The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-08-08
Ile Strikers War.
De Trouble in tla Pe1ylVal
d Coal Tug. ,
The Philadelphia Troops again
Sent to the Front.
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WILkEsEARRE PAAugust LA
crowd of six or seven thousand peo-
ple assembled at the nLehigh Valley
depot 70 see the mail train south
leone ID, at 345 O'Clock this afternoon.
Tbe strikers were out in force. A
constable and a. United States detect
i've, standing on the platform next to
the engine, were stoned. Master
Mechanic Drumbeller was running
the engine, and the strikers stoned
him until be had to get of. As he
did SO be was struck in the face with
d stone. The strikers cheered, mount
ed the engine, cut it loose and ran it
Ito Sugar Notch John Kuthler, the
constable, was seized by the mob and
roughly handled. 2 They were going
10 duck him ia the canal, aud would
have killed him but for the interior
ence OF his friends. He is now inthe
station house for protection. The
mob followed him through the streets,
hooting and Yelling - moei -.
A large number of passengers are
compelled to lay over here. The
strikers have the engine taken from
the train, and are running il up and
down the road, blowing the whistle
and cheering. The miners and rail
road menare coalescing, and trouble
is feared. 7aI b3g Fs81 ns5d L..
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HARRISBURG, Pa, August 1.-Tbe
following is the substance of the deg-
patches received at .he Executive
Department to-day : NeWs
Mobs are in entire possession of
everything in Kingston. Plymouth
and Naticoke. The Lehigh Valley
commenced running trains in the
morning, but were mobbed aud stop
ped at Wilkesbarre, where 8 raid is
threatened. The whole country is in
possession of rioters, and mine pumps
are stopped generally. At Scranton
the mob is in possession Of most of the
city, and several hundred rioters have
driven the men from the Delaware,
Lackawanaa and Western Railroad
shops and the Iron Company's furnac-
es, and have assaulted and wounded
the Mayor. glliq s3
HAzEIToN, August IA commit
tee appointed by the striking train
men Of this division OF the Lshigh
Valley Railroad waited upon Super
inteudent Clark to-day Clark refused
to see them as a committee, but init
mated that he was ready to consider
the application of any man who desir
ed employment under the company.
The result was that nearly all of
them were re-engaged at the old rate
of wages, and all regular freight and
passenger trains resumed trips this
morning. Work at most of the col
lieries in this vicinity will be resumed
to-morrog-Aue excitement over the
strike has subsidized,
BALTIMORE, August 1.-The Balti-
more * Ohio officials state that ev-
cry division up to the present time is
working satisfactorily Yesterday
evening the Central Ohio division
made a move on Bellaire with four
trains Of freight cars, in charge Of one
hundred and thirty militia. who sue.
ceeded lin bringing them safely
through TO Bellaire- Everything
this morning was quiet at that point.
All the men being in their places to
move trains east an6 west, the militia
thought their duties were no longer
required, and returned home They
had no sooner left kBellaire than the
mob returned in large force, csptur-
ing all the men from the freight trains
and allowing nothing to move either
east o. west. The militia being not
flied of the state Of affairs, returned
to Bellaire, arriving about noon. Upl
to the present 10 freight trains have
left that point, but an attemp. will be
made tomorrow to break the block.
ade there. fee rsm vsa
P%oTTsvILLE, August "A meet
ing of miners employed at a private
colliery at Shenandoah to-day decid-
ed to hold out until their deman ds
were acceded to-
3 CoLUsIBps. August Am attempt
was made to detach the Pan Handle
express from the east, due here at -.
SIS A. NJ near Granville, Ohio. SomeI
ties and an iron rail were fastened TO
the track. The pilot OF the engine
threw most of the distractions to one
side. One ofthe ties struck a truck, |
throwiDgit from the track, but no
serious damage resulted. The at
tempt is believed to have been the
work Of tramps, Soldiers are still
quartered in the Union Depot here
and all is quiet. brs
SCRANTON, August lat abou.
Lilac O'Clock this morning nearly
5000 men. armed with clubs and re.
.volyers, forced all the employees Off
the Lacka wanna Coal and Iron Com
pany who had retnrnedlto work after
a brief strike to desist. They then
proceeded to the car shops OF the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western |
Railroad Company, drove the men
from their posts, and threatened to I
destroy The car shops and Office. Not {
satisfied with this, they violently as. |
saulted several of the employees, both /,
il the shops and the Office, and manyjt
Of them sustained painful, though not
serious, wounds. Mayor McKune
hasteued 10 thu scene. and at the {
same time sent word to q volunteer I
organization Of young msn which
had been guarding the extensive,
stores Of the L. /. and g. Co. for
about q week past, The Mayors ar. +,
rival at the scene Of the melee was d
he signal for q general attack upon i
him, and but for the Interpretation oft
Father Dunn, a Catholic priest, he
would probably have been killed. I
He escaped. however, with q double {
fracture of the jaw. {
The bell of the First Presbyterian 9
Church was sounding the signal for r
Ehe assembling of the Vigilance Com Q
and armed men were rushing .
every direction, The Lackswanns a
Iron and Coal Company's store Is the r
headquarters Of the Scranton corps. Q
md here about Fifty young men a 1. g
,embled, AND, securing up their rifles. .