New-York tribune., 1902-08-21
FOR STRIKE SETTLEMENT
MINERS HAVE HOPES THAT MR. Moh-
CAN WILL. INTERFERE-WARNh
wAsHERY IN UNDISTURBhD
OPERATION
,re,,pE To THE TKrBrSE.l

rEv TELEGRAPH To THE TRiBVNE.' =.
wiIkesbarre Penn. Aug. u ie ..;,,o
7 Pierpont Morgan regarding IN c'd+ -.
* tonight the chief topic OF olscussiOi m
the strikers who have great hopes 'iiGt
interfere with the operators anu duN -,
sa++ler7,er, he effected When freslueil' ~
:, IN ,,.l,a an effort to place the matter oe
fore AIr Morgan is not Yet KNOWN dliN' a.
,=i,cbel1 does not return here until to-morro"
-. -. 5e no telling now what action he
may take It IS, in fact not certain 'ii"l ~
nm %. n Naw-York himself and see MI Nor
"a, sl,bougb the strike leaders here DO not
v-,sct This There is much sentiment among
tha strikers in favor Of committee going 10
see Mr. Morgan and this matter will prooahiS
he discussed by President Mitchell when he re-
turns.
Al O'clock this morning twenty Workfneh
were taken from Scranton on the Delaware
Iackawanna and Western train. and lmIne-
diatelv afterward the machinery Of the NarhNe
waskery was put in motion The tram was run
into the vrasberv inclos,lre within full sight of
the strikers who were gathered about the VI
cinitv but not the slightest demonstration on
their part was made The washery ran unlno-
Tested al day. with every likelihood Of its con-
tinuinE to do so Indefinitely and being immune
from any offer Of violence on the part Of the
strikers or their sympathizers-
From time TO time this morning small knots
OF workers. boys mostly. would gather WITH
out the barbed wire barricade and watch the do
ings Of those within. but. aside from this there
was not the slightest evidence Of ang hostility
on the pa IT Of the men. Twenty deputy sheriHs
were on hand 70 do their duty If their services
were needed Crowds Of irrepresslhe foreigners
from the Lackavvanna boundary and the Moostc
vav arrived early on the scene. but cool headed
est
them, telling them of the results of violence. and
ca we'll did they do their work that most of the
foreigners returned home.
Another Delaware. Lackawanna and western
mine the HAMPTON. resumed operations to-day
Superintendent Tobey said this morning Iha'
the force there was not Vet large. hut they mao
enough men to mine and prepare coal and they
were doing it
He said il was the purpose Of the company 10
begin operations at their various coillerles just
as soon as the men report Willingness 70 Re-
sumo work and enough Of them reported al each
Gallery 70 make the resumption profitable No
general resumption, he said would be attempted
President ]. l. Crawford of the Peoples Coal
,-o,,rsr,, made a denial of the rurnor that the
,zford mine of his company had shut down He
said that everything is going along swimming
" and that over two hundred men are no"
employed the colliery-
No arrests have been made in connection WIN
thA shooting and attempt at murder OF Mlchael
Connolly and Forrest Crossnan at the kogeftoh
colliery Both Of the injured men are DONG as
,raii as can he expected The physicians ar the
Scranton private hospital have shght hopes CI
vet saving the sight Of Connollys : eye "lleh .
1ras i75rre5 hy- one Of the unknown rlherlan
b,,Ile+s The Temrle Iron Company. who own
+he Fdcerton have offered e reward OF Sl"'
for the arrest Of the person who did the shoot,
ing The officers claim TO have cle"' ann
2
Ioseph Jeresta. Casper Louga and John Muta
--ere arrested to-day for Implication IN the
Lae+;rr- a4frav ar the Pancoast washery. in
Throor George B. White, foreman at me COZ
lierv was the prosecutor, and testlhed lhat ltle
ctol;rg linn Alderman Kasson, before whom
fhe case was heard. held Jerseta an. Louga
under 81 900 bail each, and Muta under sJo" Tor
eppearan at court
Tne committee Of the Public Alliance Of this
c5r-- returned this morning from AtIantlc ciIH,
u here rhe- saw Senators Quay ana GenroSe ana
secured their interest in effecting a settlement
NJ The strike Lewis Hamnerllng, VINO Vas
80 !, +ba sp4nrAsr If the mine workers, said
QUAY and Penrose both took a deep interest,"
~ ol1r mission and promised 70 use every ef1orI
- bring The strike TO end senator quay
ea:d il was the duty of every citizen IN the
State 10 take an active interest IN setIlfs IIe
strike He said he would dc anything the peo-
pie ask would Try and secure an lfteiN!sN ~ ~
Mitchell and Baer. and, If possible. orlIe polii
-operher and that If he failed. or If Baer re-
fused 10 discuss arbitration, the public "oolo
have full knowledge Of that fact
Nj Hammerling was rather conndent INA. Nj
ronav will do something within the next few days
and added: "Quav told US that II ne coulo no
s,,ccead in orening negotiations for settlement.
he did not believe anybody else coulc.
TIE State convention Of the ancient Order OF
fJibernians to-day voted S1sfe 70 the sIilh-ie
and passed these resolutions
That We respectfully recommend 70 the coai
carving companies. who derive thelr power ,'i
ez;Terca from the consent Of the whole people,
tbs wisdom OF submitting the question IN cls-
pute arbitration.
That We recommend that the President cf the
r-ps-ed States in view of the widespread olS-
treee a++Andant ,lpon the dirninution Of the sup
DIV Of anthracite. tender TO the operating cor
his good offices as q mediator