The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-25
TT JOPS FORCE
MINERS To QUIT
Camp Of Strikers in Kentucky is
Broken Up.
NUMBER OF ARRESTS MADE
gILL BE TRIED ON CHARGE OF
VIOLATING THE Law.

Madisonviue. Ky, Nov. 24.-The IA
nous camp OF the striking miners, a
quarter of a mile south Of Nortonville'
in the southern part Of this county,
Is a thing Of the past. Tonight there
is nothing left 20 mark the rendezvous
of those who defed- the officers, and
even the courts, and gave the state
and county authorities so much trouble
during the past two months. save ash
heaps and the usual maylzs 0f debris
Incident to camp life.
All of the campers on which the sun
rose this morning, with the exception
of a few who escaped the officers, are
prisoners behind the bars Of the county
jan. charged by County Judge Hall
with "a breach of the peace, unlaWfully
assembling and banding together,
thereby making the camp menace
and terror TO the public peace" The
four large tents, with all the camp
paraphernalia, we're captured today
and brought in with the prisoners.
Last Wednesday Judge Hall issued
an order commanding that the union
canlV at NOrtonville be suspended De
fore Sunday morning at daybreak, and
in the county Judge Han issued the
order after. receiving sworn statements
from more than 100 reliable men, VINO
declared that armed men going forth
from tFese camps were responsible for
the nightly attacks upon the mines
and upon the homes OF peaCeable, law
hiding citizens. He stated that the
union camp was an unlawful assembly
Of men banded together for the purpose
OF destroying property and intimidat-
ing men who persisted in working in
dependent Of the United Mine Work
erE Of America. who have had repre-
sentatiNes in Hopkins county for more
than a year trying to persuade and
force the miners employed in the mines
to join their organization.
Judge Hall made a careful investiga-
ton before acting, and was then sup
ported by the governor OF the state
and the entire military force.
Defed the Court
After President Wood Of the United
Mine Workers and Judge YOst, chief
counsel for the union. demonstrated
their intention not 10 heed the orders Of
the court. and hurled defiance in the
face Of the officers, Judge Hall called
on Adiutant General Murray for two
companies Of state gug IDS from Mad--
s1nvilIe and HOpkiusville. The plans
for carrying out the order were COM
pIeted last night, and a special train
left Madis0nviIle for the scene at $50
o'clock a. m. today, carrying Judge
Han. Sheriff Hankins, two deputies.
General Murray, his aides, Captain
Ellis of OwensborO. Captain Gordon Of
Frankfort and Captains Powers and
Strong, with the MadisOnville and Hop
kinsville companies.
The train took the siding at Norton
-ille, and Judge Hall, the sheriff and
his deputies drove TO the camp. a quar-
ter Of q mile distant. II was found
that an Of the men. save twenty-five or
thirty had left, taking with them the
arms and ammunition. Judge Hall or
deTed those present arrested, and the
tour large tents were torn down and
started to NOrtonville.
When the time came to remove the
prisoners TO the train. they refused to
bulge, saying the officers would have
10 remove them, which one of the depu-
ties proceeded to do. Stepping down
he picked up one of the men and Shout
dered him The officer was not very
particular about the way he carried
The prisoner. and just as he was in the
act of throwing him over into the
wagon the man begged to be allowed
10 walk. The others, seeing that no
toOlishness was TO be tolerated, agreed
To walk also.
Arriving at the camp early this
morning, the first thing that attracted
attention was a piece Of canvas about
yard square, on which was printed
The following notice in lines to repre-
sent poetry
II. NJ ". of A: We have come to
stay with Hopkins county people until
we get d check Weighman on the tip
pie to weigh our coal and pay US IN
gold and eight hours a day and pay
ments every two weeks VIII be the or
der OF the T.. N, W. Of A."
Leaders Make Their Escape.
When the officers arrived the camp
was in q rye OF Arlie Oates. first lieu
tenant of lIe GreenviIle camp Of Ken
lucky state guards. and the same man
VINO was reported to have been killed
in last Sundays battle at Providence.
He was very police and offered no
resistance 20 the officers. He and
twenty other members of the camp
were taken into custody. Oates and
Jim Plat, one of the campers. es-
capped later al NortOnviHe, and neither
has been captured
One of the features Of the capture
m d7 int aheELCE OF negroes. ester
day there were more than 100 negroes
I'm camp The men who are held as
prisoners win be tried on the charge
of unlawfully assembling, causing
breach of the peace. and bandine.
and confederating together 10 violate
the law.
Judge Evans Of the Louisville dis
trict Of the federal court win hear the
arguments in the injunction cases to-
morrow at greensboro. The attorneys
for the coal operators I'm the county
have been gathering evidence with a
view Of making the Injunction. issued
several days ago by Judge Evans.
permanent AID include all the mines
i'm the county, as well as that in the
ReineCke district. The injunction en-
Joined the strikers from assembling
within gunshot range OF the Reinecka
mining property
STRIKERS BACK Ar WORK.