The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-10

indignation rising in the breasts Of the
Old Forge strikers at the conduct Of
the deputies, there will be trouble
Rloodshed is not improbable and a
general tie up of the collieries of the
whole region thereabouts is to be
feared.
The strikers would not allow any but
union men to attend last nights meet
Ing. Even strikers were debarred who
had not as yet been sworn in, and sew
eral who wanted to join last night were
refused. a Tribune reporter who went
to the hall was invited to stay through
the meeting, but the arrival of party
of men who apparently comprised some
committee changed the complexion of
the meeting and instead of its being
| open, as was at first intended, it was
made strictly secret, even to the eX-
| tremes Indicated above. An English
speaking striker stated to a Tribune
reporter at the close of the meeting
that it had been resolved to let no man
work at Jcrmyns mine today.
The strikers say they will not do vio-
lence, but there is always the lurking
danger of an eruption under conditions
| such as exist.
! AS to the general tie-up. steps have
/ dlItbuN Dettll lthtll w bllllS II iDOut'
/ Last night the strikers were declaring
! that the miners of the Temple Iron
companys Duryea collery and Connell
& company's william A." were only
waiting the word to turn out and
help the Old Forge men win their
! fight by laying all the mines idle and
forcing the coal carrying companies
to interfere in brir ring Jermyn d Co.
| to the strikers terms.
TRAINMEN SYMPATHIZE.
The train hands on The New York,
| Susquehanra and Western branch
which taps Old Forge have notified
the strikers, so the latter claim, thai
| they will refuse to handle cars con-
| tanning coal from the Jermyn collier
! les. This road receives the coal from
| No. 2, which is to be started up next
week. The Lackawanna takes the coal
| from No l. where the effort is now be-
ing made to resume operations.
The developments of yesterday tend
to widen the breach between the oper-
ators and the strikers. AS was to be
expected. the latter re-doubled their
| efforts to prevent men from taking
| their places and even resorted accord
ing to the companys statement, to
mild acts of violence to accomplish
their purpose.
At the conclusion of Wednesday
nights meeting a line of pickets was
| formed to guard the paths leading t.
the mine and prevent if possible, the
| return of the men who We're at work
the day before and who had gone home
for the night under the protection of
the deputies.
| EnCircling the company's property,
we'll within the strikers line, were the
deputies, acting as pickets. Several
times during the night the strikers ap-
peared to he gathering in groups and
the deputies felt called upon to fire
shots from their guns to dsperse
them. They say they fired into the
ground but be that as tmay, the de-
sired effect was obtained, for in each
instance the strikers scattered and dis
appeared with all due haste.
THREE MEN ARRESTED.
During the early hours of the morn
in-from to 6 o'clock-three arrests
were made at different times. jacob
Marcinkawicz, John zapka and Antonio
Gipinski We're found upon the COM
pany's property and taken into GUS
tody. They were held at the mine
office until daylight, when they wera
loaded into the company store wagon
and taken to this city. They were
charged with melting riot and intimi-
dating workmen and given a hearing
before Alderman Millar. In default OF
$1,000 bail they were committed to iail.
Philip Schwartz, the Old Forge mer-
chant, offered to become their bonds
man, but did not qualify.
Edward Jermyn, who Is directing af-
talrs for the company at the scene OF
the trouble, disguised himself in the
garb OF a miner and at early dawn
started to cross the plateau between
Rendham and the mine. As he antIci-
pated, he was halted by one Of the
strikers pickets, Ludwig Leshinsli
who wanted him TO turn back When
Jermyn pushed on towards the mine.
the striker caught him by the arm and
tried to detain him, supposedly to argue
with him, Jermyn let go his fist at the
striker and caused him to release his
grasp. Later he had Leshinski arrest
ed and Alderman Millar committed
him to the county jail.
The strikers have retained Attorney
John II. Bonner TO prosecute case
which they will institute this morning,
so they say, against Edward Jermyn
and three of the deputies. 1t appears
they were in quest of one Frank Apple,
a Polish strike leader, and thought to
catch him at his house at midnight
BY some mistake they went to Martin
Oar COffpa AIWayS Ruu the Same