Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-21
WOMEN TO MARCH.
Strikers Hit Upon a Scheme to
Evade the Injunction.
THE MINERS INVADE COFFEEN, ILL
Six Hundred Strikers March into the Town,
Eight Abreast, Despite the Amazed
Deputies-Uniformity Agree
ment Goes Begging.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 1S.-The con-
templated plan to have the women
make marches which was to have been
inaugurated, has been definitely de-
cided upon by the leaders of the strik-
ing miners, and the wives and daugh--
tiers of the men will now take up the
work which they themselves have been
enjoined from doing. 1t is the inten-
ton to begin to-day and have the
women do the marching while the
men remain in camp The leaders
think the injunction is not operative
against women and it remains to be
seen what the outcome will be. A
new element is to be introduced in the
situation at an early date. The farm
-ers of the entire country surrounding
the several camps making extern
.sive preparations for a demonstration
to show their sympathy for the strik-
ers. They propose to have parade,
headed by a band, and march down
the Salisbury road and up over the
hills. The demonstration is purely for
the purpose of showing sympathy for
the strikers.
Martial law has been declared in
Plum, Patten and Wilkins townships
by Sheriff Lowry. The three mines of
the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Co.
are in these townships and all roads
leading to them will be patrolled by
his deputies. The sheriff will not at
tempt to break up the camp of the
strikers until the court has passed
on the question, but announced yester-
day that he is determined to stop the
marching and trespassing on the COM
pany's property. No one will be al
lowed upon the company's property
who fails to have pass signed by Su-
perintendent DeArmit. There are
now nearly 500 men in the camp at
Plum creek.
There were % families evicted near
Plum creek during the day. Suits and
counter suits promise to be one of the
most prominent features of the coal
miners strike. While the New York
Sc Cleveland Gas Coal Co. has been
prosecuting its injunction case the
miners have been gathering material
on which to bring suits, not alone for
wages, but for trespass. President
iDolan said yesterday evening that as
soon as time afforded the miners Off
GERS will bring action against the Off
GERS of the New York & Cleveland Gas
Coal Co. The question of the strikers
to visit employees of the company at
their homes and plead with them, and
-the right of deputies to interfere with
"a man when he is walking on high
way toward residence, even though
he is compelled to walk on the property
of the company, will be looked into.
THE MINERS INVADE CoFFEEN, ILL.
HMLsBoRo, Ill, Aug. 1S.-Six hum
~dred striking coal miners, eight
abreast, invaded Coffeen at $3.50 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, throwing aside
the deputy sheriffs doing guard duty
and going through the town pe1l NELL.
The officials ordered the guards not to
= shoot, but they began making arrests
4. aSfo r,oSSi h1a Rrad1au he
first man placed under arrest, and
three guards came to this city with
vhim as fast as horses could travel. He
is now in the county Jail. Other pris-
oners are on the way here. No shots
were fired and no blood was shed. The
invasion was for the purpose of Undue
ing the men at work in the mine there
to cease and join the strike. The
sheriff will increase his force of depE-
ties and the invaders will be compelled
ito leave the town or there will be a
conflict. Bradley will be tried to-day
and it is expected that a large number
of his sympathizers will be here to see
that he gets fair trial The whole
county is aroused over the affair and
public opinion is divided. A telegram
from Mount Olive merchants to Brad
ley stated that they would furnish all
the bail required
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 1S.-In the
opinion of number of coal operators
the uniformity agreement. though adj
mittedly good thing, will not receive
the support its articles are said to war
rant. A canvass of operators shows
that they are not rushing to the COM
mittee with signed agreements in their
hands In fact they all holding
back and each one seems waiting to
see what the other fellow intends to do.
The uniformity committee refuses to
-divulge the names of the operators
who have affixed their signature to the
instrument, and inquiry tends to show
that only three firms have made a de-
cisive step in the matter and placed
their signatures to the agreement A
number of coal men stated that they
yet had the question under advisement
although they thought it impossible
that they would sign.
Hog Cholera Cured.