Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-13

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HaZleton, Pa, Oct. ia special no.
| liceman was instantly killed, another
was wounded in the head Il striker was
| probably fatally shot and 10 non union
| man more or less seriously wounded at
the Oneida colltery Of Coke Bros, In a
clash between the officers and 500 strik-
ers yesterday.
Ralph Mills of Beaver Meadow, one
of the officers conveyed in IL special train
from that place to Oneida, was the man
killed. He was shot through the back.
George Kellnor, Beaver Meadow, also
a special officer, received shot wounds
in the head. but will recover: Joseph
Leske, a striker. was shot in the groin
and will probably die. Ten non union
men were stoned, but only two of them
were seriously injured. One sustained
scalp wounds and the other had four ribs
broken.
The Oneida colliery having been in
operation since the inauguration of the
strike, the union men ut Oneida and
Sheppton, where many Of the en-
ployes of the Oneida and Derringer col
lferes of Coke Bros. live,' decided early
yesterday morning to close down the
mine. They gathered in groups on the
street as early as o'clock. AS the nom
urion men went to work they were asked
by the strikers to remain at home. Some
turned back, but others did not. Those
who went to the colliery We're stoned.
Van Blargin, one of the non-union en-
OF cd 70 I,,,t
the weapon was taken from him, and In
the beating he received he had several
ribs broken.
The strikers remained at the colliery
all morning. AS the small mine loco
motive used In hauling coal from the
No. and No. 5 collieries to the Oneida
breaker pulled up on the road near the
latter colliery, crowd of women
blocked the track. The women were told
by General Superintendent Kudlick to go
home. He assured them that their
husbands would get an increase in
wages and that their other grievances
would be properly adjusted. The wom-
en- refused to listen and stoned the super
int andent, who was wounded in the head.
Then the striking men and the women
rushed toward the No. colliery. 4
force of about SO special policemen at
tempted to intercept the mob, but they
were powarless to do anything, and re-
tired to the engine room. Just as the
officers got close to shelter shot was
fired. This was followed by another,
and in few seconds many shots rang
through the air. No one knows who
shot first, but it Is believed that both the
ct,, ln thain
weapons After the shooting the strik-
ers dispersed.
Thousands of striking miners marched
in review throughout the crowded streets
o Scranton yesterday. and showed their
loyalty to the cause for which they have
been battling for several weeks. The
welcome to National President Mitchell
vas an exceedingly .fiattering one.
The demonstration began with the ar
rival of President Mitchell from Sham
okin, shortly before 2 o'clock. The
strike leader. with the mayor Of Scran-
ton rode in a carriage at the head of the
line. Then came a solid column Of
working men so long that 1t took an hour
and l5 minutes to pass a given point.
1t was estimated that more than TO-.
600 persons We're gathered around the
speaker's stand when President Mitchell
was introduced. When Mr.. Mitchell told
the miners that the proposition of the
operators to advance wages 10 percent
was not enough the spontanetity of the
cheering was surprising and almost
startling. He followed this up by de-
claring that the mine owners ought to
abolish the company stores and the
sliding scale, and that thay should pay
the men their wages semi-monthly, as
the Pennsylvania law directs.
With the mention Of each grievance
there would come an outburst OF APP
plause from the man. He gave this nom
union men now on strike in the anthra-
rite field great credit for suspending
work along with the union mine " workers.
He said there were only 5000 union men in
the anthracite region on the day when
the strike began, but that 10000 men
have obeyed the order to strike.
New York, Oct. 11.-Sixty Of the work.
men are on strike in Tiffany Il Co.'S
factory at Forest Hill. N. j., and the en-
tire wedding invitation business Of the
big jewelry firm Is tied up. The strikers
are copper plate engravers. The man.
ayers of the Tiffany factory declare that
half of them regularly earned from 500
to $1OO week, other SIS q week and none
of them less than $50 a week. These
highly paid wcrkmen lately became
members OF the International Brother,
hood of Copperplate Engravers, and are
on strike for the recognition. of their