Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-31
Striking Miners are Accused
of Rioting.
SITUATION is WORSE
Men Are Hourly Becoming More Dem
onstrative-Non-U Men Driven
From Posts and Assail Top Works
of Mines With Stones.

Shenandoah Pa, July 30.-The atti-
tude Of the striking mine workers is
daily becoming more demonstrative.
All last night mob of fully 1000 men
and boys were on the march. They
first visited the West Shenandoah col
liery and drove the non-union men
from the engines, pumps and fire
rooms. The strikers assailed the
breaker with stones doing consider
able damage to window glass. From
there the mob proceeded to the Indian
Ridge colliery where they We're con-
fronted by special police whose pres
| ence prevented violence.
Non-union Men Stoned.
Shamokin, Pa, July 30.-One thous-
land men, women and children assem-
BILE dat the Mineral Co.'S Cameron col
l1ery last evening and hooted and Ours
ed the non-union men as they quit
work. A delegation of boys stoned
several sub-bosses as they entered the
town. The police charged the crowd
and put them to flight. Company Of
Meals say they will ask for troops if
there is continuance of attempts to
annoy the workmen.
Miners Are PummeIIed.
Mount Carmel, Pa, July 3O.-Two
crowds, numbering fully three thous-
and men, women and children collect
ed at all the Reading Coal Co. opera
tons between here and Shamol1in last
evening and hurled stones and sticks
at the non-union men. Six of the lat
ter were captured by mob near the
Richards colliery and badly pummellad.
On promising to remain away from the
colliery until the strike ends they were
liberated. Several scores of non-union
men remained at the mines at night
afraid to face the strikers who are
picketed along the roads leading into
the town.
Enjoined from Their Homes.
Charleston, w. Va, July 3O.-Judge
Keller practically has enjoined the
strikers of Amsted, w. Va, from, un-
i der certain circumstances, going to
their homes. If the injunction issued
by him in the suit of the Gauley Noun
tain Coal Co. is enforced strictly it
will prevent the strikers from going in
to the town of Ansted. The bill of the
compliments sets up that nearly all of
the employees of the company live in
the town of Ansted, which town is To-
Gated on the property of the company
and that the municipal authorities are
unable to cope with the defendants.
The Injunction of the court prohibits
the defendants, their agents. or asso.
ciates from going on the property of
the company or camping or marching
on it, so it includes most of this NUM-.
cipal corporation.
Testimony In the Trial.
Testimony was presented to show
that the contributions from headuuar.
tiers Of the United Mine Workers was
to support the men on strike. The
men employed in the mines testified
, they We're afraid to work on account
of the gatherings of the strikers. and
while the speakers counseled obedi
ence to the law, it was shown they con
tipued to gather in large crowds in
the vicinity OF the, colliery and assert
ed they would stay there until the
men came out of the mines. The pros
ecution brought out testimony today
to prove that checks to purchase fooC
were sent here by w. B. Wilson anC
John Mitchell. The prosecution has
closed its case and the defense will be
heard today.
One of the points brought out in the
trial is that Richards threatened tt
blacklist all miners who refused tt
come out and join the strike.
Mitchell Talks of Injunction.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. July 3O.-Presiden
Mitchell last evening gave out the fol
lowing with reference to Judge Keller's
injunction in West Virginia.
n The injunction of Judge Keller, re
h straining officers of the United Mine
: Workers of America from purchasing
!. and distributing food to West Virgins
miners is great wrong, and if sustain