The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-23

| During the past few days numerous
attempts have been made to prevent
men living i'm South Scranton from go-
| ing to work at the Dodge coliery, and
yesterday the acts of interference were
SO flagrant that officers of the Della
ware, LackaWanna and Western Rail-
road company swore out a number OF
warrants before Alderman NJ. j. Ruddy
for the arrest of men implicated.
| David Morgan, of 26 Corbett avenue,
and John Searle of Ti9 Eynon street,
were arraigned before Alderman Rud-
dy last night and held in 5000 bail each,
and more arrests will probably follow
today. The riot yesterday morning oc-
CURED at the Elm street bridge, which
has been the center of all the recent
disorders. A crowd of about sixty men
had gathered there, and not only
stopped the men going to work, but in
| some instances it was claimed abused
them with vile names. and assaulted
them. Special officer r. " Lewis, of
the Lackawt,nna. and two other COM
pany deputies who had been delegated
| powerless against the crowd, and
POLICE TO THE SCENE.
Lieutenant james Feeney responded
in the patrol wagon with a squad of
ten patrolmen, and the strikers quickly
dispersed as the police contingent We're
seen approaching. The Lackawanna
authorities claim that their men have
| not only been interfered with at the
bridge, but in some cases their houses
have been blockaded in the early morn
ing, and they have been prevented
from even starting for the colliery.
The building of the new Bellevue
washery is also being attended with
| some disorder. Crowds of men have
been congregating daily in the neigh
| boring fields, and men going to work
yesterday morning found mob of
about two hundred persons stationed
near the Dodge breaker.
A young boy, Robert Snyder, was
hailed with cries of ''scab' and black
Leg" and had to pass through shower
of stones. He recognized some of the
men, and warrants were sworn out for
their arrest by Alderman Ruddy last
night.
A rather peculiar case arising from
IL
Ruddy yesterday afternoon, when Mrs
Ann McHale had several of her neigh
bors arrested. Mrs. Mary Ann Lewis,
Ellen Williams, Thomas Lewis and
David Williams, the last two small
boys We're each held in 5000 bail n
McHale's husband is working in tn.
mines, and for this reason she claims
she has been insuted and threatened,
and recently was stoned.
She ran into her house for protec-
ton, and claims her neighbors broke
in a door and followed her. She then
ran into another room for protection,
and claims that young Lewis took ad-
vantage of her absence to remove q
purse containing $40.
President John Mitchell is expected
back from indianapolis today. 1t is
thought he will arrive in Wilkes Barre
about o'clock this evening.
AT 2 o'clock this afternoon Joint
meeting of United Mine Workers will
be held at Olyphant, in Father Mat
hew hall.
CONCERNING RESUMPTION.
Reports We're current yesterday that
operations had been resumed at the
Sloan colliery of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western Railroad company,
and the Mount Pleasant and West
Ridge colleries Of the New York, On
tario Il Western Railroad company,
but inquiries at the companys local
headquarters showed the rumors to
be practically groundless.
large crowd congregated at the
West Ridge early yesterday morning,
but conducted itself in orderly fashion,
and soon scattered when no indications
were apparent of resumption of work.
I'he reports evidently were based upon
the fact that a large number of men
nave been seen recently about each of
the collieries, as good deal of repair
work is in progress. 1t is more than
likely that development will ensue at
the three collieries in the early part of
next meeting.
superintendent c. c. Rose of the coal
department of the Delaware & Hudson
Railroad company yesterday afternoon
stated to Tribune man that no work
was in progress yesterday ut the Won
Storch colliery, where u number of cars
of coal were hoisted to the surface and
put through the breaker Thursday. In
discussing the situation Superintendent
Rose casually remarked:
II wonder who's going to be the next
man to settle the strike, now that Bis
hop Potter, Morgan and two state
politicians have all been suggested and
nothing's developed as yet. There's
one thing certain and that is that the
companies aren't going to back down.
They can stand a long siege of it better
than the men can, and there aren't
going to be any weak-hearted moves
on the part of the corporations.
A TERRIBLE THING.
This strike is certainly Il terrible
thing, but 1t has to be gone through
with now, and carried TO definite con-
clusion. It's strange the way the COM
panies are generally misapprehended.
Now this raise in the price of coal Is
generally attributed to us, and we will
get all the blame attendant upon
straitened conditions which may re-
suit from it..
Now as matter of fact the coal
carrying companies had all their con-
tracts made some time ago, and as soon
as the strike is declared off, and they
are i'm position to do so. must deliver
the contract amount at that fixed price.
Why at the close of the last strike, our
company didn't make cent, above the
original contract rates, until the follow
Ing April"
At Mine Workers Headquarters Presi-
dent II. ID. Nichols discussed the situ-
alton freely with the newspaper men.
and reiterated his former remark that
the entire output from the collieries
working in the distrit would not equal
that from any ordinary colliery, at an
other season.