Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

OperatOrs-CorOner Jury's Verdict Rem
overwhelmingly Body Recovered.
The fear of general strike among
the miners of the Wyoming valley grows
more widespread every hour, for the
discomfort of the workmen is becoming
more apparent. On Thursday eighty
driver boys and "nippers" employed
at the Holenbac mine of the Lehiga
and Wilkesbarre Coal Company went
on strike because their demand for an
increase of wages from 80 cents to 81. .25
day was not granted. Without the
services of the boys the mine could not
be operated and 300 men were thrown
idle. At the Baltimore mine of the
Delaware and Hudson Company, near
Wilkesbarre, $50 miners struck for an
increase of 13 cents on each car. At
Nanticoke $50 breaker boys 10 the en-
ploy of the Susquehanna Coal Company
quit work at No. Z because they claimed
the company discriminated against
them in favor of new boys hired since
the big strike.
In addition to those, 100 breaker boys
from No. colliery, Nanticoke, next
day joined the boys of No. 7.
The Delaware and Hudson strikers
say they expect the men at all the col
lieries of the company to follow their
lead. Friday night the Red Ash Com
pany miners, 1,S00 strong, held mass
meeting, and organized union. Their
grievances is the high price of powder
and they will send demand to the
company. There is dissatisfaction
among the men at No. and No. S
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre collieries also
While the Lehigh Valley men are
awaiting the developments of the Del
aware and Hudson strike before assert
ing themselves, so great is the fear of a
strike which would seriously cripple the
business interests of the valley that the
Board of Trade, of Wilkesbarre, has
taken hold Of the matter, and Secretary
Garrett Smith requested the newspapers
to publish as little about the strikes as
they could, and not to encourage the
miners, as favorable turn might pre-
ciptate strike which would be bitterly
fought.
The United Mine Workers of the
Lackawanna and upper Luzerne dis
tricts met again on Thursday In Scran-
ton and waited in vain for response 10
their invitation to the operators to con-
fer with them regarding their griev-
ances. One week ago Tuesday, when
the first conference was called and no
operators put in an appearance res
olution was passed giving the operators
one more chance, and declaring that II
they again ignored the invitation radical
steps would be taken to force the opera
tors to come into conferenc.
The remains of Fire Boss William
Galloway, of Kaskawilliam, who was
entombed in the mines at that place
early ON December Is, 1899, while
making his daily examination of the
inside working of the colliery, were
recovered shortly after IL o'clock We'd
nesday night by the miners who have
worked ever since, hoping again hope
that the unfortunate fire boss might be
recovered alive.
The coroner's jury empanelled by
Deputy Coroner Bowman to investigate
the death of Daniel Dougherty, of
McAdoo, who was killed in No. 5
coliery, Jeddo, by being caught be-
tween mine door and mine locomo-
tive, on which he was employed as
patcher, rendered verdict "that the
speed of the mine locomotive was in
compatible with the safe operation of
the automatic mine DOORS"
James MacAlarney, of Ebervale, en-
ployed at the Milnesville stripping, was
struck by piece OF flying rock from a
blast on Thursday. He was removed to
the Miners hospital, where he died. He
leaves a wife and eight small children.
Peter Valentines leg was broken by a
fall of coal in No. coliery, Jeddo, on
Thursday, and three other Austrians
were injured at the same place. Valen-
tine was taken to the Miners hospital
for treatment.
Andrew Popolscoi, of Honey Brook,
who was badly squeezed and injured
internally In the stripping at that place,
died at the Miners hospital Saturday
night. He is survived by wife and
family.
w. w. Stevens, OF Coke addition, has
returned from Wills Eye hospital,
Philadelphia, where he was successfully
operated upon for an injury received to
his eye last month in Drfton shops.
Aonzo Woodring, Of Drlfton, has
been discharged from the Miners hospi-
tai, where he was treated for broken
leg received by timber falling ON it
while at work.
During the last year $750,o0O was dis
bursed by the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen to cripped men and to widows
and children OF members who had lost
their lives.