New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-21
THE RloTING CONTINUES.
MORE TROOPS MAY BE CALLED INTO
THE ANTHRACITE REGION.
GENERAL GOBLIN EXAMINES SITES FOR
TRoOPS-OPERAToRS TO START
MORE NEW WORKINGS.
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wilkesbarre. Penn. Sept 20.-A continuation
Of the rioting of yesterday together with further
attacks on bridges. may lead to the calling into
the region OF more troops Those now here have
al they can do. General Goblin made an in
xestigation or the conditions in the Mahanoy
Valley this morning and pronounces the situa-
ton serious. There is fear of attack on
Monday morning on the men going to work. and
especially when the company makes an effort TO
move a train Of coal cars. To-day no coal was
taken away from the mine.
The attacks upon the bridges occurred before
daylight The Silver Greek bridge, leading TO
the collery of the same name and its only
outlet 10 the main line of the Philadelphia and
Reading was blown up yesterday. but not alto
sether destroyed. and workmen soon en-
gagged in repairing it. Last night a mob rolled
some barrels of oil to the bridge and then fired
IT, This morning it is entirely destroyed, only
ashes and twisted iron remaining. There is no
clew the men
Another attack was made the 3o-foot
trestIe CARRYING the railroad between the Ma
hanoy City and the North Mahanoy collieries
Dynamite was evidently thrown at it, and not
exploded with battery and it is only partly
wrecked l. viii he repaired within a week
Meanwhile the railroad between the two mines
Mahanoy ooiery and the main line is now be-
ing closely guarded. 1t is along this line that
the rioting Of yesterday occurred, and it is
feared that there will he effort TO destroy
the road in order TO close the colliery.
STRIKER THOUGHT TO BE KILLED
For the first time in three weeks an outbreak
occurred at Lansford this morning. the guards
and strikers clashing and number of shots
being fired. II is known that one of the strikers
WIS killed or severely wounded. but no particu-
lars regarding him yet known Large
crowds of strikers waylaid their way
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Companys
coieries, and turned many of them back. John
and Archie McMich3eI tried TO force their way
through the picket line and severely
beaten. The guards their aid from the
colliery, and succeeded in getting them away
fro m the mob. Then, the mob hurled stones
and fired shots the guards replied. and many
tots were fined The attack did not cease I'M
til one of the strikers fell and was carried away
boy his comrades. He was taken to one of the
foreign settlements. where the authorities made
no effort TO find him.
At Mahanoy City number Of workers We're
held up and Anthony Ferguson severely
beaten He was rescued by the guards who
had to fire about thirty shots before the crowd
dispersed. Two strikers, foreigners,
rested. and in the PottSVille Jail. Fears
that there would be serious rloting about the
North Mahanoy colliery were unfounded, the
news that the soldiers would be on hand curb
ing the lawiess element. General Goblin in
spected the line OF the valley later in the day.
and examined some sites for camps which he
believes viii be required before the trouble is
ended. He Will probably establish the LIST
Battalion of the 18th Regiment and the City
Troop the Mahanoy collieries, if there is
any further outbreak. He reports tonight that
the strikers in ugly temper, and that
there may be outbreaks at any time. Last
night. he avs, the railroad men discovered
long wire rope alongside the railroad track. 1t
vas an inch and half in diameter, and must
have required several men to carry it. II is
believed that they intended to use it in wrecking
a train.
STRIKERS THREATEN VIOLENCE.
The conditions further complicated by
outbreaks in this, the Wyoming, and the Lacka-
wanna region. This morning the houses Of nom
union men at Plymouth were attacked To-
night a crowd is marching about the part of the