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Show Cvictln the Striking Klinersi. Con'sellsville, February 4. Twenty of the striking miners of the coke region were evicted from the houses of the companies today, to-day, as their tenure was under iron-clad leases. A f urioua snowstorm was raging at the time. They were not compelled to remain re-main out in the cold, however, being taken in by those who were not evicted. The con-i con-i dition of a few of the evicted families is j pitiful, but in the main they are well provided pro-vided for, having been thrifty and laid by j considerable money. So far the sheriffs of Westmoreland and Fayette counties and i their deputies have met with no resistance. ! The evictions thus far have been confined to j the leaders of the strike, a few being singled I out from each of the leading works. The ! evictions will become general to-morrow. ! The operators claim that the backbone of the strike is broken, and that before evictions evic-tions become general the men will submit I and return, to work. |