New-York tribune., 1902-10-12
TO SELL COAL AT s. A TON.
THE OPERATORS PLANNING To PUT
1T OUT IN ONE HUNDRED
POUND BAGS.
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wHkesbarre. Penn, Oct. 1.-THE operators
arranging TO sell coal in New-York in bags
of one hundred pounds each They expect 10
sell it at So ton, with freight charges added,
making the cost Of a ton about So They
not able TO tell when they will make the first
shipment but expect il to be some time next
week
The plan is to have each company puts it's
coal in bags. and send IL 10 its own distributing
agents who will not sell to dealers but to the
consumers direct Only enough coal will be sold
to each customer to tide him over the strike.
AS the production is about one-quarter OF
the normal. and many OF the large consumers
are using soft coal IT is thought that enough
coal will thus be provided at low price TO
prevent suffering. al any rate. The operators
have not increased the price of coal at the
mines. So a ton. during the whole course of the
strike. The enormous prices charged have been
due solely 10 the dealers.
The order of Governor Stone that prisoners
taken by the soldiers shall be detained in the
camps as long as il is deemed that their free
dom would be dangerous 10 the peace of the
public has aroused the strikers TO such an ex-
tent in the Wilkesbarre district that it will be
stubbornly fought and IL possible. rendered m
effective. James T. Lenahan, the attorney for
the strikers after a day spent in studying the
question, declares that the order is beyond the
legal power Of the Governor 70 maintain
Upon the arrest OF the first prisoner shall
apply 10 the courts for writ Of habeas corpus
and demand the mans release" he said We'll
see then. if the soldiers will keep him. They
have no right under existing conditions 70 take
a citizen and hold him in prison as long as they
IKE with no power OF appeal. refusing to take
bail and refusing to permit the proper civil
authorities TO take charge OF the case. In con-
dition OF martial law this might obtain. but the
Governor has not proclaimed martial law, and I
am convinced that under the conditions neither
he nor President Roosevelt has the power TO do
so. That power. according TO a decision Of the
late Chief Justice Taney. OF the United States
Supreme Court is vested in Congress alone. So.
as martial law does not prevail. 1 shall ask the
courts to interfere.
General Goblin, when asked about the condt-
tion, preferred not 70 say anything
The condition has not arrived yet. he said.
THE 9th Regiment has no prisoner no writ OF
habeas corpus has been requested, end 1 can
not cross the bridge until l come 70 It
For the present, until otherwise directed.
General Goblin and the regimental commanders
will obey the order and detain the prisoners
they take. Major General Miller. who is to-day
in the SchuylkiI district. did not commit him
self on the question. but it is understood that
in the event OF a writ of habeas corpus being
the prisoner delivered 20 the civil authorities.
SHERIFF SAYS MARTIAL LAW
Sheriff Jacobs Of Luzerne County considers
the county TO all intents and purposes under
martial law. he says and is glad to have the
responsibility taken from his shoulders. IF
my deputies went out with the soldiers and ar
rested some men, I should turn the prisoners
over to the military" he said The military
acts entirely without his direction.
Colonel c. 3. Dougherty. of the 9th. said this
evening: Il send my men wherever think they
needed. and do not wait for any request
from the Sheriff ask his permission; and II
men are creating disorder. and 1 can. l will
arrest them and obey Governor Stones order"
Not only are the strikers taking the question
up. but the Peoples Alliance has decided 10
hold meeting next week and protest against
the order remaining in force II Will declare.
President T F. Hart says, that the civil
authorities who have the legal right to deal
with such cases are being ignored. and that 1t is
a personal affront 20 every good citizen
Three Of the regiments. the Sd. the 18th and
the 18th have each two prisoners, but the strtk-
ers have made no effort to have them released
In the other counties as well as Luzerne what
is in effect martial law prevails. General Schau
to-day ordered provost guards stationed In all
the towns in the Sehuylkill region where there is
fear OF dynamite outrages. and they are on duty
tonight practically taking the police charge
from the civil authorities
The reason the arrest and detention order was
issued was that the soldiers found in many
small towns where there Is a large element OF
strikers that the town officials made no effort to
maintain order and the strikers had full sway.
II was impossible 10 protect workers there. AS
men were baied out by the union and returned
70 the scene OF violence. non-union men We're
not protected even when the law was enforced.
Sensational papers are making silly assertions
about the stockades built by the regiments, much
70 the annoyance of the officers. The stockades
or pens" are made Of tall timbers set firmly in
the ground in a space twenty by twenty feet.
but inside these is large tent with all the COM
forts the soldiers have. The stockade is merely
10 urevent the escape of the prisoners and
requires a smaller force OF guards than would an
unprotected tent.
CONFER ON CONTINUED VIOLENCE.
The conditions OF violence in the SchuylkiII
region are such that this evening a conference
~ the chief officers OF the force there called