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Mines Remained Closed

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Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
July
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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í-ana, iu., juiy 19.- An attempt to re sume operations by ífie Fenwell Mining Company today with non-union miners was a complete failure. No one miner appeared for work. The Penwell company had given notice through the papers that it would resume with non-union miners from Hillsboro, and a large forcé of deputy sheríffs and extra pólice were on the scène to protect any men who might attempt to enter the mine. The Penwell mine premises and street leading thereto were crowded with unión miners and their wives. The sheriffs and pólice attempted to disperse the crowds, but not a miner moved. A large number of arrests followed, but the miners' friends soon secured their release on bond. Whistles at the other three mines were blown simultaneously to attract the miners concentrated at the well mme, so as to separate the mmera and give the non-union men an opportunity to enter the Penwell shaft, where the first move to opérate the mines with non-union labor was to be made, but the scheme f allee to carry. Special pólice and deputies, some ot whom arrived with shotguns, will be held on duty and a second attempt will be made Tuesday morning to operata the mine by patrolling the streets and entrances to the mine and by eonveying the non-union miners to work in carriage8. Several street fights have occurred without serious results, with the exception of one, in which Joe Mullen, a unión miner, was seriously stabbed. William Jehle, a non-union miner, was severely beaten as a result of drawing a revolver on David McGavic, a unión miner. Serious trouble is expected Tuesday.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat