New-York tribune., 1902-05-20
NO RIOTS AT WASHERlES
SLXSCORE HEN WORK Under
GUARD AT CJIM PILES.
FOREIGNERS BUY REVOLyERS AND
WILL SHOOT IF THEY ARE FIRED
ON By THE POLICE
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Mitchell arrived here at 9;15 this evening from
Hazleton. after keeping a number of eager
mirers anxious all day long as 10 his coming.
They met him at the station. and gave him
cheers and shouts Of We're with you. MITCHELL.
II took some minutes for him To get to the
hotel just across the way. the crowd pressing
forward TO shake his hand.
Il viii remain here until about the end OF
the week" he said. and then go home to see
my family for a short time 1 cannot now say
what time I will return"
He denied that he had received any call from
two soft coal districts for convention. He
said
do not expect any until get to indianapolis.
and T do not know when such convention
would he called. I must wait until l get re-
quests from five districts j have only the three
anthracite districts at present
Asked to state something definitely about the
cause of Ralph Easey's visit to him on Satur-
day night he said
IL have received no proposition Of any kind
frem the operators. and have made none
them"
He would not. however. say whether he ex-
pected before the end OF the week either to
make proposition 10 the operators or TO receive
one from them There's no telling what they
will do" he said. and ended the interview
This morning at Nanticoke. nine miles from
here the effigies of two non-uniOn men were
strung high on the telephone wires. One bore
a card saying Duncan Mcintyre this is your
DEATH" Another had the words, John Evans
l am scab. and 1 do not care for the union"
They remained hanging for some time
The efforts made by the operators 70 work
the washeries this morning did not arouse the
strikers and no attempt was made to interfere
with the workers. The Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany operated two-No. 6 and No Sat Pitts
nd Siyty-tVO
and having an output of $50 and 500 tons daily
respectively. The Hillside Coal and Iron Com
pany operated the PittstOn washery. employing
thirty-twO hands and putting out 900 tons, and
the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company ran
the OIyphant washery, giving work 70 Atty
hands. with 500 tons output a day AT none
OF these did the strikers appear in numbers. buS
pickets were about. seeing who the workers
we're An oficia! said that both union and nom
union men we're employed. Some OF the union
men who are opposed 10 strike are among
them and others were men who previously
worked at the washeries and never Joined the
union Working the Olyphant washery. which
employed some OF the union men from that dis
trict has incensed the strikers greatly, and this
afternoon a meeting of the local union was held
to decide some measure for preventing the
men from working t0-mOrrow. The result Was
not announced. but the first move will be 70 see
II Jfe men cannon bS ptiSuddc'A ~t0'AA
working If not trouble viii probably follow
The company is gathering a number OF coal
and iron police the washeTy. and is now ready
to prevent interference If these companies can
keep up the work the other vasheTy owners
will start. Several washeries owned by individ-
uaI operators along the Lackawanna County
line did not try TO start work. not having enough
coal and iron police to insure protection to their
men.
To-day Clarence B. Johnson. a clerk in the
Recorders office here. was sent at the request
Of several coal companies 10 the Pittston dis
trict and there swOre IN several hundred men
as coal and iron policemen. They will he placed
on guard at the collieTies and washeries. and
under their protection more washeries will be
started before the end OF the week
FINANCIAL. HELP FOR STRIKERS.
\ move is now on foot among the members OF
the Central Labor unions in Scranton. PittstOn.
Plymouth. Wilkesbarre, HazIeton. POttsville.
Mahanoy City. Shamoku and Shenandoah 70
give aid to the striking miners when they shall
need it, and the proposition that each member
of the union be assessed 81 week is being
considered. These unions comprise most Of the
workers OF each town and vicinity. each man
earning an average of S14 a week; but whether
they will consent to a 81 assessment is doubtful
They all. however. formed by the aid OF
the United Mine Workers. sprinsing up like
mushrooms after the strike of 1900. when
started the Of uniOnism which has since
spread over the entire region. embracing every
from the highest paid labOrers. the
raiIroaders and steel workers, to the team driv-
ers. The sympathy with the strike does not.
however. appear to be so great II
eighteen months ago. and whether the strikers
will receive so much aid as they did then is
doubted by those who know the conditions
The sale of firearms 10 the foreigners still
continues despite the efforts of the leaders to
check it, There is a feeling among the more ig-
norant workers that trouble is certain. and they
want to be prepared when il comes. Police
men shoot shoot said one who had Just
bought revolver. and that is the prevailing
sentiment.
The anti-strike movement is not growing rap
idly. because the men who are opposed 20
strike afraid 10 express themselves The
union leaders took active measure to suppress
any demonstration. When the news that
movement had begun became known
ViCe-President Adam RuScavage. Of District No.
!. himself a Pole. hurried to the Lackawanna re-
gion, where il started. and did what pos
sible to nip it in the bud by calling meetings
Of the foreigners. having them haTangUed by
The leaders, and passing resolutions declaring
that they would stand by President Mitchell
and the union. The feeling of discomfort still
exists, however and. although il may not be
apparent by activity now, IL will If the time
comes within the next few weeks when there
is need for food and when the idle men thor
oughly realize all that strike means TO them.
To-day was circus day in town, and, despite
the fact that there is a strike. the attendance
was larger than the circus ever before had here.
time that a circus had been here while every
-olliery in the region was idle The miners who
have the money seemed willing to spend IL. with
little though Of the future
At several Of the conieries to-day notices were