New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-05

MITCHELL 4CCTSED OF BEING
CAUSE OF RIOTS.
STRATTON-MANY WORKERS JOIN
THEIR FoRCES-DEPUTIES
SWORN IN.
Lay rFrFGR,rH 70 THE TEIRrNE. ]

TRv TELEGRAPH TEIBrNE.l
wilkesbarre. Penn June 1.-The strikers to-
day made further gains and are growing IN
confidence rapidly Engineers and purnpmen
who have been work since Monday quit AZ
both morning and evening shifts to-day. some
because they could longer stand the odiun
of being called non-unon men, and Of having
their wives and children abused. others be-
csuse they refused a DO the work Of fremen-
and still others because they have been induced
10 see advantage in striking. while many, being
afraid Of injury IN the numerous attacks that
have been made left the work 70 keep a whole
skin There now remain at work about seven
hundred men. nearly ali of whom are in the
Iacka wanna and Wyoming districts In the
former there have been few desertions. ana
some Of the men who went strike have Joined
the workers and al the pumps needed are kept
going TO-DAY the Scranton Coal Company
banked its fires and will allow the pumps 10 re-
enain idle The Delaware. Lackawanna ana
Western Company. however. may make an al
tempt within ten days or two weeks to start
work At one Of the colleries. 4 large number
~ the men in the district are willing 10 work
and there is move now on foot TO get three
hundred or four hundred of them together, and
under strong guard mine coal There has been
M outbreak in that region and every indication
is that quiet will continue the prevailing sertt-
ulent being against the strike.
In the Wyoming region the strikers gained
number Of recruits. Al Nantcoke all the ire
men Of the Susquehanna Coal Company went
ont this morning. and the punDnen and en-
gineers having no steam vent home The
pumps were idle but the companies expect 70
be able TO start them tomorrow In the mean
time. there is the danger of the water supply
of Glen LYON and Nanticoke failing. Il is
pumped to the reservoir by the same steam
made for the mine pumps. The supply of water
at present will last only a few DAYS. Burgess
Williams says that if the company shall not
continue TO furnish water il will forfeit its
charter and is liable 10 action for damages. At
other points in the district the companies lost
workers because their families were intimidated
n and threatened Many With tears in their eyes,
III went 10 the bosses and resigned
" In the Hazleton region the strikers are in a
stronger position to-day than at any time since
the strike began, but the companies are gather
ing union men, and to-day more pumps
we're going than either yesterday Monday.
The non-union men are closely guarded More
are coming 70 the region. In the Schuylkin dis
-trict, where most Of the pumps of the Philadel-
phia and Reading company are idle. there is
practically no change, although the companies
report few more pumps going and some non
union at work.
The situation SINNERS down to this: In the
end the companies will be able TO keep their
present employees work. because the intlmi-
dalton Of families the assaults the men, the
continued exploiting by the strikers Of non
,,nionisr1 and the hundred and one indirect at
-scks and annoyances viii in the end drive
out every man who has family and every one
who is not content to live behind the fence and
on the company property. In the HaZleton and
the SchGylkin regions. where all the regular
employees except the bosses and clerks are out
the solution to the problem Of keeping the
pumps going is already apparent 1t is in the
importation of nom union men. who know how
10 run fires and pumps and who come 10 The
region for fat nav fully content with the con-
ditions and knowing that they must live behind
stockades in a virtual condition Of siege. unable
10 go out for fear of violence, and guarded by
strong forces of coal and iron police. deputies or
soldiers as the situation requires. 1t will be a
week or two doubtless before sufficient men
are obtained 10 keep the mines clear. but tha'
in the end each colliery will have enough there
is no doubt Five thousand are required for
the entire region and these. protected by about
four thousand coal and iron police. will form
the force TO wage long and bitter contest
against the strikers. That such a plan will
rause violent outbreaks there is little doubt, but
~ The mines that are behind stockades the
mon mus first attack the fences and a few
men with riot guns charged with six buckshot
s,,eIls each can repel d large crowd Then viii
cor,,e the attacks on the water supply, the out
living works. the provision wagons the hiring
Of fences At coIlieries where there no
f,,oes the task of defence viii be more difficult,
hat that il Will he attempted at all and carried
"a a successful conclusion If money and force
can do II there is no doubt, judging from the
stand of the operators
march was TO have taken place at Miner S
Mills Tonight aud a couple of thousand men
x-era 70 have been il. line. They had engaged
two hands and were they said 10 serenade the
/, foia-lnion men at the mines. President MICH
al however stopped the march, and ordered
The men TO disperse. They did so quietly
President Mitchell tonight said that he con-
siders the strike practically complete as addl-
,ional hremen engineers and punpmen nave
Joined the strikers and he is well satisfied with
the campaign. Regarding the many outbreaks
he said. Il have heard OF reports Of any
outbreaks violence intimidation at any
place"
say MITCHELL CAUSES RIOTS.
,-,;r aecla ration tonight aroused the operators
n,sLa a direct and forcible reply in the fol
,o.ing authorized statement:
.rhe,. hse never been a time since MIR Mitchell
-, I.,on,+nept i'm the troubles in the Goa
regions when he ever knew OF any fioIehSe, IN
sfrotdatfon or any other kind OF extfaofiilai y
Influence on the men who were NoThliiS ioi 'i's
GONNA mics. according TO ms own dCc"ofu,, n
Iae Same time. ever since Mr. Mltcheb as,
snnned control Of the United Mine workers ~