Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-17
A BOYCOTT
The Way the United Mine Work.
ers Will Fight the Pana,
Ills, Operators.
WILL MEET THEM IN THE MARKETS,

/ Where the Strike Officials Expect to Make
| the Sale of Coal Mined by Negroes I'm
| possibIe-"Gen." Bradley Does the Dom
nybrook Fair Act-Injunction Case with
the Judge Now-Strikers Evicted from
Company Houses.
Pana, Ills. Sept 17.-John Mitchell.
rational vice president of the United
Mine Workers, arrived in Pana yester-
day morning to watch the miners strike
situation. He had just returned from
the meeting of the national executive
committee, which retained VI. D. Ratch-
ford as president of the organization
Notwithstanding his appointment by
President Mckinley as member of the
| national Industrial board, and which
| also took action for raising additional
funds for the striking miners of Pana.
Mitchell in an interview said: THE
! importation of negroes to Pana, no mat
ter should 10000 come, viii not inter
| fere in the least with the organiza-
! TONS plan for fighting Pana operators.
| We have the assured aid OF all railroad
| organizations and union labor in Ohio
| and all markets where Pana negro
mined coal will be shipped. and they
will aid us in preventing its sale. We
are prepared TO fight the operators to a
| finish both with money and influence,
and propose winning the strike, no
matter the cost"
Bradley Looking for Trouble.
General Bradley. of the miners
strike fame, who has Il wide reputation
gained in the strike some time ago at
BeIleville. Staunton. Cofeen, Mount
Olive and other points. is in the city.
Bradley is an eccentric sort of man. He
wears six tile. long clerical coat, and
is logged out in stylish apparel. Around
his waist he wears Il belt in which he
carries two large revolvers. He pa
raded the streets throughout yesterday.
not only daring Sheriff Coburn and his
deputies to arrest him. but inviting
them to attend the meeting he was to
address last night.
The two injunction cases against the
operators concluded yesterday after
noon. Owing to the important ques-
tions involved Judge Dwight gave the
speakers all the latitude they asked for
and at the close of arguments took the
matter under advisement. His decision
will be handed down Monday
Strikers Have to Hunt New Homes.
Many white miners were removed
from the coal companies houses yes
terday and supplanted by negroes. Cit
liens and property owners are more
excited over the second large iTnporta-
ton of negroes than the strikers. They
say a large negro population will cause
a great depreciation OF property nj dis
tinct lowering Of the social tone; that
constant trouble is in store for ,Pana
in hundreds of negroes becoming per-
manent residents. Employees of the y.
and o. Railroad company emphatically
deny their being any movement on foot
toward refusing TO handle any class of
freight that may be offered for trans
portatiOn over their lines. Twenty
five negroes are at work at Penwell
mine and quartered in the stockades
of that company on Walnut street west
of the shaft.
Garry Revolvers and Dinner Pals.
Negroes continue to parade the
streets with revolvers belted about their
waists. Early yesterday morning sew
eral blacl-s marched through the bust
ness streets wnS Winchesters on their
hands. a black threatened to kill a
Big Four section hand yesterday morn
ing near the Pana Coal company's shaft
because the section hand yelled "scab"
at him.
General Bradley's meeting at the
city hall park last evening was attend
ed by fully 1000 citizens of all classes.
No negroes were present. His address
was along the line of social and political
reform. Deputies were present to quiet
any disturbance that might follow.
Many were there who were anticipating
an anarchist speech, but were disap-
DDfnted