The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-20
ARE GUARDING THE MINES
Patrols viii stop An Marcb.rs-sheriG
Lowry Active.

Lowry Active.
rirrsBrRo, Pa. Aug. 1s. Sheriff
Lowry has decided TO patrol all of the
roads leading TO the three mines of the
New York aud Cleveland Gas Coal
company and persons who cannot give
satisfactory accounts OF themselves
will be ordered to leave and upon re-
fusal will be arrested. The sheriff
will not attempt to break up the camp
of the strikers until the court shall
have acted on the injunction case, but
announced to-day that he was deter
mined to stop the marching and tres
passing upon the company's property.
No II will be allowed upon the COM
pany's property who fails to have a
pass signed by Supcrin teudent Dear.
mitt.
nat Turtle creek fifty strikers. with
out leaders or music, marched this
morning on the Oak Hill mines. This
was in violation of the restraining
order temporarily continued by the
court yesterday. Before they reached
the mines, sheriff Lowry and a posse
met them and ordered them back to
camp. The strikers turned back sore
~ disappointed, but ~peaccfuli
While the men were going to work
this morning, they had to pass be-
tween two rows of French women
headed by Mrs. Jennie DE Witte and
Mrs. Marie Brogia. The women called
at the men On the way to work and
threatened to hit them with stones,
although they did not do SO. The men
hurried past as fast as they could.
When the men had all passed the wo-
men went to their homes. SAYING that
they would be out again tomorrow
morning.
OThe miners officials express them
selves as well satisfied with the in
junction proceedings. According to
injunction only restraints us from do.
ing what we have not lone and what
we do not intend to do. The camps
will be continued and conducted rs
usual until further notice. We have
abundant assurance of help and all
the reports that we are destitute have
no foundation
Dolau said he was instructed or mis-
understood Yesterday when giving his
testimony at the injunction hearing.
IL did not intend to say or convey the
impression said he, that operators
Shields, Blythe and Steytler and other
operators had requested me to order a
strike. They never told me to get
DcArmitt's men out on a strike, but
they did say, and it Is the general
opinion among all operators, that De-
Armit, is responsible for the deplor-
able condition Of affairs in the Pitts
burg district"
H~AzELroS, Pa, Aug. I7.-In the
Honeybrook district to-day no attempt
IA made to resume work at the
mines. The strikers are confident OF
success, but unless a compromise shall
he effected the tie-up will be lengthy.
The coal and iron police are guarding
the mines, but thus far they have not
had occasion to arrest q single striker.
WEST VIRGINIA STRIKERS GAIN.
WHEELING, w. Va. Aug. is.-The
strikers show material gains in all
sections Of West Virginia to-day. In
the Wheeling district not "a miner is
working. while upon the Ohio side of
the river the last man except those
who are to furnish coal for water and
electric light plants will be out to-
night.
In the Paramount district the strike
leaders did not succeed in closing the
Montana mine entirely. but made de-
cided gains.
In the Kanawha valley about 500
men have gone to work since yester-
day, but more than that number have
struck.