngah Coal and Coke Com
pany described in this order. and from
in any wise interfering with the en-
plOyes of said company in their min
ing operations. either within he mines
or in passing from their homes to the
mines and upon their return from
their homes, and from unlawfully in
citing persons who are engaged in
working the mines from csasing to
work in the mines or in any wise ad-
vising such acts as may result in vio-
lence and destruction of the rights Of
the plaintiff in this property.
The motion for a permanent injunc-
tiOn is set down for a hearing at the
United States Court room, at Wheel
ing. on the 20th day of September, 1897.
The injunction is not to take effect
uptil the plaintiff or some responsible
person for him shall enter into bond in
the sum of five thousand dollars con-
ditioned to pay all such costs and
damages that shall accrue to the de-
PENDANTS by reason Of the plaintiff sue
ing out the INDUCTION. Bond was
given.