The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-30
URGING MINERS TO STRIKE.
AsitatOrS Busily at Work in Different
Portions Of Indiana.
LEADERS CONFER WITHGOY. ATKIAitN
Strikers seize 1rain-An Army ot miners
March on Oak HiIl-All Were Armed
with Heavy Sticks, but Were Quiet
and orderly-sherin on Guard.

| ,..t.... g q, cor,far with Governor Atkinson.
| .""t -. ,,,,,,.ors went 10
| LETT carry TINS Hl'iii'ii7' No''i -,
| Washington, ID. c. hilcAloiu' ~ o''N'''
| bus O.. and Sovcregn 10 Fort wayne,
| - a,t. ,,,.,..rror told them that as
| lhu. I4o NoF~ MI ~, cflirfai c0nv of
! stootL T. a. 49,, ~ igs,,od bv Judge Mason and
@ 1llS ~ iy, ~ t ,rol,td send his reply by
| .,si a-, .,,b ,,o,,ner of the committee
| ~. C(,-crrrr has felogr4phed for n COPY
| ce ~. Injunction and he expects 10 Ie-
| U o. r. 49, ,~or,,v-
| co,,orn0,. sttirson had a long conversa-
| a., t,,ia,, bv foIauhoue with ex-Gover-
| - tsi. ,,igo q. I,4iruont relative 10 the
/ i,0i i,,i,,,,,.-ir-i
| g0,.rr0r Attfr-on vvae Of the opinion
| p'ot b. ,+as to- flr-re4cbin- I'm It's ef-
/ fecfs but Goyernor Flornne. said that
| r. bad baln r.rot4reI with great care and
| was i'm accordance with an decisions of
| the courts upon the subject
| URGING MINERS 10 STRIKE.
| EVANSVILLE. IND. July @.-J. II.
| Kennedy Secretary of the Indiana min
ers Us here in am endeavor TO get the
| miners of this district TO join the strike.
| Kennedy Is urging an oreaniZod labor To-
| use its influence with the miners Evans
| Vile miners, he says. are sending coal 90
! Chicago and many other places where 10
| was never before thought Of patronizng
| the operators OF this citr and the result
| IS obvious. s. mass-meeting OF the min
| ers IS fo take place soon.
| ROANOKE ILL. July 9.-Four hum
| dred miners from Min0nk, Wcn0ha, Telu-
| On. kiugley and StreatOr. made raid on
| the mines at Roanoke this morning. They
| arrived at 3 O'Clock and camned outside
| the town. a conference with the mine on
orators was held at o'clock. the latter
| agreeing 90 close the mine and keep closed
| until the end of the general strike The
| ,-ieifors t-cre orderly fvrauf that they
| seized q e,rfa Do train and demanded
| t~,,snor+ation IN Nrinonk This vas ra-
! ftead ana tbe train vas held from II
| o,cto@t- ,frtn -.eo tri- r,erir0
No,ri.. 'ti .t.. I'd ilrs b,,.,. icft aud .rot-
bio A. va iD,,,-o, fcerad
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r,r->-r,1 r,,i,i "a ,,or leaders
- a., ,,i.1,-,t, ,,,.otir, f
ir ,f t,. 90, ,lo,i,.,,. beil to-,l9,- roe
u,li.9l9 ~ lile c'H9 'gli' ~. ,.
.iuuvua W.Ie au"l l',eu u. i'i iil- r.-'i it5
August Isl wagons W0uld noi ue ,3l'''i g.!
| MORO tIah i'F'i iA-i. -'li.
WIS claliii,h, ".i' lI.',ll'' 'i.,l,'3 .', r,-s'
| secugn say ihri' were Io ,S".-s ~
ent rom DUNBAR ana ih"t lHe Hl'-'i"7
| was lake. ,,,,, g..
| flI.ISbl hir IA, july ~, iih mn III
| the vicinity oi turtle creek, rum l'th
and Sandy Greek in lhe VICINITY OF Dear
army of strikers Who came 10 attend n
mass-mcctiug to-day. These several thou
sand miners eucamped on the hills sur
rounding the New York and Cleveland
| Gas Company property. They came
| from every direction.
Large delegations arrived from MH-
locks. Gastonyiile FlnleyEHe ana olner
Il, en or tber, carr,ing hcavv walking
sticks and some were armed. There were
,,o tbrcats of ,.ioierro bovevrr and mo-
i,,riol ti.,s ,f 1rf-bfr,, Nf,r,. wore slim
riio1 ,gfth food rnorrh "a i1ef two davs
pn-n VIII Iool tI'u-u lD t,rt I ~ SfNrV1i ?,
efrii-.re 1.-,.ne.t.a1 fof rarrin
In fho vallot leading M from Turtle
rlDf .i So t, In c,i.,.r
if ,,i,,,. tt- ,,,,.,,,. it9i o. ,or,erf,,i
searchlieht II was kept shifting about
in hopes of fanking any m0ver1rnt of
The strikers 10 creep within reach OF the
mine unknown 10 me drnules, Wh"
tuatiep every movement Long ptIoie
o.t l--", ,te S-.lin,i9 - M,I' un Gnu "i e.
the days work. The Intention was to
See as many of be9fmtts mon before
they got into the uit7 as possible.
About { O'Clock ,lFO strikers assembled
at Turtle Creek aul headed by three
brass bands. Win iliss ana banners uy-
inr. marched past the houses occupied 10y
Df1rWltis miners Ihe strikers hooiei
and yelled and then marched tO the mines
where they planted themselves before The
pits. thus comne.lnr' De'rmit.s men 10
IiiE sti htlI. ~ ON d, til AItD. 49,.
, n Ili'i' .il-' ~" M"
iu n,eh Wiitu ID i't '- 7lul.et arrived
f.t ,t-itl-. ,-f .+,.t.... ,',,ff
VIZ Nliilli N liilli
WlihdreW ana the now deputies were plir-
ed ON guard
When the meeting WAS called 10 order 200
10 o'clock this morning there We're t""
striking miners in aticndaucr ana before
it was we'll under way there were 1000 IN
me vicinity of me sclool nous. ADoll
'..V 'i'lh -.' i!-ii'l LLDii. 'li,uf lt.N
mines marched To thc meeting ana pul.o
p large number came from Turtle Greek.