, 1877-09-11

NrllCnrY LUunt1Eh Will IW tlGi1lAf1tiEH. Il nc
Uralltl jury uf thts county lnccts in November.
THE COAIrSTKI1iEKS.
Desperate Measures t'y the Striking Miners
IN Observation-Disclosures ylews of tho
Situation.
Corrtwonsstnre !Srhc 1ork, Eos,a
tIoNE.pALr, ra,, Sept. G.-Thc farmers aut1
residents Of tho at,al villages IN tic townships
of this county bordering OIL Lt1zcrnc arc form-
Lug themselves into vigilance committees to
protect themselves against The frequent raids
III Eangs Ut strikers from lilo mining regions,
who for fortnight past hnye been committing
derrcdattons III the scction named. When tilr
troubles In tho Laclsnwnn1a coal reglon cutn-
rncnccd, begging cotnalEttces from The mines
visited this aud susiuchan,a Counties,
soliciting nttl In the shape Of
farln produce, provisions, clothing,
aud other thEnGr. Thu farmers and
residents In tho border districts contributed
1iberalty to tlicu. 1t Hectns That thu Commit
tees fell Inclined to "rdc free horse to dcath,"
and tho people at 1ast refused to respond to
their oftrcpcatetl requests. sncc tllcs,, parties
travelling In groups 1T lvc, ten, anil fifteen, a,.l
acting In tho nume Of Cashonlutc utul Scranton
Relief Associations, have sconrcl thu borders VI
Wayne md susqucllanna Counties, mud take by
fUrto tllc supplies that thu residents decline to
voluntarily surrender. Ttvsu parties ii, nut
visit tho larger villages. but the ntt!or farming
ss,,sss g ,sy Is s St rsSsSy ts ysps is II few ays
n salctl Township, atsl carric.l nway several
1oa1s of potatoes, quantities Of provisions.
clothing, etc. In tic vicinity they b1Itcl!cfAa Il
COW in pasture lot, and aided thu. e t!eir
these nlaruutlcrs say that they drive up to d
farmhouse anu make tho demand fur supplies.
II tho furtner refl.scs to contribute they 70 to
work tn thc potato ieli, thu garden, alld even
cellar. A farmer Is generally relieved uf
wngu1l-tontl OF potatoes, cuhbugcs, barrel or
two Of pork, Il lie has IT, atl frequently h'sstocs
of flour 1t !. nut an uncommon thing for
tho raiders to Kill pE OF cow oIl tic prctltscs
n,lla TINT tu thelr stuck of "toray.h Quo
tlny's work in Mount Pleasant Tuwnsp lnst
week yielded q party VI these innrn,1csB five
waEon-!uals 0f supplies similar to tho n!,uyr.
are conlscntcd for usn III the ruhts. The dcpsc
duttuus l1nve CO1ne to be- 3u Systematic and ire
Qtrtit thnt thu naslcnec OF the lnrsners nHlt
other resltlents Of the west bor.er ol tic county
Is exhausted. anil hence tbs formation of tle
Vigilance committees. These committees will
be we'll armed, ant are determined to put stop
TO wllnt tho law seems to Gu powercss to deal
With
Valley, similar o,ltragcs arc of daily occurrence.
Clttlu arc bntElcreh til tho pastures, acres uf
potntocs. have bec'i dug up. ant tho farmers
sernl to 10 entirely ut tlu tfcy Ut tic tiaralitl
iii tlat )oe,tr "'' "''o '"Ae'' u III
A gentleman from Cnrbnn,la1c hero today
says TINT thu residents OF tllu tuwns In sustl,.e
hanna County. Mtljotnlng tue upper coal-t!elde,
IT. IT, nsu t ,s, a. M rmnr Il itvi is ~ n' ~
vicinity VI DunAp1!, who WIS visited only yes
.efuay ~ no !,v1' ~ MnSon. lily einneu
70. 70 w h!nets, h1na ueht9nueu ectlah suppEca.
III i 1," u y" ~ ori,ci', 10 su,r H., VIZ.
, 1na nv tna 't % t"c % as1 tJ spnrS, tsal lucy
usnatosa. ~. LEY A.v.pteM ~ ihtt"llh ~
uis1Gs. ~ aa @ nn oo,st pnI1aheu .n u t,s .os-
nln.!y im"n t%y fe%m!eM ,se. tmeis ae.'a't: s,l
ea. st I'll reiusgu, tnry IsseeuGM cet,I 10 net
t;;mseys w a te ta5r y. H. stast' HWY 1"
an ,;a =" .v.n A"o '' "eo ''c't
wagon ah4 urote a"a'' 49,.
49,, % ale lme scaugFs 10y a."onG .au nmcIS Lo sas
rsi"i1o mrt,nn ii ~ tncir s,nss a, ,u
shsu ~ .tea tHe," & .u1s .au5 % IT, tntfn =.
Iaos1ty ~ paItiea who ave iao lreet interest "
the sLrks. III ~ 1s'a' Us H. ay' iH'nra !alas III
tnia s.oht} W. ne nsH!t irs'stt, e'Sn ~ .ao
eAL1't " p'uW.'snes, ~ sne t"GTa IT,! !'e3sst "
III III fve .s;3sa s' nass y: t.;1 se,. 41,,<x
r',,, c,. s.,,,r vii, fic fnrm,rrs I.Mr1, .mt
t,ar .,fIrr sn'," frn.n ,trnrrlntinns ~, ,hsir
,niatoes and iru!r. futt nGt to u ySry scrjs,,ls
hers' mrt II inrSr,cr Win t,a,i fcw remarks n
Tnr, ,shi.i' H. Iii sn,u"wtnt on.r,.,tisnitr.
ssi;ye rivrn ttr,t, fnir wnrnn.H sati lie. s.Ii,at
t,u.s n,,.st,,'t fonl nrouuI nv urcianis mr. h.
n tth,nr. riIhrr. not an nr'n,S or III !"
| ",,.tmi 7'%,,,vt ttu.'',s. 4isytr, at,"
t wt,ri, m nm. u,mi su,,,r of ies, nur ai,irr
IL thrv want il, IT,, nrn,,l fiie anil stnrvc. wi,v
tlry xs,,,, f,,r tlas il lrcv coIutry, did rygfy
thl, valley roor. l'yc worked hard aud saved
~ . Ssslt p'ecIs, a1'.! m'hsas , IN w" aafs an'
/ t4hCA y III ~ lNu&ft H1NiJ At4N &HHb3 Auft