The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-23
EVICTED Miners
IN BARRACKS;
STICK TO union
Injunction at Rossiter
Tries to Stop Relief

RUSSELTON, Pa, Nov. 22.-
About 155 evicted miners families are
living in hastily constructed barracks
here, and 25O others are in private
homes of their friends, halls and
rented shacks.
The barracks, single-story affairs
20 feet wide and 120 feet long, are
constructed of single boards and lined
with tar paper. Each structure con-
tains twenty rooms 10 feet wide and
IL feet long. Each row is built on
posts and is raised off the ground.
Each family of six or less is given
two rooms as their "home"; family
of twelve or less gets three rooms,
and larger one, particularly if there
are grown children, warrants four
room "house."
There are no bathrooms in the bar
racks. Water is obtained from three
wells and spring.
Little children playing about the
temporary houses are smiling and ap-
parently cheerful.
Relief forevicted miners should be
sent to Pennsylvania-Ohio Miners
Relief Committee, GIL Penn avenue
Room 307.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 22.-The
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corpora
ton, which had made an unsuccessful
attempt to operate the Rossiter
Mines, two weeks ago was granted
the following injunction by Judge j.
n. Langham, of Indiana County Dis
trict two. The text is as follows:
"We therefore do strictly enjoin
and command you, the said defend
ants, your associates, aiders, abet-
tors, agents and all other persons,
that you do from henceforth desist:
Prohibits Picketing.
From attempting by any scheme,
combination or conspiracy among
themselves, or with others, to annoy,
hinder or interfere with or prevent
any person or persons from working
for the plaintiff or seeking employ
ment with the plaintiff, or from any
and all acts, and from the use of any
ways, means and methods, such as
assaulting, attempting to assault,
beating, threatening, picketing, ter
rorizing, intimidating and annoying
the employees to fear violence in
plaintiffs employ, causing explo-
sions, writing or causing threaten
ing letters to be written to employees
or families of employees of plaintiff,
putting or attempting to put any per-
son or persons in fear which will tend
to hinder, impede or obstruct the
plaintiff from operating the said
Rossiter Mines.
"From picketing and parading in,
upon or through the public roads,
streets, alleys, bridges, railroads and
other places, past, near or in the
vicinity or in the neighborhood or
leading to the Rossiter Mines or the
dwelling houses of the employees of
the plaintiff.
Bans Assemblies.
From lettering assembling or con-
| gregating about or near the property
of the plaintiff or trespassing there
on, from visiting the dwellings, OF
boarding houses of the employees of
the plaintiff, to intimidate them or
their families, from obstructing the
streets or roads of Rossiter, from
congregating about or near in the
town Of Rossiter where the employees
and their families go, from operating
and maintaining automobile patrols
on the streets and roads Of Rossiter
from erecting or causing to be
erected or maintaining bill boards
for the purpose of displaying signs
warning men to stay away from
Rossiter, from congregating on the
Magyar Presbyterian Church lot, OF
any other lot, lots, place or places at
the time the employees of the plain
tiff enter the mine and at the time
the employees of the plaintiff come out
of the mine, from singing songs in
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