The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-11
MYSTERIOUS
Mr.. GUERNSEY
HIS IDENTITY REVEALED BY
HIMSELF YESTERDAY.
D. J. Keefe, President of the Inter
national Association of Long
shorsmen, Who Was m. w.
Gurnsey, of Harrisburg" for a
Few Days During the Miners
Strike. Tells All About the Battle
He Had with the Newspaper Men
to Keep His Name and Business a
Secret Came with Mitchell.

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| Accompanying President Mitchell
! when he arrived Yesterday afternoon
| was -. j. Keefe. of Chicago.
| -. j. Keefe is an Interesting per-
| sonage.
d. j. keefc is president of the In
| ternational Association of Lonpshore..
men. with Headquarters on Chambers
| street. Chicago. This makes Mr..
| Keefe interesting. hut all this pales in =
| to insignificance as a matter of in .
| terest when 1t is declared that Mr.,
| <eefe is none other than the "Mys-
| terious Mr.. Guernsev,''
Some may not he familiar with the
| facts that made the mysterious Mr..
| Guernsey historical.
While the convention of the United
| Mine Workers was in session i'm Music
Hall, last fail. considering the ten per
| cent. offer which brought the strike
| to a close. President Mitchell had n
| series of secret conferences at room
| 5e in the Valley House. with a dapper-
| looking. diamond d-wearins silent and
mysterious s-moving man. who on the
! day before the convention opened
registered at ,he NalieF House as M.
M. ,,am.,r.,o man ,oor,, ,,,.
president Mitchell, lore q .o,.;.l ssssion
of tho Ell,s of which h. Wa, Tho .,,ast
| or honor to have :, nidni,h+ n,esting
with NJ. ,.ue,,so,. IL wa. oIsl,
learned thar pres;dent N,itcbe,, want
to Afr.,suernsev,s roon, n,io,. +, the
a afternoon session m III. brst d.v or
the convention and had =. nriv.ta CON
ferepce Win Mr. cuorrsar Fr,,har
more # was discovered thar m tho
night before tbe convention a,,ead +,
accent tho onerators, offer Prel;dent
Mitchell and Mr. Guernsev had an
other interview in Room AZ
A newspaner man selec,ed fran
among four of the strike reporters
who were hot on the trail of the ,nvs
terious Mr. Guersev borrowed q
satchel and umbrella from the "Old
Hoss" room in the Delaware. L,acka-
wanna and Western station. regis
tered as James Harris. of Paterson. n.
j., and secured his old room" No. 81.
next door to that in which it was
known there was conference on be-
tween President Mitchell and the mys-
terious Mr.. Guernsey.
w ''i''>'r'i WA" "A'''
But the mysterious Mr.. Guernsey was
a wary CHAP and when he heard the
Dell boy unlocking the door OF 81 and
striking match to light the gas. he
warned president Mltchell TO lower
MS voice The newspaper man had
his trouble for his pains. All he over
heard was "Well. four hundred men
are not easy TO handle.
The mysterious Mr.. Guernsey had
registered from Harrisburg, Pa. TWO
neWspapermen stationed themselves at
the pennsylvania station in Harris
burg and watched day and night for
MI. Guernsey. He was expected to dis
appear as suddenly as he came and
the newspapermen figured that il they
couldn't find out who he was they
would at least satisfy themselves that
he was not from Harrisburg.
MI. Guernsey disappeared early SUM-
day morning. he was traced TO the
Turklsh path, and 1t was also learned
that ne had taken transportation at
Plttston FOR Wilkes-B Barre. The scent
was lost in Wilkes Barre.and although
ne passed through Harrisburg, the
Vlgllantes despatched thither by the
newspapermen missed him because he
saw them first. as now developes.
AT the time. one story had it that
MIR. Guernsey was political agent of
Mark Hanna and that he came here to
r,o, - ".,' '"'
strike. Another story had II that be
was a detective in the emnlov of tho
National Republican committees who
was sent here to nepotiate win pre.i-
dent Mitchell for se,tlement of the
strike still another story had II