The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-20
SCRANTON, PA.
The Coal Troubles Nearly Ended
The Irishmen ask Protection from
the City-Funeral OF the welsh
men-An Editor Attacked.


the City-Funeral OF the welsh
men-An Editor Attacked.
SCRANTON, Lay l9.-The excitement
in the city relative to the events of the
past three days has almost entirely sub
sided. The Pennsylvania Coal Com
panys works at Pittston started to-day,
and the first train of coal over the road,
since the suspension, arrived at station
number six about noon. All the other
colleries Of that company will be run.
ming tomorrow. AL the private mines
are now running with full forces OF men.
Delegate meetings were held this morn
ing in Bellevue, Kyser Valley and Hyde
Park. The Bellevue and Kyser Valley
meetings unanimously resolved to re-
sumo work ct S34 cents per diamond
car and the committee so informed the
Companies this afternoon. The meet
ing at Hyde Park also voted for a
resumption of work al the same price
and appointed a committee to notify
Mr.. Starres of the fact subsequently
the committee waited on that official
and laid the resolution before him and
were informed that the mines would be
ready for them by Monday or Tuesday.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Com
pany miners will hold region meeting
to morrow morning and it is currently
reported that they intend to rescind their
resolution of last week and vote to
resume work. Should they do this
next week will See the end of suspen.
sion in the Lackawanna Valley.
About seven clock this morning
delegation OF the irish citizens Of Belle
vue went to Major Moonies and asked
for the protection of the city, they hav.
ing learned that a raid by the Hyde
Park Welshmen would be made to-
night. The Major applied to General
Osborne for military force which was
Immediately sent to various points in
Bellevue. Besides this an additional
police force has been placed round, but
no disturbance has taken place.
The funeral Of Davis and Jones the
Welshmen who were killed Wednes-
day evening, took place in Hyde Park
this afternoon. The remains were
deposited in the Welsh cemetry, and
were followed to their last resting place
by large concourse Of people
Mr.. E. r. Willions, night editor OF
l.l 80 htr q
Welshmen in Hyde Park tonight and
was only saved hy the timely appear
ance OF the military.
Another Account.
New YORK, May ia special cor
respondent telcgraphed last night from
Scranton, that W. W. Scranton, the
chief actor in the Briggs shaft reSump-
ton drama, was arrested Yesterday
morning an! brought before Alderman
Jones. The Hyde Park miners are
beginning to think that the corporation
magnates are really amenable to law,
and they could not violate it recklessly.
The charge against this young man
makes him accessory before the fact in
the murder of Benjamin Davis and
David T. Jones. His advent to the
Aldcrmans office was quite an exciting
event-he was accompanied by half a
dozen railroad magnates. and escorted
bv soldiers without uniforms. His
counsel waived an examination, when
the Alderman Immediately wrote out a
committa sending him to the comfy
jail. The party went by a special train
to WiIkesoarre, obtained hearing be-
fore Judge Dana, and entered bail to
the amount of $4,000 for his appear
ance at the next term of Court. The
arrest and consequent proceedings was
rich treat to the miners, and an incl
dent in the affair reveals poetic justice
to a high degree One OF the consta-
bles arresting Scranton had been dis
charged by him few days ago, in
very sarcastic manner, and this consta-
ble took an esperial pleasure in show
ing how the tables had turned. The
people although much excited, have
been we'll disposed toward the laborers
working at Briggs shaft, aud had not
molested Scranton, and the Hyde Park
miners will vote for or against resump-
ton to-day. The prospects for work
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