Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-11-15
DYNAMITERS ARRESTED
Pennsylvania Miners Charged
With Murder and Arson.
DETECTIVES RAN THEM TO EARTH

the Authors OF Several Bomb Outrage, |
During Recent strlixe-More Arrest, |
Arc Expected to Follow.
RIDGwAY, Pa, Nov. l5-Seven me1
are under lock and key in the leil here
today, and they will bs closely guarded
until they are brought to trial They are
coal minors, and at their doors are laid
various deeds of violence, tho least OF
which Is the burning of valuable prop.
erty the ascending gamut including the
waylaying and beating of men who work.
ed in their places plotting TO kill their
employers and ending in the killing Of o
boy when the house Of nonunion work
or was blown up with dynamite
Detective Dan "a McSweeney, armed
with warrants and guarded by six Of his
most trusted assistants, went to tho min
ers house in the dead of night and drag
| god the men out Of their beds and away
1 TO jail. And it is the belief that before
many hours have passed the company
| will be increased by nearly dozen, who
are to DO arrested on charges Of being i'm
i plicated Ia tho outlawry
Those who are now in jail are:
Frank Myers. who is charged with muir
dor and arson, having BEEN 1t ii said the
/ ringleader in the burning and destruc-
tlon Of property and having instigated
the blowing up of a house with dynamite
/ tho result being the death Of boy and
the manning Of several other persons.
Ludwig Bosen beck charged with muir
1 der and arson, having manufactured the
bomb which killed the boy
Edward Fox charged with murder and
arson in having touched of the bomb.
Leo Worm, charged with murder and
arson in having helped discharge the
bomb
William Geitner, charged with arson
in having applied the torch to many
houses that were burned. It was Geit-
ner's talkatiyeness that put the detectives
on the right track
Sebastian Schwontner, charged with
arson, being implicated with Geitner.
Joseph Geitel, also implicated with
Goitner and accused of arson.
When Anarchy Reigned.
When the strikes were inaugurated in
the bituminous coal regions in Pennsyl-
vania last summer, no miners were more
concerned than were those in Elk county
and in the northwestern part of the state,
and whom the mines were closed none be
came more vindictive or riotous Nothing
seemed too desperate for them to do and
for time absolute anarchy reigned, for
although the sheriff of the county and his
deputies were on the scene. they could do
nothing to stem the tide of lawlessness
Several houses occupied by gangs of the
men who work at the reduced prices were
demolished, and the hospitals were filled
with the victims In only one case how
ever, was any one killed.
When bomb was thrown against the
house in which a foreman slept, a hoy
was caught in the wreck and was so bad
~ manned that he died few hours after
ward By the explosion half d dozen g-
borers were badly injured.
The strikers employed unusual inge-
nuity in the construction Of these bombs.
having first tried gunpowder and finding
1t was not powerful enough As o gen.
eral thing they took small coal car wheels.
which are hollow, and filled them with
dynamite cartridges. Fuses were attach
ed, and these were ignited after the
wheels had been placed under doomed
house.
One one occasion they secured big
sawlog, followed it out, and inserting
their cartridges had a most destructive
bomb.
AS may be imagined, the community
was terrorized, and no one could be found
willing to utter a reproaoh to the strikers,
for this action meant death.
; After the attempt on Mr.. Kaul's stock
farm however, the mine owners deter
} mined to secure aid from the outside.
Sent For Detectives
They communicated with Barring q
I Insolvency.. who, although they have
, offices in the Equitable building in New
York, do little detective work there. They
have branches in Scranton. Pittsburp
' and Wilkesbarre and in that region is
their field Of operation.
!. Mr. Barring made visit to Ridgway
s in the middle of July went over the
whole ground and then decided that his
only chance was to place men at several
points who could work in the mines il
necessary, and in this way become ac
quainted with the strikers and obtain il
: possible their confidence How well he
decided and how faithfully his instruc
tions were carried out the arrests prove
we had to get in the first place, 2 said
Mr. Barring in an interview, Amen who
were daring and adventurous and at the
same time had thorough knowledge 81
. coal mining. That was no easy task, but
we got them, and giving them the most
concise instructions we sent them To diff
ferent points In the mining region. They
! mixed with the strikers, who, knowing
4 the men were miners. were at first suspi
cious fearing they were about to work III
! tho mines. This led them Co suggest that
Z our men should become members of Tho
? union, and this they were only too GLAD
to do as it was long step toward secul
: ing the information we desired on oc
casions they would work in the mines
and in this way they heard all the gossip
and ii was the most material aid to us ;"
Lawlessness on tho part Of striking
miners in Pennsylvania is nothing novel
but it is not often that the perpetrators
are brought up with such round turn
In the mining troubles in WilkesbarT,
last May murders were Of almost DALI
occurrence. while assaults, robberies anC
other crimes were without number. II
the previous year Is mon were tried 10
murders committed during a genera
strike In 1892 - mon wero jailed 70
; taking life, and only four Of them wer
, convicted.
$ woman's Suffrage Convention.
g ITHACA, n. r., Nov. 15.-The twenty
: sixth annual convention Of the Woman
Suffrage association Of New York stat
was brouoht 60 a close by monster mas