Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
First Bloodshed in the Miners Strike
in Pennsylvania.
MARCHERS RESIST LOWRYS ORDERS
Jacob Mott Receives a Cut Over
the Eye.
STU ALTON GROWS SERIOUS


blood shed during the present miners
| strike was that of Jacob Mott. a drummer
| in the Mcdonald band. The trouble oc-
| Cured about > O'Clock this morning near
| the Plum Creek tipple
The 1000 strikers in the camp at Plum
| Creek left the camp at : am. and divided
| into two squads at Center. one body of the
| marchers going 10 Center school house and
the other 10 the miners houses.
i The Center squad was headed by the Nc
| Donald Drum Corps. Sheriff Lowry reach
| ed Center about am. lie drove from
| Turtle Creek by way OF Mcnroevine. and
was met by Deputy Sheriff Richards and a
number of deputies. The marchers were
| stopped. ana the sheriff read the injunction
| order made yesterday by the court.
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 for
ward. headed by the sheriff. and the OPP
posing forces came together.
| No Blows struck.
| No blows We're struck and weapons
| drawn. But there was lively scuffie. dur
| ing which horn I'm the hands of one OF
| the band was pushed into Jacob Motifs
| face. and he was badly cut over the right
eye. Blood flowed in a stream from the
cash. ard the sight of the blood checked
4 the pushing men. The sheriff again read
the order of court and ordered the crowd
| to disperse and appear in court Saturday
| to make answer to the bill filed. The men
again refused. and Joseph Brown was par
| ticularly pronounced in his opposition.
He was threatened with arrest, and after
L W no
| asser.ed his right 10 be the public road
| the band again tried 10 force their way past
the sheriff and his deputies. The deputies
| again closed up and moved forward More
| pushing and showing followed. The depu-
ties pushed ahead. crowding and pushing
| the strikers back until both bodies were
closely packed and it looked for a time as
if serious trouble would follow
| Sheriff Lowry again ordered them to dis
| perse and threatened them with arrest II
| they did not instantly obey. After some
| hesitation the strikers moved back. turned
and marched back to camp. closely followed
i by the sheriff and his deputies.
March ON Turtle Creek.
Bodies of marchers also started from
Turtle Creek for Oak Hill and Spring Hill
this morning. in defiance of the injunction.
but nothing has b, en- heard from them.
About O'Clock this morning some of the
deputies doing duty the Plum Creek
| mine Were called from Center school to
| disperse crowd OF Hungarians. Mary
Haas, the daisy-crcwned Jeanne dare,
went TO the camp ana aroused seventy-five
of the Hungarians TO the point of accom-
panying her TO the company houses TO do
missionary work.
The motley crowd got a good start before
news of the movement was conveyed to the
DE Armitt stables whence the warning
was sent to the deputies. After much
chasing the deputies managed to catch up
with the crowd and dispersed it.
Men fn suIIen Mood.
The men were in sulen mood, and
nearly hundred others gathered about The
sheriff. One man demanded to know by
what law the courts granted an injunction
against citizens who were using public
roads for a lawful purpose. He was i'm
mediately stood up and served with a
copy of the injunction. There was a threat
ening movement among the men, and
Sheriff Lowry made shost speech. saying
the men We're defendants in a suit brought
by the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
Company. and that the injunction would
hold good until Monday, when they would
have a hearing before Judges Stowe and
Collier. He added: Il command you, as
high sheriff of Allegheny county, to cease
this marching.
You must not modest men who want 10
work. Tney have as much right to the
roads as you. and If you do not desist. in
obedience to this Injunction, 1 will arrest
you.'
Deputy sheriffs formed a line across the
road and forced the strikers to move along.
Seeing no way to help themselves the fife
men moved on in the direction of their
camps. BY this time the news of the She
riffs arrival and action had reached the
division OF the strikers guarding the min
ers houses across the ravfne, and they
hastened to gain their companies.
They met on the hill above Center and
formed on either side of the road. and
invited the deputy sher1ffs to pass through.
This invitation was not accepted, and the
deputies allowed them TO stand. This did
not please them and the band started
back.
Attempt to Stampede Deputies.
One OF the strikers. who assumed a lead
ersnip bade the others to fall in the rear.
Geo. Kelly of Ciaremont and Michael
Dukes of Carnegie marched ahead. carry
inf gfiags. and attempted to break through
the ranks of the deputies.
They did not succeed. however. and were
compelled to stand and listen to the reading
Of the injunction. A few of the more stub
born ores offered resistance. ard asserted
a right to go down the road in the direction
of the pit mouth hut Sheriff Lowry was
firm and told them that as they had come
from their camps they would have to re-
turn that way. One of these was James A.
Bruce. colored. of California
He said he had paid his taxes to pass
through the lines of the deputy sherirs.
When refused he insisted that lis n.,me
should be added TO the list of defendants In
De Armitt's equity suit. and also demand
ed copy not only OF the injunction but OF
the allegations upon which IL was issued
While the negro was being disposed OF
Richard Barrow OF Walkers mills, with a
haif-doxen OF mis- companions. seated them
selves on the side OF the road and refused
to move.
They said they could not be made 10
move by all the deputies present, and q
wcrdy war ensued. Finally Deputy Sheriff
Clark seized Barrow by the shoulders and
dozen strikers ran TO his rescue. One
a&Ezker. nh a cooler. head that the other.