The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-08-21
CHASED BY A BIG MOB /
Nonunion Man Has an Experience
at Shenandoah, Pa.

Shenandoah, Pa, Aug. 16.-There
was an outbreak Friday night right
under the nose of the troops in camp
and for q time it looked as though Sc
rious trouble would occur. The dis
order was the result of mob chasing
an alleged unfair workman near the
Philadelphia & Reading, Coal and Iron
company's washery in the southeast
ern part ofthe town. There were so or
60 men in the mob. AS they chased the
man up the railroad, throwing stones
at him, the night watchman of the
washery, named Anthony Finn, tried
to rescue the man. The Waterman
was promptly thrown into the creek
running parallel with the railroad by
some of those leading in the chase.
The crowd kept after the workman
and he ran to the Reading railroad sta
ton, where company of infantry was
on provost duty. The company was
Immediately called into formation and
attempted to hold the crowd back.
The captain of the company exercised
great patience with the crowd and
prevented any serious trouble. The
mob caused large crowd to gather
from all directions and word was i'm
mediately sent to camp for reinforce
ments, In nine minutes the entire
Twelfth regiment and battalion Of
the Eighth were on the scene. The
crowd quickly scattered and three
men, John Howe, Frederick thinner.
man and Matthew Bronz, who are al.
legged to have been participants in the
assault on the Waterman and the
workman were arrested and taken to
the town lookup. The troops were
kept in the streets until a late hour.
The affair created intense excitement
In the town, but all is now quiet. The
three men who were arrested were
later given a hearing and held in $500
bail each for trial.
Quiet After the Riot.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 16.-Duryea,
the scene of Thursdays riot, was as
quiet as country village Friday. No
attempt was made to resume opera
tions 1T the Warnke washery, and in
consequence no crowd collected.
There were a few stragglers, mostly
boys, gathered in the vicinity, but
when 1T became known that there
would be no work at the washery
they went to their homes.
Sheriff Jacobs and large number
of deputies were on the ground all
night, but they were not molested.
The sheriff told the owners of the
washery Friday morning that if they
wished to start up their works he
would see that their employees got
ample protection. But there were no
employees to go to work. Nearly all
of the men who were at work Thurs
day were arrested and sent to Jail
by the local authorities. The super
intendent of the washery claims this
was an injustice to the employees,
who, he says, were not acting as coal
and iron policemen. When the con-
stables came to the washery to make
arrests they took everybody in sight.
Sheriff Jacobs feels confident that
there will be no more trouble at the
washery, but should an outbreak oc-
cur he says he will have force of
deputies sufficient to preserve the
peace.
Held for Rioting.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 16.-The rs
deputies and employees of the Warnke
washery at Duryea, who were arrest
ed Thursday afternoon charged with
rioting and committed to Jail in de-
fault of $4,000 bail each, were given a
habeas corpus hearing in court Friday
and released upon furnishing bond of
$4,000 for the entire party. Hon. John
4. Lenahan, counsel for the prisoners,
furnished the bond. Immediately aft
er their release the deputies took "a
train for Duryea, where it is said they
will go on duty again.
May End Soon.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 16.-Indica-
tions point to the settlement of the
anthracite coal strike on or before
September 1. Maj. John Biddle, en-
gineer commissioner district of CO.
lumbia, is authority for the state
ment. In passing through here, en-
route to Detroit, Maj. biddle said an
agent of the anthracite operators in
Washington quietly told dealers
there to prepare for shipments of
anthracite coal after September 1,
adding that the mines will be in OPP
Grafton. The understanding is that
the operators will make concessions
and the miners also will make a sac
rifce.
Price of Coal Goes Up.
Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 16. - The
price of anthracite coal has jumped
to nine dollars in Indianapolis. The
price was fixed the first of this month
at $3.50 ton by the coal exchange,
and has been held at that figure, but
most of the dealers here have sold
all their hard coal, and the supply is in
the hands of a few. 1t is estimated
that there are not over 1000 tons of
anthracite in the city for sale.