Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-03
RIOTERS GIVEN A HEARING
Men I'm wiIkesbarre District Bound
yer on CharGe of IncitinR
Disturbances.

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w1LKEsBARKE, Pa, June "A humble
Of Justices Of the peace In Lu1erne county
we're kept busy today In giving hearings to
men charged with melting and precipitating
riots at coal mines. Early this morning
Deputy Sherin Eckert brought four men
from Freeland, charged With engaging in a
riot at that place. The prisoners were
taken before Magistrate Pollock for a hear
ing. A number OF deputies testified that
the prisoners gathered in the road leading
to one Of the mines this afternoon and
tried to intimidate some fellow-employes.
One Of the men pointed a revolver at one
Of the deputies. The riot act was then read
and, the mob refusing to dispense, the
deputy sheriff and his posse put the ring
leaders under arrest.
The magistrate held the defendants In
$500 bail for trial. They could not furnish
the bail and went to Jail.
81, County Detective Phillips OF Laekawanna
county came to Duryes today and, going to
the William A. ~colliery, placed seven OF the
Coal and Iron policemen on duty there I'M
der arrest They are charged with the
shooting yesterday OF the Italian whose
body was found outside Of the barrieade.
The ~of1eers we're taken to Scranton and
arraisned before Magistrate Howe, who
held them in 81, 900 bail.
Aue NllhCbDdTTe alllduC6 mace It's mist
arrest today. A member of the United
Mines Workers named William weitzer. was
arrested, charged with llbelling merchants
and others. There were fourteen counts
against him. Magistrate Van Horn de-
handed $1,000 bail. The defendant was un-
able to furnish the bond and was sent to
jail. The alliance has offered 5000 re-
ward for the arrest and conviction Of boy
cotters.
There came near being a serious riot at
the William A., Colliery this afternoon.
Charles A. Brown, a mining engineer, was
on his way to the mine, when he was
Fthfeatened by a crowd OF strikers. Brown
pulled his revolver and fired in the air,
whereupon the guard behind the barricade
at the colliery came out and fred into the
air, causing the foreigners to fall back.
After 1t was thought the trouble had sub
sided Brown was arrested by Chic of Po-
lice Cosgrove Of Duryea. He was taken be-
fore Burgess Burlingame. followed by a
large crowd Of angry Italians, and was held
In $4,000 bail for trial. The police say they
found four revolveTs on Brown. Being un.
able to furnish bail Brown was removed to
the county jail. s-.
The FIRST break In the ranks Of the strik-
ing hremen occurred this afternoon, when
three former employees OF the Kingston
Coal company applied for work and were
given their old places.
Three Of the hremen who went out at the
Pine Ridge mine at Miners Mill also re-
quested that their old places be given to
them and the superintendent Of the col
liery said they might have them. Since
the strike of steam men was inaugurated
on June 2 a large number OF engineers
and pumpmen have gone back to work,
kaA ~ - A.. ..-NtI
today.
SAGINAW, Mich, July "A conference
Of the ooalmine operators and workers of
Michigan on the differences which nave kept
the miners in this state on a strike for
nearly two months was held here today,
with President John Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers present. At an executive
session OF the miners this forenoon Presi-
| dent Mitchell advised q settlement OF the
Michigan strike II possible, urging the
men to concede minor points II only the
wages were not reduced under the new
scale. He talked as II he felt that the
anthracite strikers would need the sup
port Of the bituminous men and substan-
tial support could only come through the
men being at work. ..-
The conference later in the day, however,
failed. to bring about an agreement.
The men commended for the same scale
wages as last. year, for an eight-hour
workday and the abolition OF the system
Whereby the men push the cars from the
mine. The operators offered to increase
the wages Of the carmen 20 per cent and
adopt a uniform scale for all help above
ground in lieu for the damand for eight
hours, but refused to abolish the pushing
Of cars from the entries.
The matter was referred by the Joint
conference back to the local unions to
vote upon and IL they accept the PROPOSE
tion another joint conference Is to be
called. Otherwise the strike continues,
President Mitchell left for Wilkesbarre to-
night. He advised the nen to accept the
proposition of the operators and end the
strike.