The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-14
New Elements Of Disorder in
Pennsylvania.
SCRANTON'S FACTIONS.
Miners Being Armed and Drilled
in the Woods.
FLOODING MIN E S.
WAR on RACES rHEEArENzD--pCNP Rum
NERs AND NINE ENGINEERS DRIVEN TkoM
THEIR WORK AT CARBoNDALE


THEIR WORK AT cARBoNDALE
SCRANTON, Pa, August l3, 1877.
Scranton Is threatened by now danger. II Is tho
clash OF clans-a OF factions, such as that which
made Corsica the victim OF Tho vendetta and banded
iratricidal strife from ore generation to another Tor
centuries. The feeling engendered by the rccens
bloody collision OF the Mayors posse and tue mob is
pr the must intense character, and already malice,
bigotry and bad blood are busy fcrmenting tie
reeds of bloody strife. determination ID
openly INDUCED in revenge openly threatened,
and every issue OF the local papers Is laden with
threats Vengeance TO class another Apropos
o, the language used OF the daiiss goes so lar
a. to state that will print '-red-naired obituary
notices free Of cost and thus urges the feeling OF
revenge which seems to be q: aw white heat already
Another has letters ard articles hesping Goals OF IRE
upon the head of Judge Hapaey, who, on account OF
his Irish ancestry, IL accused Ut ;raternzlug with
Tue mob; aud altogether the city 10 most de-
ghtfu Isace--to live out Of The friends ana
relatives Of the posse comitans are alive
TO the importance of the issuc and have
in OF formation fewer than four independent
military companies TO be armed and drilled forthwith
ind rccsive tho Endorsement OF the Governor Tao
captain OF the vigantes Ezra a. Ripple, is remark
Able MANA veritabe here but unfortunately he was
present when tho company coliicd with the
crowd or the shooting would have been averted Mr.
Ripple Ia every inch hero He served IN
tho iac civil, war was captured and made his escape
from n Southern prison. The blooihcnnds were put
upon his track but he met them aud with tooth and
nail killed three of the monsters, and with literal
covering of wounds managed make good his ground
70 northern border 1t is claimed that If he had hap
pened 10 be with tho vigianles the fatal day OF the
killing lives would been taken, he would not
have gwen the order to fire. As 1t the forty men
nsd through fear and OF the number was so shaky
that he shot bullet through the rim OF his
hat In trying Are upon the rioters. Besides,
the mob ran when the vigia1tes raised their pieces
and they were down their tracks II The crowd
had been vicious represented they would have
turned upon their murderers and torn them limb from
limb. They had been schoocd, however, into a
thorough respect for lie and property by the secret
societies which are so strong here among tho laborng
classes and dd not desire to pecp.aie the degree oil
destruction with which they were credited.
EFFECT or SOCIETIES
The entire region Is overrup by secret organizations
among the workinemcn. and they managed in
pcrlect harmony with their brethren in Philadelphia
ST. LOUIS, Baltimore Pittsoufg and other places Tho
OF the organization is strict secret and cannot
be divuIRed any who is not member. The
HERALD correspondent knows from personal knowl-
edge that there IS nothing Communistc IN lis
formation, and that even those who have
IRON time imnemoral set their faces against
secret societies give this their tact approval
II denies capital none Of its just rights, but IT aims by
all lawful means at lining up the oppressed poor from
the degradation by employing It's good Offices toward
Its rites and symbols have tho clements OF
broad liberal, religious sentiment, and no man is osra
cse1 from It's ranks Dy reason OF creed or country De-
spite the fnct is powerful and numbers its
ranks thousands OF men in scranton alone, its exis
is mystery TO The corporations and the So
called solid men oil the town.
DANGEROUS ELEMENTS ARMrNG.
The organization Of military companies among the
upper classes under special order OF the Governor.
has inced the working classes TO follow the example,
and now shanty Hill cnllaghan's Corners, sandy
Banks and kindred ''classicai" suburbs have each
their military companies, anu drill nightly in the
woods on the outskirts OF the city. These men say,
s'We will whether few CORPORATION mon will
shoot down on the street without prsvocation,"
and are, doubtless aching Tor an opportunity to meet
the members OF the posse in square fight II ever
the opportunity occurs tho battle wil bc bloody one,
aud the motto vcis will be observed to the letter.
The Nineteenth Pttsburg regiment of the Sixth dvi-
sion, National Guard OF Pennsylvania, under command
the town, the line OF the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western company's railroad, and short distance
from the aud steel works OF the ackawanna Iron
and Coal Company, and force of $50 regulars with
General Morrow IN command, occupies the most clc-
waited part OF the city The streets are full
lhe feeling has grown intense that would
hare go to work II he even felt so inclined. If he
should have the courage 10 do so he would be IN
formed that he was IA marked man, and that 1t would
be as well or him TO order bis colin before going to
work" number OF men ut the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western car shops went TO work to-day
rather than lose their positons and ON their way to
the Shops they were met by emissares who informed
them that If they persisted in becoming ''backIegs
the houses would DO burned over their heads
FLOoDfNG THE
At the mines of the Delaware aud Hudson Canal
Company III Carbondale, sixteen miles distant, the
mine engineers, pump runners and hremen who con-
tipued bravely AT their posts to prevent the flooding
H the collieries have Just been driven by mob
and so these valuable mines are flooding rapidly
will DO destroyed unless prompt action is taken TO
savc them from ruin. The miners OF Carbondae, who
have thus far manifested a remarkable degree Of
forbearance, are becoming FESTIVE and ueter-
mined and 1t is feared If the feeling continues
and maniiests itself has done to-day military
will be ordered there under command OF Colonel How
ard, OF the Nineteenth regiment, to morrow. Car
bondale Is OF the worst corners in the valley IL
was there that they cruched dozen about
years ago. and some five years since Clique called
1.-the houseburDers held the place In state OF terror
The miners are organizing relief stores all along tho
region from Carbonate to Nantcoke, ana provisions
are cheap and plentiful that they think they Will
be able 10 proiong the struggle until winter What
shape the famine VIII then assume is what puzzles
shosc who look ahead
EHE SITUATION AT Observation-Disclosures
FEEDING THE IDLE MINERs-POLfTICLANs
AMONG THE MALcoNTEN-s