The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-09
THEY WERE FIRED UPON.
Two Men Employed at the Mt. Pleas
ant Colliery Had an Unpleas-
ant Experience.

Michael and Thomas Flynn, of
| Wilkes Barre, who are employed at the
Mt. Pleasant colliery, were fired upon,
| supposedly by strikers pickets, yester-
| day morning.
They received telegram that their
sister was dying and started for their
home. Just after they left the colliery,
several shots were fired at them. They
did not wait to inquire who did the
shooting, but broke into run for the
depot.
District President Nichols, on Sat
urday, received letter signed George
w. Richardson, Scranton, Pa" 1t was
filled with abuse, and, according to Mr..
Nichols views, emanated from some
anarchist. He refused to publish the
contents, because of it's being indecent
in part. Though he believes the name
signed to the letter is a fictitious one,
he gave out the following for publica-
ton:
Scranton, Pa, Sept 5, 1902.
If the person tor anarchist l suppose)
who sent me an indecent, ungentlemanly
and abusive letter Saturday. and signed
it George w. Richardson, will be manly
enough to acquaint me with his address,
I shall call on his to prove his state
ments. II. d. Nichols.
Vice President E. e. Loomis, general
manager Of the Delaware, Lackawanna
ahd Western coal department, was in
the city yesterday, and had confer
ence with all his superintendent, gen.
eral and district. Usually these con-
ferences are held on Tuesday. 1t was
given out that the reason the confer
nlx 1,n
cause Mr. LoOmis would not be able
to come tomorrow.
The Manville and Voh Storch break
ers were not worked yesterday. They
will be started up again today.
The special correspondent of the En-
gineering and Mining Journal, who is
watching the anthracite coal strike for
that publication, in the current number
says:
There have been no material develop
ments in the strike situation during the
week. The operators are gaining ground
slowly but perceptibly. The aggressive
body of the strikers are showing bold
front but there'i Is an undercurrent of un-
easiness and despondency among the
more thoughtful and responsible miners
which they cannot and do not, as a mat
ter of fact, try to conceal The distribu-
tion Of the strike fund goes ON, but the
amount of tangible relief which 1t is
bringing to the men who, as a class,
earned from $50 to 500 month may be
realized from the fact that the ticket
issued to an unmarried man is good for
store provisions for $l.50 for two weeks,
and that of married man ranges for the
same period from 81 to $3.50. according to
the size of his family, his standing in the
union, the possibility of his detection and
other personal factors which system of
systematic espionage has placed in the
hands of the distributing staff
The review of the anthracite coal
trade in the same number has this:
1t is difficult to give any idea of the
actual state of prices. There is no whole-
sale market upon which to base quota
tions. From New York yards. house coal
is reported to be selling at s12 and s13-
in some cases even higher. Some dealers
have none to sell, while those who have
refuse to deliver in more than ton lots.
In factories and office and apartment
buildings the use of soft coal now seems
very general.
A mass meeting of mine workers will
be held tomorrow afternoon on Spen-
GERS hf1l, when addresses will be made
by Fred Dilcher. Timothy Hayes, Mich
ael Kohut and others.