Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-16
MOB CHASES A WORKMAN
Outbreak Occurs at Shenandoah Under the
Mesa Of the Troops
THREE ARRESTS RESULT OF TROUBLE
Depaties Arrested At wukesbarre
eiven q Hearins ON Charge Of
fnciting Riot, BeInn Held IN
SUM Of sro.ooO zach.

SHENANDOAH. Pa, AUG. 15.-There was
an outbreak tonight right under the nose
of the troops IN camp. and for q time It
locked as though serious trouble would oc-
cur, The disorder was the result Of a mob
chasing an alleged unfair workman near the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
~connpany's washery in the southwestern part
OF town.
There we're nifty or sixty men in>the moo.
As they chased the man up the railroad,
throwing stones at him. the night watch
man OF the washery named Anthony Flynn
tried to rescue the man. n Waterman
was promptly thrown into the creek run
ming parallel with the railroad by some OF
those leading in the chase. The crowd kept
after the workman n he ran to the Read
ing railroad station. where a company Of In
fantry was on provost duty. The company
was Immediately called int formatioa and
attempted to hold the crowd back. The cap
tain Of the company exercised great patience
with the crowd and prevented any serious
trouble. IA, ,~
The mob caused q large crowd to gather
from all directions and word was sent to
camp for feinforcementa. In nine minutes
the entire STw6lfth regiment and q battal-
ion Of the Eighth were on the scene. The
crowd quickly scattered, and three men. John
Howe, Frederick slmmerman and Matthew
Btonsos who are alleged to have been par
Elephants m the assault on the watchmen
and the workman were arrested and taken
to the town lockup. The troops were kept
In the stFseta Until a late hour tonight. The
affair created Intense excitement, but now
ell Is quiet. The three men who were arr
rested were later given a hearing and held
In $500 bail each for trial.
1epusies esven Hes~sns.
wnKEsBARRE. Pa. Aug. 15.-The
twenty-five deputies on guard at the
Warnhe washery. Duryea, when the riot
took place yesterday and who were arrested
and jailed by the authorities on the charge
Of melting a riot and In felonious round
ing we're brought down from the prison
at neon today and given q hearing before
Judge Halsey. IT was shown that the two
men shot were not seriously wounded.
Judge Halsey then released the two prls-
oners IN the sum of $4,000 for a further
hearing on Monday. The bail waS promptly
furnished. and the men released.
All was quiet at the Warnke washery
today, but the owners say il they can get
the machinery In shape they will start
up the works tomorrow again. Sheriff ia
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be more trouble. A large number Of dep
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and II they are unable to preserve order
u is said that the sheriK will call for
A Lithuanian striker was arrested in
Plymouth township tonight charged with
being one Of q party who shot George
Sullivan, a FolandsT. employed in fighting
IRE at the Jersey mine. Two shots were
fired from ambush at Sullivan. one of the
bullets striking him In the leg and In
nictine b eight wound.
President Mitchell and District Presi- !
dents Nichols. Duffy and Fahey held con-
f~erences At strike h~eadqparters today. but
nothing was given out as to what took
place at the meeting.
President Mitchell will leave tomorrow
for another trip 70 the west. He will first
80 to, Indianapolis and from there to his
home in Illinois, He says no oficial busl-
ness calls him west this time. The main
object Of his, strip 10 to see his family,
A committee from the Public Alliance OF
this city will go to- Atlantic City ON Mon
day and meet Senator Quay by agreement.
The committee wsn ask Senator Quay to
use Ills influence with the operators to
bring about arbitration Of the strike.
Strikers Heavily Armed.
THURMoND, W. va: Aug. 15.-one hun
dred or more ~nonunion men are arriving
in the New River c6ai fields daily to take
the places Of strikers. At the Rend mines
today a gang Of several hundred strikers.
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