The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
A SPECIAL INJUNCTION.
Gas Company at Coneyville Trying to
Stop Arrests.


Independence, Kan, Dec. 6.-John
]. Jones, general attorney for the Kan
sas Natural Gas conany, called the at
tention of Judge Flanneliy last night
to the arrest of the men employed on
the pipe line by the authorities of
Montgomery county Saturday night.
Judge F'lannelly issued q special in
junction or warning order to Judge
Smelling, who issued the warrants for
the Italian WoFkmen. The order was
also directed against City Marshal
Hughes and all other persons in COT
feyville, ordering them to desist from
further interference with the officers,
agents, servants, employees and work.
men, of the Kansas Natural Gas COM
pany in the construction, maintenance
and operation of said pipe line either
by arrest and prosecution upon a
charge of obstrueting the public high
threats, intimidation or violation or in
any other manner whatever. The
Coffeyville officers who ordered and
made the arrests having expressed
ignorance of the former order. the
judge adds this for their benefit:
"An other persons whomsoever who
are not named herein are included in
the scope of this order from the time
OF it's entry"
This gives the Kansas Natural Gas
company a "cinch" on the building of
it's line so far as district court can give
it a "cinch." The Coffeyville officers
were not represented at the nearing.
1t is probable that other proceedings
will occur later. The Coffeyville posse
told the enmployes working on the
pipe line that If they continued to
work they would be arrested two or
three times a day. Work on the con-
Monday but will be resumed today.
The arrests occurred Saturday after
noon between and o'clock. There
were $50 men at work. Only 100 of
diOOino %
across the road two miles west of
Liberty. They had started a trench
and had dug it about eighteen inches
deep when a posse appeared with a
Richard Roes," ten John Does.'' five
"Sam Jones'" five BILLY Smiths" four
tom Williamses'' and twenty John
sons, "Robinsons" and HAIRLESS.
The posse had brought with them four
hacks and wagonettes. Kitterman, one
of the bosses of the Italians. protested,
but they told him to get in a wagon.
Fisher, another of the bosses, made a
kick" and he was hustled in cab.
There was wild confusion among the
Italians. They thought they had been
arrested for lese majeste and were
thoroughly frightened. 1t required the
services of three interpreters for an
hour to get them quiet None of them
could speak United States and that
made the job of the city marshal, the
deputy sheriff and 1.-The tall man with
the blonde mustache" harder.
When the officers rounded uD the
prisoners they found they had more
than they could take to Coffeyville in
the hacks and wagonettes. So they
picked up the first tWenty-four they
came to and put them in the wagon
cites and carriages. Kitterman, one
of the pipe line section bosses. protest.
ed against the proceedings and they
put him in a wagon with eight new
made citizens. who could not talk the
American language The entire crowd
was taken to Coffeyville and in the pale
moonlight were arraigned.
The crowd got to Coffeyville on time,
were arraigned and bound over in the
sum of 500 each to appear Wednes-
day morning before Judge Smelling.
The pipe line men lack only eight
miles to get their line through Mont
gomery county. They lack ten miles
in Labette county and twenty miles in
Cherokee county before they get to the
Missouri line. They are laying the
line at the rate of seven miles day.
Williamson, one of the section bosses,
was arrested, but Fisher. the other,
eScaped.