New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

was asked. "wii the leaders of the United
Mine Workers give the members any advice or
instructions regarding their conduct toward the
non-uniOn men,
Il do not think So" replied MI Nichols. Il
do not see that We are called upon to ask our
men TO take those fellows to their hearts ana
treat them as they would dear friends In 1850
j advised that the non-unionists be treated in
a friendly manner with the view of winning
them over. 1 do not propose to do IL again.
So far as men who continued 10 work at their
own jobs is concerned have nothing TO say
AS Tor those who went into the mines and took
other workmen's places. / am Of the opinion that
they are not worth winning TO our side. ] don
think we want them
The officers Of the 18th Regiment to-day dis
covered further evidence of the fact that there
is on foot an effort TO do serious injury to the
non-union men in the vicinity OF the Grassy
Island collieries and in and about Oyphant.
There has been bitter feeling for some time
between number OF Italians and the non-union
WORKERS one OF the latter murdered a
couple OF weeks ago. and when the 18th Regi-
ment went into camp shots were fired for several
a number Of rifles were hidden somewhere.
These have not been found, despite careful
search
CARTRIDGES AND DYNAMITE FOUND
One man was arrested several days ago and
twenty-five hundred rounds Of cartridges found
stored in his house Soon after two men to
whom one thousand rounds were consigned were
arrested. Yesterday an effort was made TO blow
up the house OF a non-union worker with
Internal machine. This was a hox containing
ten STICKS or dynamite. two sacks of gun pow
der and two dynamite cartridges with fuse.
Inc tua was half burned off when discovered.
The soldiers sent to investigate the case ar
rested four men and gained sufficient evidence
10 enable them to follow up the case. To-day
they round twenty sticks OF dynamite hidden in
a room az greens Hotel, where IL is stated some
strangers stopped a short time ago and fed
When they heard Of the arrests II is believed
that they were connected with the conspiracy
10 attack the non-union workers houses. These
houses are now being closely guarded by the sol
diers and details are making a search for more
explosives and for hidden rifles
After month Of searching John Watchman
ana simon cantor were to-day arrested and
held under Sl.ooO bail. The men are charged
with threatening the life of Richard Fleming
his wife and family, and also 10 use dynamite
on and TO burn the Fleming propertv at Hud-
son. Fleming is an engineer at the Delaware
colliery. Mrs. Fleming testified that one night
mon assembled about her home and the two de-
PENDANTS put their heads in a window and
threatened to Kill her family and destroy the
home She alleged that they even named each
each would meet with. Thomas son Of the
prosecutor, also gave DANA aging testimony.
The first fatal accident in the mines since the
strike began occurred last night. Robert II.
Dunn being killed in the No . collierv of the
Hillside Coal and Iron Company He was pre-
pairing a trip Of cars TO ascend the sIooe and as
the signal was given and the cars started he
slipped and fell across the tracks in front Of
them and was cut in two
This afternoon Lieutenant Colonel Joseph B.
Hutchinson. OF the Sth Regiment, was elected
colonel, 10 MI the vacancy caused by the death
Of Colonel Theodore F. Hoffman.