New-York tribune., 1902-08-08

feared to make the effort The strikers left pckets
on guard but there no interference close
watch being kept by the strikers on three other
collieries Of this company which are expected 10
resume soon If enough be obtained-the
Pettebone where some coal has been mined and
where men are cutting it; the Bliss. and the Auch-
tngloss.
President E C Loonis of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Company, made an inspection
to-day OF all these coeries and afterward SAID;
We expect to start some of our collieries in the
near future, but / do not desire TO say Which
n Vii be giving Information to the strikers and
that we have found. hinders our plans The mum
ated. Some coming back, however, and We
taking all who want work.
The presence of the troops at Shenandoah has
had a ouieting effect the boisterousy inclined
men in the entire region. Sheriff Gumbert, in his
office at Mauch Chunk, said that while coal com
panies may have asked General Goblin 10 send
troops TO Summit Hill and Lansford. he had not
and did not expect 10, he was III control OF the
situation. He has sent deputies TO Lansford and
Summit Hill. and for several days there has been
no serious violence. The crowds on the streets
have stopped men from going TO the No and
No. u mines OF the Lehgh Coal and Navigation
COMPANY but the men who made 4 determined
effort get through the lines did so, and were not
rnolested The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany said that work proceeding at each col
lery without interference and that there had peen
IRE dstribuTion OF the strikers relief fund
great deal of complaint. None Of the money from
The 81 a week assessment which went INTO effect
on July l6 among the soft coal workers, has been
received and not expected until the middle OF
the month. and the fund that has come is not
enough 10 supply all the strikers who are in need.
The rush of the strikers get OF the region
is far greater the number OF places that can
. obtained for them
Deyeioprnents in the case of Daniel J. Sweeney.
the watchman who was murdered yesterday morn
ing near the Bliss conlery, convince the county
detective that he has The right men in the three
Iithuanians whom he arrested yesterday He
spent to-day in collecting evidence, and while it Is
ali circunstantial he has placed mis- prisoners up
10 within two minutes of the crime, and neither
can account for his whereabouts, he says, in that
time. Each OF the three is striker.
A report that Company II, of the 9Th Regt-
rnent had men and officers who laid down their
arms and rendered their designations because they
believed they might be called to guard property
or suppress riots in the strike, caused furry here
this morning among the National Guardsmen and
Others. 1t is enphatcalIy denied by Colonel c B.
Dougherty, Of the regiment. and by Captain E v
Dougher and all the Of the company, and de-
clared a malicious effort TO do injury the COM
pany. The men, their officers say. will obey any
call TO service viii do their duty. This com
pany volunteered TO a during the Spanish
American War. every member being irish. and
Governor Hastings. who stood in front CT the com
pany that time. said. That makes me glad
have some Irish blood IN my veins"