Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-15
f,sOuties Had Repeatedly Warned
Them to Keep Back.
TWo OR THREE WOUNDED.
nah cried, Slang Hint" as n Man
Rsn From Barrieade-tiine Work.
ers say shooting Uncalied For.

vilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 1l4.-A riot
occurred at theWarnek washery atDur-
,aa this afternoon. Trouble had been
hrewIng since early morning. Before
o'clock women and boys crowded
about the place and started to interfere
with those who wanted to go to work.
sheriff Jacobs had a number Of depu-
,iss on the ground. and they held the
o,owd back. The works were started.
but remained in operation only short
,lre The crowd on the outside threw
stones over the stockade at the deputies
~bo we're on guard inside, Several
,,r,ss the deputies were tempted to
fire. Rather than have any trouble
work was suspended for the time being
The deputy sheriffs returned to
vllkesbarre early this evening report
,ngall quiet at the washery when they
IN They had hardly reached Wilkes
mrre. however, when the dputis on
s1ard were attacked Several men in
no mob also attempted to climb over
,bs barrcade The deputies warned
them to go back and when they did not
yolley was fired, but most Of the bull
lets went high into the air, Harry Col
line was shot through the right leg. An
drew Marlack, q lithuanian, received
aesh wound, and another foreigner
had narrow escape, a bullet passing
through his coat A colored man em-
Moved at the washery, thinking his
Nh was In danger, escaped from the
barieade and ran down the street, He
was pursued by an angry crowd, who
cried
Hang him. Hang himl" The man
was finally run down. but before any
harm could befall him a number OF
rnnstabes rescued him.
Deputy sherlffs from Luzerne and
IackaWana counties went to the scene
of the rloting, but when they arrived all
was quiet, the mob having dispersed,
An eve witness says the attack, the
shooting and the retreat did not last
more than i've minutes.
Warrants were sworn out before the
burgess, charging the deputies with ri
ding and felonious woundlng The
mnstabes went TO the washery and
Onstabes went to the washery and
placed % men under arrest. They were
srragned before Burgess Burlington
tonight and held In $4,000 bail each
could not furnish bail and were brought
70 the county jail here.
The United Mine Workers say the
hooting was uncalled for and that the
deputies alone are 90 blame Vice
President Rescavage, OF the miners
union OF district No l. says the deru-
ties were In an ugly mood all day.
Sheriff Jacobs Of Luzerne county, is in
Hazeton. The office here is in charge
q Chief Deputy Hodda. He denied
report which gained currency tonight
that Sheriff Jacobs had applied to Cor.
Stone for troops. He says all Is quiet
at Duryea now and he does not expect
any further trouble.
II Il is decided to resume operations
at the washery again the sheriff Will
have q guard strong enough to pre-
serve order and give protection TO those
who want to go TO work.
Sheriff Jacobs arrived from Hazleton
tonight and at once went TO Duryea,
where he win spend tonight The op-
orators OF the washery say they VIII
not start the works tomorrow, as un-
known persons wrecked some OF the
machinery In the excitement following
the fight this afternoon.