The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-15

| superintendent Tobey says, is quite as
good as the buckwheat that comes
| from a washery. 1t is sent to New
York and used in factories that have
been using washery buckwheat.
Region Is Quiet.
The soldiers had another uneventful
day, and were at leisure to felicitate
with one another on the good news of
| the probable early ending of the strike.
| Their only drop of bitter" now is that
they will be kept in the field to deal
with possible trouble arising from the
union men coming in contact with nom
| unionists when the former return to
| work.
In anticipation of this possibility the
work of putting the camps in shape for
winter was prosecuted with the usual
activity yesterday. At the Thirteenth
regiment camp, steam pipes from the
Grassy Island washery were laid to
convey heat to the headquarters and
hospital tents, and today small radia-
tors will be installed and the heat util-
| ized. New shoes and blankets were
dealt out by Quartermaster Vandling.
General Goblin and Captain Drake,
one of his aide-de-camps, paid a visit
to the camp yesterday. General Goblin
commended Colonel Watres on the sue
cess which has attended the Thir-
teenth's efforts to preserve order, and
| told the colonel he could make no sug-
ges tion by which the campaign meth
ods or the camp could be improved.
A detachment of the Governors troop
went to Steriici Creek, yesterday, to
prevent some threatened disorder oc-
casioned by the collecting of crowd
in front of the house of IL man who
was moving to Scranton to work in
some colliery. The troopers also formed
an escort early in the morning, and
again in the evening, for Il body Of
men who came to and went from the
Sterrick Creek colliery.
Five more coal pickers We're placed
under arrest yesterday. They were
| Frank Flood. james McGown. Will
lam Dwyer. Stanley Narskos and james
Sweeney. Their scene of activity was
on the Cayuga dump. Alderman Ruddy
! fined them 81 each. when they plead
guilty.
Soldiers We're Called.
Several Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western carpenters. who were being
driven to the Brisbin mine yesterday
morning We're stoned by a gang of boys
near the Trpp crossing yesterday
morning. In the afternoon the driver
of the wagon passed that way again
and was assailed by a second volley of
stones.
He drove on down toward the Dia-
mond mine. where he notified the depu-
ties stationed there of the incident.
Three of the latter came up to the
crossing and made for the gang of boys
who were playing in IA field nearby.
The boys saw them coming and began
to stone them. The deputies pulled
their revolvers and fired at the boys.
who lodged behind barn and es-
capped down the road.
Company G of the Twelfth regiment,
in command of Captain Straub, was
sent to the scene at $50. at which time
the men from the Brisbin We're expect
ed to pass there again. The latter
took a round about way home. and the
soldiers services We're not required.
Orlando Schooley, the Sterrick Creek
foreman. who was assaulted by a mob
at Jermyn. Monday, was reported to be
more scared than hurt" by the phys
clans at the Emergency hospital. Car
bondale. He had some bad bruises
about the body, where stones and clubs
struck him. but the first fears that par