The Greenville times., 1897-08-18
THE INJUNCTION CASE.
,,.+sbprph Common Pleas Court
No. l Was Crowded.
PITTSBURGH LABOR LEADERS TO MEET,
for Testing the Validity Of
~. Iniunc,ions, If Made Permanent
AT No Time win the Strikers
Be Without Head.
rhc mIunetIon case mearlng.

The Injunction Case Hearing.
prrsBrRdu, Pa, Aug. 16,-The hear
hin the equity case of the New York
4 7rleyeland Gas Coal Co, against the
Tnited Mine Workers Of America was
|,oIIed at 10 a, IN. in common pleas No.
before Judges Stowe and Collier.
Tbo courtroom was crowded an hour
bsiore court opened. The plaintiffs
ware represented by Attorneys Sehcy-
sr kaufman and Hall, while A. j.
lpronnan appeared for the defendants.
When court opened Mr., Scheycr, on
|hbalf Of the plaintiff company, filed a
notion 10 make the preliminary in
oneton permanent, and Mr.. Brennan
|mado a counter motion TO dissolve it.
Iulre Stowe decided both motions
ont Of order and President De Armitt
v9, called to the stand. His testimony
|2j not materially differ from the af-
|slayt filed when the preliminary in
nnctions were secured.
Supt. Thomas DeArmitt, the next
witness. described the marches of the
strikers and their camps, and said that
elJ or 500 OF their men had told him
her were fearful of personal injury or
destruction of their property if they
went towork
superintendent Fisher of the Sandy
Cael mine testified that he had been
notified to stay in the house or he
would be done up" and that he had
been shotat The witness refused to
riye the name of his informant, and
JUDGE Stowe said that anything that
would tend to show ,that life or prop
er.y was endangered was competent.
They were here, he said, to find out if
tie conduct of the strikers was such as
to cause the injunction to be continued.
President Dolan was next called for
and during his tes-
timonv said the strike was made at the
inquest Of several operators. Among
The number were James Shields, Capt.
J. ]. Steutler and Capt, Blythe. The
,psrators, he said, had told him that De
irmitt was running the ira ie, and the
lnly thing that would save them from
DE sheriff and the miners from starva-
ion was strike Noone had told him
. get De Aruitt's men out, but it was
loPed to make the strike general.
They Simply II econnoitcred.
PnrsnCGGH Pa, Aug. GA though |
here was no march from Turtle Creek, |
number Of pictets were sent out,and |
ijh the aid Of field glasses saw "a men
inter- the mine They returned to camp
igbly elGted, thinking the mine still
aiIy crippled. They knew nothing, |
oDeyer, Of the entrance t9 the mine,
9catci near Monroevi1fe.. At daylight
q dggers We're taken to Aonroeville
wagons and sent INTO the mine
irough these entrances.
At Sandy Creek everything was
get The company claims gain,
lille the strikers say but four men are
oriing.
About 200 men are working in Plum
reek mine
before leaving for Pittsburgh to at
md the injunction hearing Supt De
mitt said the talk of the company
lPofting men was without founda-
on lie said the hines would be
o'Eng full by Wednesday if the
art would make the injunction
'r@mant, but if it should be
SOLVED the mines would be
GRATED with full force by Monday,
ha'ng promises from nearly all his
en- 10 return to work then.
IN anticipation of adverse action by
y courts in the injunction proceed
~ committees have been sent out to
'lFe boarding houses so that the
mp can be maintained. Itis proposed
lI the houses of striking miners
'n men and keep them supplied with
DIVISIONS. One hundred men viii be
af'ered at Turtle Creek, the same
noer at sandy Creek and 200 at Plum
''E' They will do picket duty and
asIonary work.
e'as Of Labor Organization omci;,ls.
I'IIsRUPGH Pa, Aug. 16.-A meet
o. tae officials of every labor or
~1auon in the city of Pittsburgh
oaen called at the h eadquarters of
, Amalgamated Association of Iron
9'eel Workers to confer with aud
" Such action as may be asked by
ioca' officers OF the United Mine
''NcFS OF America. II has been an
lpa'ed that the 'hsaring on the in
V'lon may so against them, and
"ihporary restraint put upon
miners now in camp at
ue creek and the other.mines of the
/" York s. Cleveland Gas Coal Co,
\ marching and persuading the De
li'l men from working, may be made
-. Hahent Ia that event it is expected
y The order Of the court,will be dis
Jea' and that a test might be had, II
h 'ne miners, under the leadership. 7
.eSident Patrick Dolan, Secretary !
.ner Edward Mckay Frank Nc
ld Ild' Paul Trimmer and Cameron
'e'' VIII continue to march 10 the
~ Inen it is expected the lead
aaa perhaps many OF the rank
ule' viii be arrested. There
oe no resistance made TO the t
.1 ,s'S' but in that case the strike will c
@'llout a head, and the meeting is c
e: F'11a to be for the purpose Of Sc I
'+s number to take the places OF d
y EAo may, in event of their being
Ia'su ior Infringement Of the. orders a
= = court be kept in Jail and unable y
.Iser direct the movements Of the
~s's Then an appeal is to be
y rom the order causing the ar 4,
Is 10 be made. j
Strikers Outaitted. /